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Lean Meets Wicked Problems

Steve Blank

I’ve known Professor Cristobal Garcia since 2010 when he hosted my first visit to Catholic University in Santiago of Chile and to southern Patagonia. He presented to organizations in the Netherlands, Chile, Spain, the UK (Ministry of Defense and the BBC), and aerospace companies.

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Episode 3: Smart Bear Live!

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

So that means stuff like thinking about what a business model might be, it does mean customer development. They have 27 business units. In fact if I were to describe Mint, you see it as the business model of make money by pushing offers for credit cards, loans, and so forth onto people. One of them is Mint.

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