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Lean Meets Wicked Problems

Steve Blank

This meant the class was team-based, Lean-driven (hypothesis testing/business model/customer development/agile engineering) and experiential – where the students, rather than being presented with all of the essential information, must discover that information rapidly for themselves. Rewards, CEO, team, complexity, end point, etc.

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The Department of Defense Is Getting Its Innovation Act Together – But More Can Be Done

Steve Blank

The speed, depth and breadth of these disruptive changes happen faster than the responsiveness and agility of our current acquisition systems and defense-industrial base. Even today, the Security Assistance Group-Ukraine rapidly delivers weapons. In addition, defense primes should more often aggressively partner with startups.

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How Today’s Startups Can Adapt to a Globally Distributed Model

ReadWriteStart

Among its many implications, the digital office means that jobs don’t necessarily need to be done in-person, and today’s startup leaders are realizing that many projects can be done at a lower cost remotely, without any drop in quality. Support agile working practices. Image Credit: ketut subiyant; pexels.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Making the World a Safer Place

Steve Blank

Today these potential adversaries are able to harness the power of social networks, encryption, GPS, low-cost drones, 3D printers, simpler design and manufacturing processes, agile and lean methodologies, ubiquitous Internet and smartphones. Targeting, assessments, technology, recipes, and tactics all flow at the speed of a Lean Startup.

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10 Rosh Hashanah Resolutions for Startup Founders

VC Cafe

The past year was a wild ride for startups and founders, giving a whole new meaning to the ”rollercoaster” aspect of being an entrepreneur. A combination of competition for top talent and an effort to bring employees back to the office drove startups in Israel to throw extravagant parties and all-inclusive retreats abroad.

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International tour about to begin

Startup Lessons Learned

Then youll have a chance to come discuss the lean startup live and in-person. Any chance seeing you in Kiev, Ukraine? The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Whats that you say? Fascinating.) Expo SF (May.

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Lessons for the DoD – From Ukraine and China

Steve Blank

Looking at a satellite image of Ukraine online I realized it was from Capella Space – one of our Hacking for Defense student teams who now has 7 satellites in orbit. They’re not the only startup in this fight. Other startups are providing portable cell towers – “backpackable” and fixed. In the U.S.,

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