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NYU Commencement Speech 2016

Steve Blank

Established businesses execute business models while startups search for them. Shortly after that, I met Pete Newell , the retired head of the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force – one of the best Lean and agile organizations in the military – and I met Joe Felter an ex Special Forces Colonel. Congratulations class of 2016.

Lean 225
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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

While all the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ), Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, each of their journeys was unique. This was followed by an 8-minute slide presentation describing their customer discovery journey over the 10 weeks. Origins Of Hacking For Defense.

Lean 418
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7 Ways To Keep Your Focus On Execution After The Idea

Startup Professionals Musings

Many other companies have followed a similar set of execution principles which I believe are required for business success, no matter how great the idea: Tune the business model to optimize value for all constituents. Continuous improvement applies to the business model as well as the product.

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Learning Through Reflection

Steve Blank

To be honest I built the class out of frustration watching schools teach aspiring entrepreneurs that all they need to know is how to write a business plan or how to sit in an incubator building a product. using the business model canvas as the framework. in order to validate/invalidate their business model hypotheses.

Lean 120
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Ecommerce Trendwatching: How To Find, Follow, and Set Trends

ReadWriteStart

For instance, the research conducted by The Economist revealed that searches for environmental goods have grown by 70% since 2016. 5000 , a blog about the fastest-growing business models. This is one of the “must-haves” in the business strategy and should be considered a priority rather than an option.

eCommerce 185
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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ) Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. This was followed by an 8-minute slide presentation describing their customer discovery journey over the 10-weeks. Origins of Hacking For Defense.

Oakland 315
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Autonomous Vehicles: Can You Get There From Here? (Part 2)

Agile VC

Self-Driving Vehicles: The Future Always Takes Longer to Arrive is the 1st post and covers the state of the vehicle autonomy (circa mid 2016) and how we’ve gotten here. . =. In my third post, I will tackle how the legal framework, insurance, and business models for mobility will change with the rise of autonomous vehicles.