Remove Design Remove Government Remove Lean Remove Vietnam
article thumbnail

NYU Commencement Speech 2016

Steve Blank

This unorthodox idea has become a movement …called The Lean Startup – and has led to entirely new ways to start companies, commercialize science, and think about innovation. Over the last decade I’ve watched the Lean Startup approach to entrepreneurship take off. When I was 18 I served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War.

Lean 222
article thumbnail

Survival Tips From A Seasoned Digital Nomad Who Made It Out The Other Side

YoungUpstarts

For example, in Thailand you can do a VISA run in one day then return, whereas in Vietnam they are strict with their one month policy. VISA run rules change frequently so keep an eye on the latest government updates. Lean on locals. Moving around too often is expensive, exhausting and interferes with your startup.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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

Steve Blank

college campuses circa the Vietnam War (and the riots and student protests at Stanford ). So I was astonished how ready and eager students were for a class that combines the toughest problems in national security, with learning Lean Innovation methods. Engage directly with potential government problem sponsors. Result: Hell yes.

article thumbnail

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

Steve Blank

college campuses circa the Vietnam War (and the riots and student protests at Stanford ). So I was astonished how ready and eager students were for a class that combines the toughest problems in national security, with learning Lean Innovation methods. Engage directly with potential government problem sponsors. Result: Hell yes.

article thumbnail

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

Steve Blank

Not surprising with a CEO with a PhD in Math, at ESL the engineers ran the company, pursuing bleeding-edge designs in antennas, receivers and microwaves – at times hand in hand with Stanford’s engineering department. could design and produce, and a good part of it was coming from Silicon Valley. Yet while the U.S.

article thumbnail

Nuke’em ‘Till They Glow – Quitting My First Job

Steve Blank

The Vietnam War had just ended and I was out of the Air Force back in college living in Ann Arbor Michigan. Civilian life was good, the government was paying my tuition and I got a college work/study job in the University of Michigan physics department. I leaned over the bridge to get a better look. Life Is Good.

Michigan 260