Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

The trick is we use the same Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum — and the same class structure – experiential, hands-on– driven this time by a mission -model not a business model. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 27, 2015

While the parallels between a director and a startup founder are striking, what’s even more surprising is the match between the creative process Pixar uses to make its movies and our implementation of Lean for startups in the Lean LaunchPad and I-Corps incubators. Lean Startups are built around the same notion as Pixar research trips.

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Life Beyond Code

JULY 2, 2013

I went to BYU (Brigham Young University) at Hawaii. I actually raised money, created a fund and decided to back certain budding entrepreneurs who had won the business plan competition. BYU-Hawaii worked closely with me to help create the business model and put mentors in place.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2020

And so, Hacking for Recovery began, starting first at Stanford and next offered by University of Hawaii for the State of Hawaii. I realized we had the ability to rapidly launch a large number of companies on the path of validating their business models. The class already existed. 20 teams just finished their program.

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Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

In this admittedly very unscientific survey I’ve found that between a quarter and half of the students I consider “hard-core&# entrepreneurs/founders (working passionately to found a company,) self-identified as coming from a less than benign upbringing. I’ve been surprised at the data. Comments and brickbats welcomed.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

more in Small Business. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Failure often is harder on entrepreneurs who lose money that theyve borrowed on credit cards or from friends and relatives than it is on those who raised venture capital. Harley Goes Lean to Build Hogs.

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Our business model was Pinterest. ” You’re like, “Oh” and you’re lawyers in Hawaii. They want to be able to put a badge or something, whatever it is that works for your business model but don’t pay them. Pinterest didn’t exist at the time. We learn that the hard way.

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