Steve Blank

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Since then 8 universities have taught the Hacking for Defense class or put it on their academic calendar for 2017: UC San Diego , Georgetown , Air Force , University of Pittsburgh , James Madison University , Boise State , RIT, and Stanford. We trained our first group of educators and sponsors three months ago.

San Diego 159

San Diego Developer Los Angeles Afghanistan 159

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Since then 8 universities have taught the Hacking for Defense class or put it on their academic calendar for 2017: UC San Diego , Georgetown , Air Force , University of Pittsburgh , James Madison University , Boise State , RIT, and Stanford. We trained our first group of educators and sponsors three months ago.

San Diego 120

San Diego Developer Los Angeles Afghanistan 120

Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

As I later discovered, Joe’s first act was 24 years in the Army Special Operations Forces (SOF), retiring as a Colonel. Putting theory into practice, he went to Iraq in 2008 as part of the 75th Ranger Regiment, in support of a Joint Special Operations Task Force. He did a tour with the 75th Ranger Regiment as a platoon leader.

Washington 220

Washington Security Afghanistan Iraq 220

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

That if we could get teams to rapidly discover the real problems in the field using Lean methods, and only then articulate the requirements to solve them, could defense acquisition programs operate at speed and urgency and deliver timely and needed solutions. The Innovation Insurgency Spreads. Jeff served in the U.S.

Southern California 185

Southern California San Diego Mississippi SBIR 185

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 197

Silicon Valley Southern California Lean San Diego 197

Steve Blank

MAY 2, 2016

This week the team worked to understand a day-in-the-life of a Forward Operating Base (FOB) documenting the roles of the captain, lieutenant and a private on a guard tower (slides 5 and 6). This week their customer discovery got them to the current lead in Iraq for the Joint iED Defeat Agency (JIDA) (slide 2).

San Diego 137

San Diego Lean Iraq Acquisition 137

Steve Blank

MAY 2, 2016

This week the team worked to understand a day-in-the-life of a Forward Operating Base (FOB) documenting the roles of the captain, lieutenant and a private on a guard tower (slides 5 and 6). This week their customer discovery got them to the current lead in Iraq for the Joint iED Defeat Agency (JIDA) (slide 2).

San Diego 120

San Diego Lean Acquisition Iraq 120