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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

While all the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ), Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, each of their journeys was unique. Team Neurosmart – Optimizing Performance of Special Operators. Team Salus – Patching Operational Systems to Keep them Secure.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

The Social Enterprise Alliance offers this definition: “In its early days, the social enterprise movement was identified mainly with nonprofits that used business models and earned income strategies to pursue their mission. In terms of legal structure, social enterprises have many options. Here in the U.S. Maryland was the first U.S.

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Pixar, Artists, Founders and Corporate Innovation

Steve Blank

—– In a recent workshop with a large company focused on the Innovation@50x process, I mentioned that founders and intraprenuers operate more like artists than accountants – on day one they see something no one else does. Startup founders operate in chaos and uncertainty. What were the parallels?

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

And now, 8 years later, Fantastic Services has become a multi-national, multi-operational company working in the UK, Australia, and the US. TerraCycle’s current “sponsored waste” business model allows us to circumvent the economic limitations of municipal recycling and create new infrastructures for regenerative waste solutions.

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Founders and dysfunctional families « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

We agreed that all her founding CEOs seemed to have the same set of personality traits – tenacious, passionate, relentless, resilient, agile, and comfortable operating in chaos. It’s why all of you operated so well in the unpredictable environment that all startups face.” And that’s just to get started.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 42: Tina Fitch and Alice Brooks

Steve Blank

She returned to her home state of Hawaii to become a mentor and advisor to tech accelerators and startups, and a parent of two before launching Hobnob. — Alice and her team made it point to not just get customer insights but to understand all aspects of their business model. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

An excellent approach for developing your company name is to get clear on what you want the name to communicate. Overly functional names like, for example, The Naming Group or Strategic Name Development, might be better for SEO reasons, but they don’t have much storytelling power. Thanks to David Zimmerman, Reliable Acorn. #2

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