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NYU Commencement Speech 2016

Steve Blank

And there are more to come: your first job, getting married, buying a house, having a child, becoming a manager, starting a company, retirement – and eventually commencement speaker. When I was 18 I served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. In 33% of the commencement speeches this year, 2.8 Congratulations class of 2016.

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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

If you are a practitioner of Customer Development, ESL was doing it before most us were born. In 1964, Bill Perry, the head of the lab, frustrated with GTE’s management, quit (GTE, a phone company had bought Sylvania in 1959.) And in the tradition of great startups, on the way out Perry took 6 of his best managers with him.

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Preparing for Chaos – the Life of a Startup « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

This book may be the Iraq war equivalent of “ Dispatches &# which defined Vietnam for my generation. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Both reminded me why National Service would be a very good idea.) Campbell describes how he tried to instill in his troops the proper combat mentality. It may not be for you.

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Hacking for Defense & Hacking for Diplomacy – Educator/Sponsor Class

Steve Blank

On September 7 th – 9 th we are holding our first Hacking for Defense & Diplomacy – class for Educators and Sponsors , training educators how to teach these classes in their universities and sponsors how to select problem sets and manage their teams. college campuses circa the Vietnam War (and the riots and student protests at Stanford ).

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Hacking for Defense & Hacking for Diplomacy – Educator/Sponsor Class

Steve Blank

On September 7 th – 9 th we are holding our first Hacking for Defense & Diplomacy – class for Educators and Sponsors , training educators how to teach these classes in their universities and sponsors how to select problem sets and manage their teams. college campuses circa the Vietnam War (and the riots and student protests at Stanford ).