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National Security Innovation just got a major boost in Washington

Steve Blank

Soldier, Scholar, Entrepreneur. Ironically, I was first introduced to Joe not at Stanford but through one of his other lives – that of an entrepreneur and businessman – at the company he founded, BMNT Partners. Joe Felter was just appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia. In 2012, Rep.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2017 – Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

It combines the same Lean Startup Methodology used by the National Science Foundation to commercialize science, with the rapid problem sourcing and curation methodology developed on the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq by Colonel Pete Newell and the US Army’s Rapid Equipping Force.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2018 – wonder and awe

Steve Blank

Our primary goal was to teach students Lean Innovation while they engaged in a national public service. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. Wondering how we could get students engaged, we realized the same Lean LaunchPad/I-Corps class would provide a framework to do so.

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How Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) Can Help Your Business

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Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) help entrepreneurs start and grow their small businesses through professional, confidential advising, as well as classes and workshops. . Sometimes entrepreneurs feel intimidated because SBDCs are often located on college campuses. What is a Small Business Development Center (SBDC)?

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Failure often is harder on entrepreneurs who lose money that theyve borrowed on credit cards or from friends and relatives than it is on those who raised venture capital. Harley Goes Lean to Build Hogs. Stock Quotes. Most Popular.

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Gravity Will be Turned Off « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi Mississippi was the Training Center responsible for teaching 10’s of thousands of students a year how to repair radar, communications, and electronics. While the sharp end of the stick were the pilot and/or crew, each of these systems required a cadre of technicians to maintain and repair the equipment.

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If I Told You I'd Have to Kill You: The Story Behind “The Secret.

Steve Blank

Since it was the military and I was a lowly airman (I was outranked by the rest of the entire air force), the answer I got was, “Don’t you know there’s a war on? Shut up and keep fixing that equipment.”