Government, Iraq and Product

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

– while simultaneously building a series of minimal viable products. 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.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

32 students were scattered across the globe and given a seemingly impossible assignment- they had 10 weeks to understand and then solve a real Dept of Defense problem – by interviewing 100 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, et al while simultaneously building a series of minimal viable products – all while never leaving their room.

Oakland

Oakland Asia Lean Video

Hacking for Defense Goes National

Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2017

In exchange our government sponsors benefit from 1) access to talent that most likely would never have served the country, 2) getting solutions as minimum viable products/prototypes in 10 weeks, 3) exposure to a problem solving methodology used in Silicon Valley and battle tested in Iraq and Afghanistan.

San Diego

San Diego Afghanistan Iraq Silicon Valley

Hacking for Defense Goes National

Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2017

In exchange our government sponsors benefit from 1) access to talent that most likely would never have served the country, 2) getting solutions as minimum viable products/prototypes in 10 weeks, 3) exposure to a problem solving methodology used in Silicon Valley and battle tested in Iraq and Afghanistan.

San Diego

San Diego Afghanistan Iraq Silicon Valley

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 1

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

One observation that often goes unnoticed is that the government audit agencies – GAO, DoDIG – are also part of the problem, as they work hard in assuring compliance with bad strategy. Operational Concepts are the Minimum Viable Products of the practical application of a doctrine against a specific enemy in a specific environment.)

Technology

Technology China Russia Silicon Valley

21 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

MARCH 16, 2018

4- Provide intelligence to the government and the public. Government and the American public. After being successful distributing other companies’ products, the next logical move was to create our own–bblüv baby essentials. 14- Lack of transparency on existing products. Thanks to Chris Jarvis, JarvisTower ! #4-

Entrepreneur

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The Innovation Insurgency Scales – Hacking For Defense (H4D)

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The results: 13 Universities will offer the course in the next year, government sponsors committed to keep sending hard problems to the course, the Department of Defense is expanding their use of H4D to include a classified version, and corporate partners are expanding their efforts to support the course and to create their own internal H4D courses.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Afghanistan Iraq Community

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2019

Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Team: Panacea. Jeff served in the U.S.

Oakland

Oakland Lean SBIR Afghanistan

Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 1 – Ash Carter

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

One observation that often goes unnoticed is that the government audit agencies – GAO, DoDIG – are also part of the problem, as they work hard in assuring compliance with bad strategy. Operational Concepts are the Minimum Viable Products of the practical application of a doctrine against a specific enemy in a specific environment.)

Technology

Technology China Russia Silicon Valley

[Review] Adapt: Why Success Always Start With Failure

YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Using analogies from evolution such as variation, selection and adaptation, Adapt uses far flung examples ranging from the Iraq War, Global Warming, 2007′s Financial Meltdown, to 3rd World Development efforts to prove its point. In a chapter “Conflict or: How Organizations Learn”, one learns how Iraq war heroes like H.R.

Iraq

Iraq Government Global Community

The Innovation Insurgency Scales – Hacking For Defense (H4D)

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The results: 13 Universities will offer the course in the next year, government sponsors committed to keep sending hard problems to the course, the Department of Defense is expanding their use of H4D to include a classified version, and corporate partners are expanding their efforts to support the course and to create their own internal H4D courses.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Afghanistan Iraq Community

The Red Queen Problem – Innovation in the DoD and Intelligence Community

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Pete Newell and I have spent a lot of time bringing continuous innovation to government organizations. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. These Horizons also apply to government agencies and other large organizations.

Community

Community Silicon Valley Technical Review Incubator

My Water Pilgrimage:

Austin Startup

MAY 9, 2018

I learned that NEWAH was dealing with some bureaucratic red tape (read: government corruption), and that they were having issues getting projects approved. While we were not able to stay for the entire duration of the project, here’s what the final product would look like based on other projects that NEWAH and charity: water have done nearby.

Nepal

Nepal Zambia Qatar Cambodia

What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. Ive been in a few government-themed meetings recently, so I know some of the standard answers.

DC

DC Washington San Francisco SBIR

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2018 – wonder and awe

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. We wanted them to learn what it takes to get their product/service deployed to the field, not give yet another demo to a general. Team: TrackID. Jeff served in the U.S.

Southern California

Southern California San Diego Mississippi SBIR

Herding Cats – Using Lean to Work Together

Steve Blank

MARCH 28, 2017

When Colonel Peter Newell headed up the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF) he used lean methods on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to provide immediate technology solutions to urgent problems. Today, his company BMNT does for government and commercial customers what the Rapid Equipping Force did for the U.S.

Lean

Lean Kansas Government Afghanistan

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2017 – Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

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. Goals for the Hacking for Defense Class.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Southern California Lean San Diego

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Week 5

Steve Blank

MAY 2, 2016

Their focus for this week was to figure out how to get products rapidly deployed into their sponsors organization. This week the teams were primarily trying to answer how products get from demo to deployment in their sponsors agency. They further refined their Minimal Viable Product to product/market fit in Slides 7 and 8.

San Diego

San Diego Lean Iraq Acquisition

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Week 5

Steve Blank

MAY 2, 2016

Their focus for this week was to figure out how to get products rapidly deployed into their sponsors organization. This week the teams were primarily trying to answer how products get from demo to deployment in their sponsors agency. They further refined their Minimal Viable Product to product/market fit in Slides 7 and 8.

San Diego

San Diego Lean Acquisition Iraq

30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Leaders They Look Up To

Hearpreneur

JUNE 5, 2022

His way of leading is a great example of how people should lead whatever organization they're in – government or business. I recently learned about the career of General Keith Alexander, a four-star Army general that led DoD agencies during the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq when attempted cyber-attacks against the U.S.

Romania

Romania United Kingdom Entrepreneur United States

Five Reasons Why We Need a More Progressive Economy for Growth

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 27, 2020

Facebook and Google can get into financial services while boxing out advertisers of alternative products. While the right might tell you that government regulation gets in the way of competition, it seems pretty clear that it’s lack of government regulation that is the biggest impediment. I’m an investor.

Iraq

Iraq Government Stock Bankruptcy

Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 3

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. How much is he the system of government versus the product of a system? Next, after they validate the problem: What would a minimum viable product look like? Who would build and deliver the final product/service? national interests?

Technical Review

Technical Review North Korea Iran Russia

Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 31: Congressmen Dan Lipinski and Seth Moulton

Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

government has embraced Lean methodologies to reinvigorate its innovation efforts was the focus of the latest episode of my SiriusXM radio show, Entrepreneurs are Everywhere. He offered context for the government’s innovation efforts: The Federal Government plays a critical role in innovation in our country and has throughout our history.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Washington Government

The Coming Chip Wars

Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2020

Companies like Intel, Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron design and make their own products (microprocessors and memory chips) in factories that they own. The committee found that Huawei could not or would not explain its relationship with the Chinese government and did not comply with U.S. And why the world just got a lot more dangerous.

Taiwan

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