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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

This was followed by an 8-minute slide presentation describing their customer discovery journey over the 10-weeks. All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ) Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique.

Oakland 309
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Massacre at IBM

Steve Blank

Long before there was the Lean Startup, Business Model Canvas or Customer Development there was a guy in Santa Barbara California who had already figured it out. I want to tell you a story about how a team pivoted and succeeded by synchronizing product and customer development. Massacre at IBM.

San Jose 259
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Stanford 2012 Lean LaunchPad Presentations – part 2 of 2

Steve Blank

Today, the second half of the Stanford Engineering Lean LaunchPad Class gave their final presentations. This team spoke face-to-face with 326 customers. As often happens, this team came into class convinced that their market research proved that their business was providing credit to underbanked customers. Team ZiiLion.

Lean 251
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Who’s Doing the Learning?

Steve Blank

Roominate , one of my favorite Lean LaunchPad teams came out to the ranch last week for a strategy session. As soon as they had designed the product, they found a contract manufacturer to build the product in China. You got on a plane yourself and went to China. They learned a ton. And to see how the process works directly.

PR 318
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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department. Teams are continuing their relentless interviewing of customers, or beneficiaries as we call them in this class. What we’re driving at is evidence-based, entrepreneurial solutions to big diplomatic challenges.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department. Teams are continuing their relentless interviewing of customers, or beneficiaries as we call them in this class. What we’re driving at is evidence-based, entrepreneurial solutions to big diplomatic challenges.

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Who’s Doing the Learning?

Steve Blank

Roominate , one of my favorite Lean LaunchPad teams came out to the ranch last week for a strategy session. As soon as they had designed the product, they found a contract manufacturer to build the product in China. You got on a plane yourself and went to China. They learned a ton. And to see how the process works directly.

PR 210