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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

Although the class was run completely online, and even though they were suffering from Zoom fatigue, the 10 teams of 42 students collectively interviewed 1,142 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, industry partners, etc. Team Fleetwise – Vehicle Fleet Management. All the presentations are worth a watch.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments In 2021

Hearpreneur

We have also managed our company budgets successfully and avoided unnecessary spending. I'm proud that we've managed to bring in more clients and keep our existing clients happy. I'm proud of the fact that we've managed to bring down costs and managed to solve many of the problems we initially had.

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Thanksgiving Day

Steve Blank

Since our kids were little our Thanksgiving tradition was to head to Hawaii with friends and eat Thanksgiving dinner under the palm trees to the sound of the waves next to the warm ocean. ( So no post today on entrepreneurship, Secret History of Silicon Valley, Customer Development, Lean Startups, etc.

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Pixar, Artists, Founders and Corporate Innovation

Steve Blank

That means the entire company is driven by directors – the artists – not by corporate executives in management with MBA’s or financial models or a development department. Pixar directors use their ability to tell a compelling story to convince management that their initial idea is powerful enough to be a great movie. Like a startup.)

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Top 5 Brands Using Virtual Reality to Usher in New Age Marketing

Brandanew

One can simply get teleported to a beach in Hawaii or on the cliffs to London. His visionary leadership and flamboyant management style has yielded fruitful results for the company. He believes in sharing his strong knowledge base with leaned concentration on entrepreneurship and business. You can connect with him over LinkedIn.

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Hacking 4 Recovery – Time to Take A Shot

Steve Blank

And so, Hacking for Recovery began, starting first at Stanford and next offered by University of Hawaii for the State of Hawaii. We could offer a 5-day version of the Lean LaunchPad / Hacking For Defense / National Science Foundation I-Corps class that’s trained tens of thousands of entrepreneurs. Here’s how it happened.

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What I Learned from 500 Educators – Build Back Better Summit – Results

Steve Blank

With the theme “Build Back Better” Jerry Engel , Pete Newell , Steve Weinstein and I co-hosted nearly 500 Lean Educators from 63 countries and 235 universities online for a three-hour session to share what we’ve learned about educators on how we can help our communities rebound, adjust, and recover. — Background.

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