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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

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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Pixar, Artists, Founders and Corporate Innovation

Steve Blank

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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Richie Norton on The Power of Starting Something Stupid

Life Beyond Code

I went to BYU (Brigham Young University) at Hawaii. BYU-Hawaii worked closely with me to help create the business model and put mentors in place. Do whatever it takes: Lean into stupid and don’t run away from it. I’ve a very stupid person. I’ve started many stupid things, actually (smile)!

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Hacking 4 Recovery – Time to Take A Shot

Steve Blank

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. Here’s how it happened. The class already existed.

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Founders and dysfunctional families « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

The dysfunctional family theory may explain why founders who excel in the chaotic early phases of a company throw organizational hand grenades into their own companies after they find a repeatable and scaleable business model and need to switch gears into execution. My mother was a single parent on welfare and raised 8 kids.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Overall, nonventure-backed companies fail more often than venture-backed companies in the first four years of existence, typically because they dont have the capital to keep going if the business model doesnt work, Harvards Mr. Ghosh says. Harley Goes Lean to Build Hogs. Subscriber Content Read Preview. Most Popular. Commented.

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Episode 8: Charlie’s Bcast Email, Startup Incubators, and 10 Reasons Why Startups Fail | The Bcast

Up and Running

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.