Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World, ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. Are lean innovation and the Startup Way a failure in large companies?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

In January, we introduced a new graduate course at Stanford called the " target="_blank">Lean LaunchPad. Over the quarter, teams of students would put the theory to work, using these tools to get out of the building and talk to customer/partners, etc. The Lean LaunchPad class was scheduled to meet for three hours once a week.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 7, 2012

Today, the first half of the Stanford Engineering Lean LaunchPad Class gave their final presentations. It’s hard to believe it’s only been a year since we taught the first 10 teams in the Stanford Lean LaunchPad class. We’ll teach over 175 NSF Innovation Corps teams in the Lean LaunchPad course in 2012. Team Nudge/Dynamo.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Over the last three years our Lean LaunchPad / NSF Innovation Corps classes have been teaching hundreds of entrepreneurial teams a year how to build their startups by getting out of the building and testing their hypotheses behind their business model. Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching.

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Up and Running

JULY 31, 2015

This week Peter and Jonathan talk to Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software, about lean business planning, strategy, tactics, specifics (milestones), and the forecast. Listen to Episode 9: Show notes: What is Lean Planning? Lean Business Planning by Tim Berry – (31:21). What’s the lean mean? – (:25).

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Aaron Dignan --who has described himself as "obsessed with organizational adaptivity" --is one of the speakers at this year’s Lean Startup Conference in Las Vegas , where he’ll be talking about How to Reinvent Your Organization. I feel like I do Lean Startup when I'm picking toothpaste. What are my assumptions? Is it chaotic?

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Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

the teams spent the last two weeks learning what activities, resources and partners they would need to actually deliver their solution. Because of the embedded presentations this post is best viewed on the website.). Next week the teams will present their final Lessons Learned presentations. See all the H4D posts here.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 2, 2014

This post is part of our series on the National Science Foundation I-Corps Lean LaunchPad class in Life Science and Health Care at UCSF. Over the course of the class Mira Medicine team spoke to over 80 customers, partners and payers. Look at their Lesson Learned slides below If you can’t see the presentation above, click here.

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

I began formulating the key ideas around what became the Lean Startup – that startups and existing companies were distinctly different – companies execute business models while startups search for them. Let’s Teach Lean Via Experiential Learning. Lean-driven (hypothesis testing/business model/customer development/agile engineering).

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 20, 2011

“We’ve been reading your blog about your Lean Launchpad class.” We want to make a bet that your Lean Launchpad class can apply the scientific method to market-opportunity identification. The Innovation Corps – Using the Lean LaunchPad as an Incubator for Scientists and Engineers. Filed under: Lean LaunchPad , Teaching.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department. Each team continues to capture its work on a Mission Model Canvas – a modified version of the Business Model Canvas that’s at the heart of the Lean Startup methodology.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department. Each team continues to capture its work on a Mission Model Canvas – a modified version of the Business Model Canvas that’s at the heart of the Lean Startup methodology.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 30, 2009 Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder Im very excited to announce a pair of events that will kick off a very busy fall speaking tour. The event will include a talk from Eric on The Lean Startup over dinner, followed by moderated table discussion and then final Q&A with Eric.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Austin: the Lean Startup tour continues Next week I head to Austin, TX for my first visit ever. Heres their description of the event: The current macroeconomic climate presents unparalleled opportunities for those that can thrive with constrained resources. You can register here.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Partnering with their teams lets leaders focus on each team member and how they connect to the organization’s vision statement or mission. Throughout her life, she discovered that she would always lean into the leadership role when she found herself in situations where no leader was present.

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

I am always surprised when critics complain that the Lean Startup’s Build, Measure, Learn approach is nothing more than “throwing incomplete products out of the building to see if they work.”. It’s time to update Build, Measure, Learn to what we now know is the best way to build Lean startups. Here’s how. Build-Measure-Learn.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2013

All while keeping in mind that employees, managers and executives have day jobs – so how could we ask them to spend significant time on new ideas while not sacrificing their present obligations? Thus began our search for a program that would properly balance the focus on the present with the need to increase our options for the future.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

We tend to associate the government with words like bureaucracy rather than lean innovation. Department of Defense by adopting Lean Methodology inside their agency. The NGA has adopted Lean Innovation methods to make this happen. Their goal is to integrate these techniques into their own Lean innovation processes.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

We tend to associate the government with words like bureaucracy rather than lean innovation. Department of Defense by adopting Lean Methodology inside their agency. The NGA has adopted Lean Innovation methods to make this happen. Their goal is to integrate these techniques into their own Lean innovation processes.

