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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

Unlike traditional demo days or Shark Tanks which are, “Here’s how smart I am, and isn’t this a great product, please give me money,” a Lessons Learned presentation tells the story of a team’s 10-week journey and hard-won learning and discovery. . – while simultaneously building a series of minimal viable products.

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AI and Nonprofits: What Boards Need to Know

Board Effect

The Benefits of Generative AI for Nonprofits Nonprofit organizations and associations typically run on tight budgets and lean staff numbers. Elements of an AI Governance Framework An AI governance framework is essential to ensure responsible and ethical use of AI technologies by nonprofit organizations.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

Unlike traditional demo days or Shark Tanks which are, “here’s how smart I am, please give me money,” a Lessons Learned presentation tells the teams’ stories of a 10-week journey of hard-won learning and discovery. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. What a year.

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The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Goes Lean

Steve Blank

We tend to associate the government with words like bureaucracy rather than lean innovation. But smart people within government agencies are working to change the culture and embrace new ways of doing things. Department of Defense by adopting Lean Methodology inside their agency. The NGA, an organization within the U.S.

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The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Goes Lean

Steve Blank

We tend to associate the government with words like bureaucracy rather than lean innovation. But smart people within government agencies are working to change the culture and embrace new ways of doing things. Department of Defense by adopting Lean Methodology inside their agency. The NGA, an organization within the U.S.

Lean 177
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The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Education and Corporate Innovation

Steve Blank

Lean LaunchPad class developed for Stanford. And the Lean LaunchPad class I developed at Stanford was the first such class. I believe the analogy is identical for entrepreneurship.The capstone entrepreneurship classes like NSF I-Corps or a Lean LaunchPad class, are for those who have already decided they want to be entrepreneurs.

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The Class That Changed the Way Entrepreneurship is Taught

Steve Blank

I began formulating the key ideas around what became the Lean Startup – that startups and existing companies were distinctly different – companies execute business models while startups search for them. Let’s Teach Lean Via Experiential Learning. Lean-driven (hypothesis testing/business model/customer development/agile engineering).

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