Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

But a decade earlier as undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, he was the father of the second offset strategy using software and semiconductors to build smart weapons, smart sensors, and stealth aircraft that helped end the Cold War. Second: I also gave the commencement speech at the NYU engineering school here.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Each of their slide presentation follow their customer discovery journey. This fall a series of new “Hacking for X…” classes will address these deserving communities.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Each of their slide presentations follow their customer discovery journey. All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. The teams presented in front of several hundred people in person and online.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

First , would students to sign up for a class that engaged them in national service with the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community? Second , could we find islands of innovation inside the DOD, the Intelligence Community and State Department willing to engage students to work on real problems? Result: Hell yes.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

First , would students to sign up for a class that engaged them in national service with the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community? Second , could we find islands of innovation inside the DOD, the Intelligence Community and State Department willing to engage students to work on real problems? Result: Hell yes.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

We also learned that law is code , and that leadership was needed to build thriving communities in a digital age. When I was a kid, the way I logged onto the internet for the first time (to play MUDs, naturally) was through an open dial-up console at San Diego State University.

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