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The State Department Meets the Lean Startup – Hacking For Diplomacy

Steve Blank

The cross-disciplinary class brings students from widely divergent backgrounds together in teams of three to five, each aiming to tackle a gnarly international problem vexing Foggy Bottom in just 10 weeks by applying Lean LaunchPad methodology. Or is it satellite operators, or satellite insurers?

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The State Department Meets the Lean Startup – Hacking For Diplomacy

Steve Blank

The cross-disciplinary class brings students from widely divergent backgrounds together in teams of three to five, each aiming to tackle a gnarly international problem vexing Foggy Bottom in just 10 weeks by applying Lean LaunchPad methodology. Or is it satellite operators, or satellite insurers?

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I’m looking for ones that understand that in order to build huge, meaningful companies they’ll need to likely build through these boom years and some lean ones. Building billion-dollar businesses requires 7-10 years which means operating through at least one full economic cycle, if not two.