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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

The students “get out of the building” and test their hypotheses in front of potential beneficiaries using the Customer Development methodology, all while building and updating their Minimal Viable Products. They shared their experiences of how technology has enhanced – and threatens to undermine – diplomatic work.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

The students “get out of the building” and test their hypotheses in front of potential beneficiaries using the Customer Development methodology, all while building and updating their Minimal Viable Products. They shared their experiences of how technology has enhanced – and threatens to undermine – diplomatic work.

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Kiwi lean startup + Australia next

Startup Lessons Learned

I want to especially thank the dozens of Kiwis who acted as my guardians and escorts from place to place, even driving me around on the wrong side of the road Every tourist will tell you that New Zealand is a beautiful country, and they are not kidding. I also did a radio interview on Radio New Zealands Nine to Noon program.

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Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more)

Startup Lessons Learned

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. ► May (3) Thank you Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the.

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Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, and more

Startup Lessons Learned

Next week, Ill be in New Zealand for Webstock 2010. Next week, Ill be in New Zealand for Webstock 2010. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? If youd like to see me speak this year, there are only a few opportunities scheduled.

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The Principles of Product Development Flow

Startup Lessons Learned

Team New Zealand designed the yacht that won the Americas Cup. Team New Zealand completed many more cycles of learning, and they generated more information in each cycle. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Finding Technical Cofounders Is Hard

rob.by

Certainly using techniques such as customer development (www.custdev.com) and lean startup (minimum viable product) can help go a long way to giving the tech co-founder some early payback in terms of whether there will be any traction in the idea and reduce their inital involvment to get to prototype stage.