Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
In the middle of the Vietnam War, student riots protesting military research forced the end of classified work on most college campuses. With Agile development, used by all startups, updates can occur in weeks or sometimes days, or even hours. The answer is that, yes, government agencies need to be more agile.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 27, 2020
While traditional offshoring to Asia or Eastern Europe has always been lauded for its cheap labor, for companies that practice agile, or require better collaboration, communication, and a higher level of engagement, the advantages of nearshore software development are clear.
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YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 27, 2014
Be agile and adapt to changing market needs – your customer’s needs are not static and they will continue to evolve. You need to remain at the forefront of such developments to avoid being commoditized or being made irrelevant. - As this happens, don’t just keep up with the competition, but be nimble and respond as an industry pacesetter.
Steve Blank
MAY 23, 2016
When I was 18 I served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. Shortly after that, I met Pete Newell , the retired head of the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force – one of the best Lean and agile organizations in the military – and I met Joe Felter an ex Special Forces Colonel.
Steve Blank
JUNE 18, 2020
If negotiations fail, China may respond and escalate, via one of many agile strategic responses short of war, perhaps succeeding in coercing the foundry to stop making chips for American companies – turning the tables on the United States. As the cost of Chinese labor increased, other countries like Vietnam could fill that role.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
So that’s something we need help with, to provide us greater agility. There are others that we’d welcome to be brought in as well, like Vietnam, like Indonesia. We have to build into the systems for acquisition a method by which we can be far more agile. What should future American global alliances look like?
Steve Blank
AUGUST 1, 2016
college campuses circa the Vietnam War (and the riots and student protests at Stanford ). Fourth , would the same Lean Startup methodology (business model design, customer development and agile engineering) used in the Lean LaunchPad and NSF I-Corps class work here? Result: Hell yes. 15 more schools are in the pipeline.
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