Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 8, 2009 What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups? 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.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

We’ve just held our seventh and eighth weeks of Hacking for Diplomacy at Stanford, and the attention our course is getting from Washington – and around the world – has been interesting. government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. Sometimes you think, oh, the U.S.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

We’ve just held our seventh and eighth weeks of Hacking for Diplomacy at Stanford, and the attention our course is getting from Washington – and around the world – has been interesting. government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. Sometimes you think, oh, the U.S.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

Two good things just happened in Washington – these days that should be enough of a headline. I learned he’d gone to Harvard to get his MPA at the Kennedy School of Government in conflict resolution. government where their traditional academic path and business career would never take them. (I

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 14, 2011

Something interesting is happening in Washington, DC right now. The Federal government is being transformed - initially, in small ways - by people I think should be recognized as entrepreneurs. I don't control any government contracts. It is anything but the image of the stodgy government bureaucrat. Start small.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

government is ill-equipped to deal with the growing number of national security challenges that exist at the intersection of commercial and defense technology. Innovation opportunities are slipping between Washington’s organizational gaps, and America’s enemies are too. As it is currently organized, the U.S. Blurred Lines.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2016

ambassador to the United Nations and a Stanford professor of political science; Zvika Krieger , the State Department’s representative to Silicon Valley and senior advisor for technology and innovation; retired U.S. How to bring together technology, government, and communities to combat violent extremist messaging.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

New research shows Silicon Valley still rules the startup world. Sure, Silicon Valley is far and away the strongest startup region anywhere. Did you know founders in Silicon Valley work longer hours than founders anywhere else? ” (See Move Your Start-Up To Chile-con Valley, Get $40,000.).

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

Two years out of the Air Force, serendipity (which would be my lifelong form of career planning) found me in Silicon Valley working for my first company: ESL. But part of his life that that doesn’t even merit a Wikipedia entry is that Bill Perry used Silicon Valley to help end the cold war.

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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.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

These instruments of national power employed in a “whole of government approach” to advance a state’s interests are known by the acronym DIME -FIL. Robyn Dixon, “ Azerbaijan’s Drones Owned the Battlefield in Nagorno-Karabakh—and Showed the Future of Warfare ” Washington Post , 2020. Class 2 focused on China, the U.S.’s

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Venture Chronicles

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Why didn’t the government have the best and brightest on this for the 3 1/2 years they were building a website and supporting systems as a cost to taxpayers that dwarfs anything the biggest companies in the Valley have built? Silicon Valley doesn’t want your stinkin system.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2020

The story of how Curative pivoted and scaled is about moving with entrepreneurial speed to find a solution, then collaborating with investors and government for the public good. We actually just started on Monday construction of a second lab location in Washington, DC, which we're expecting to go live with testing on Saturday.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

For decades, satellites that took detailed pictures of Earth were only available to governments and the high-resolution images were classified. government satellite in orbit. Today, commercial companies have their own satellites providing unclassified imagery. To do so he started the Defense Innovation Unit ( DIU).

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine. They didn't have experience buying bulk from the government things like masks or ventilators." He worked at an education startup here in Silicon Valley.

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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.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

For its first few decades Silicon Valley was content flying under the radar of Washington politics. It wasn’t until Fairchild and Intel were almost bankrupted by Japanese semiconductor manufacturers in the early 1980’s that they formed Silicon Valley’s first lobbying group. Fast forward to today. Dead On Arrival.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

In a January 22nd op-ed in the Washington Post written with Nicole Lurie , he told us," We are past the if question and squarely facing the how-bad-will-it-be phase of the response." Beth Cameron, Washington Post , 3/13/2020 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Out of the Crisis #16: Robert Schooley U.S. Trump closed it."

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

ProfessorVC celebrated his 50th birthday this past week in his hometown of Washington, DC, with visits to the Capitol Hill and the White House to meet with legislators and White House officials on immigration reform. The government is trying to get more entrepreneurial. Visit Washington! What can you do? Write your legislators!

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 29, 2013

6 Emerging Trends In Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship | Forbes – [link]. The Washington Post – [link]. Proving there’s no shortage of idiots in government, Dallas proposes stupid restrictions designed to keep Uber away – [link]. 5 Lessons Learned from 100,000 Usability Studies | Moz – [link].

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 25, 2011

On Friday Silicon Valley Bank released a survey of 375 executives at startup technology companies in the 4 core venture capital investment sectors – Software/Internet, Hardware, Life Science, and Cleantech. And listen up Washington - 83 percent of them plan to hire in the coming year. And Government Just Gets in the Way.

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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.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

On February 16, I visited Washington, DC, where I attended an HBS Club of DC lunch on the Case Foundation and Startup America. Although they focus on initiatives that leverage technology, they engage in a wide spectrum of cross-sector collaborations with for-profit, government, and non-profit institutions. There are 1.4m-1.6m

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Where did Silicon Valley come from? I think the absolute best reading on this subject is a book called Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 by AnnaLee Saxenian. And what were they doing beforehand?

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Can he attract paying subscribers in competition with the Washington Post ? Now it’s cost + markup + 14 layers of intermediaries who all get a cut = price paid by insurance or the government. Even with his excellent health at age 85, has he aged out of relevance to the mass market and therefore high value ad serving?

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2012

But why does the movie business think their solution is in Washington and legislation? In the 1920’s individual states were beginning to censor movies and the federal government was threatening to do so as well. ” We wonder, “Why can’t the film industry innovate like Silicon Valley?”

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

While I’m fortunate to have this blog, and other writing opportunities as a platform to give voice to these stories, I also realize that to really have a meaningful impact, we need the startup community to be involved in government. At the end of this month, Engine is bringing startups to Washington, D.C. Send them your stories.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital. In my interview with Errol, we discussed the origins of the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps), how and why it was created, and how it changed the way the government commercializes scientific research. —-. . …

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 1, 2016

That’s why I’m so appalled by what’s happening in the Senate this year, and how starkly it illustrates the differences between Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Read my full post at Medium.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The City by the Bay has earned the title of being the new heart of Silicon Valley, a distinction once bestowed upon San Jose. Washington, D.C. is very receptive to entrepreneurs whose startups can provide solutions to the government and defense sectors. The capital city of the U.S. The capital city of the U.S.

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Up and Running

JULY 21, 2016

Silicon Valley, California, USA. Coming in at number one (which should surprise absolutely no one) is Silicon Valley, California’s resident hub for startup and entrepreneurial innovation. If you’re interested in starting your company in Silicon Valley, check out these resources: Silicon Vikings Entrepreneur Resources.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 15, 2017

Why do you personally believe that government is still the best system to catalyze change, versus working from the private sector? AR: I think the private sector can be a powerful driver of change, but the power of government to impact peoples’ lives for the better or the worse remains unrivaled. Jon Lovett from Pod Save America.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 12, 2016

“Being in Silicon Valley, a lot of my friends want to work for Google or Apple, but this class showed me that the problems in public service were even more challenging and rewarding. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the State Department, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Many universities ( University of Washington , NYU , etc.) Political science, government service, and law — Yale has the #1 rated law school in the US and a long history of alumni serving in government. It’s important moving forward that they expand their reach to other regions (particularly Silicon Valley).

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

Hacking for Defense is a battle-tested problem-solving methodology that runs at Silicon Valley speed. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. We just finished our second Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. Sign up here.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

It’s nice to see that people are recognizing that innovation isn’t always in Silicon Valley. Rural areas have been neglected by both commercial companies and the government. I don’t want this to be a government service, but any port in the storm. Case , you may recall, was co-founder of AOL.

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