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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

At the end of the quarter, each of the teams gave a final “Lessons Learned” presentation. Unlike traditional demo days or Shark Tanks which are, “Here’s how smart I am, and isn’t this a great product, please give me money,” a Lessons Learned presentation tells the story of a team’s 10-week journey and hard-won learning and discovery.

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AI startups continue to dominate investor charts, but we shouldn’t let this overshadow growth in industry verticals 

The Startup Magazine

AI communication startup Prezent doubles-down on value of UX Prezent is an AI-powered communications startup that’s helping enterprises simplify the process of producing professional-quality presentations tailored to the target audience. Now, teams can focus on using the AI-powered features from Prezent to create their presentations.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

At the end of the quarter, each of the teams gave a final “Lessons Learned” presentation and followed up with a 3,000 to 5,000-word team-written paper. If you can’t see the presentation click here. If you can’t see the presentation click here. If you can’t see the presentation click here.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – Wrap Up

Steve Blank

At the end of the quarter, each of the teams gave a final “Lessons Learned” presentation with a follow-up a 3,000 to 5,000-word team-written paper. If you can’t see the presentation click here. If you can’t see the presentation click here. If you can’t see the presentation click here.

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10 Ways To Make Your Funding Pitch More Hard-Hitting

Startup Professionals Musings

I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. Research your audience before presenting. The most respected presenters are the ones who have done the research before-hand to know who is in the audience, and have tailored their message to these interests.

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6 Reasons Technical Expertise Does Not Make A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

The Entrepreneurial Perspective starts with a picture of a well-defined future, and then comes back to the present with the intention of changing it to match the vision. The Technician’s Perspective starts with the present, and then looks forward to an uncertain future with the hope of keeping it much like the present.

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Playing With Fire – ChatGPT

Steve Blank

These are behaviors that weren’t present in the small AI models that came before but are now appearing in large models like GPT-4. Over the last 50 years I’ve been lucky enough to have been present at the creation of the first microprocessors, the first personal computers, and the first enterprise web applications. Should you care?

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