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Lean Silicon Valley Government Acquisition 177

Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2013

All while keeping in mind that employees, managers and executives have day jobs – so how could we ask them to spend significant time on new ideas while not sacrificing their present obligations? Thus began our search for a program that would properly balance the focus on the present with the need to increase our options for the future.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

How to Scale Unicorns With Partner David Zhang, TVC. Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV (( Technology Crossover Ventures ). I’m a partner at TCV, which we founded in 1996. I will say the one thing we tell all our portfolio companies is to get fit and lean in. David Zhang.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2015

I was in New York last week teaching my annual 5-day version of the Lean LaunchPad class at the Columbia Business School. Their amazing Lessons Learned presentations can be seen here. Filed under: Family/Career/Culture , Lean LaunchPad , Venture Capital. Family/Career/Culture Lean LaunchPad Venture Capital'

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Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2016

Today the eight teams presented their Lessons Learned presentations. Because of the embedded presentations this post is best viewed on the website.). Each of the eight teams presented a 2-minute video to provide context about their problem and then gave an 8-minute presentation of their Lessons Learned over the 10-weeks.

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View from Seed

MARCH 11, 2020

Due diligence may seem like a drag, but partnering with an investor is a serious commitment, and you want to make sure that whoever you work with has built real conviction about you and your company. These are people who would vouch for you, but you only want to lean on for a small handful of high priority investors.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 9, 2023

We are doubling down on our commitment to partner with a diverse range of facilities across North America, including small, family-owned businesses that need the support. We also run a lean business, with regular budgets and reviews of expenses. Thanks to Sonia Gibson, Accounting Heart Chartered Accountants ! #10-

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2018

Ann Mei Chang is the Executive Director of Lean Impact, the social good division of the Lean Startup Company. Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good is going to be an amazing resource for so many people from innovators to funders and everyone in between. It was incredibly energizing!

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Up and Running

MARCH 26, 2015

And also, what real business owners want—lean business plans for better management. All businesses start with a lean plan. So, every business is better off with a lean plan. Make this the lean plan and add a regular process of review and revision to keep it fresh. That is what we call lean business planning.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

In addition to presenting the IMVU case, we tried for the first time to do an overview of a software engineering methodology that integrates practices from agile software development with Steves method of Customer Development. 2008 09 06 Eric Ries Haas Columbia Customer Development Engineering View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Being an outsider, I also wanted to lean heavily on the actual research available on the subject, as well as the voices of women both in the tech space and who have successfully received venture funding. What about “leaning in”? There is an argument that women need to “ lean in ” (thanks, Sheryl Sandburg).

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2020

Your plan doesn’t need to be a lengthy document either, especially if you follow a Lean Planning methodology. Now if you’re looking for an active plan that you can edit and adjust over time, you may want to consider creating a lean plan. Find good business partners and people who will refer you. Antivirus software.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

We have to present those forces to a warfighting commander. There are several lines of effort that we’re focusing on: We’re working to build the Space Force as a very Lean and Agile service. What is the Space Force Doing Differently in Innovation- With Commercial Partners and Internally?

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The takeaway here is simple: lean into your neighborhood. While these experiences may not be traditional, they present unique opportunities for your customer service to shine. The trick here is to lean into the things that already work for your brand. Check out this example in my hometown of Colorado Springs. Image source ).

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Up and Running

JANUARY 24, 2019

This article will include examples of the risks I took and how I overcame them as presented in my book, “ Raise the Bar Change the Game.” Write a Lean Business Plan. Your business plan can be a Lean Plan , meaning that it doesn’t need to be lengthy. Running a business is much less risky if you have a business plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Most entrepreneurs believe they are leaders, even though the feedback I get from their team and partners may indicate otherwise. Even as you stop, look, and listen to messages in the present, you also need to spend considerable time reading, thinking, and talking about the long-term view. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for T he Lean Startup Conference. We’ve posted the full program for The Lean Startup Conference , and it includes more than three days of events for Gold pass holders and six days of events for VIP pass holders. On the evening of December 8, Ignite Lean Startup kicks off the conference.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 14, 2021

As someone relatively new to the VC space, I was particularly struck by the partners’ collective reflections regarding what has changed and what has remained the same. With our new design, we are hoping to meld the past, present, and future of NextView by way of an elevated, entertaining, and exciting experience for all who choose to stop by.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2010

Having a teaching partner makes life a lot easier and the class improves. But it wasn’t until Ann Miura-Ko joined me as a teaching partner that this “teach the model not the plan” idea jelled. After Stanford, Ann joined Mike Maples’ Venture Capital firm Floodgate as a partner. Teaching Team. Guest Speakers.

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