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NYU Commencement Speech 2016

Steve Blank

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. As graduates you’ve been given the tools to design and build things to help people live better lives.

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Why 2016 Will Be A Turning Point For Startups And Other Software And Tech Firms

YoungUpstarts

The credit was specifically designed to reward technical problem solving based on scientific principles. In layman’s terms, your work should solve challenges or problems that came up during development, be they related to concept designs or the feasibility of the project itself.

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Innovation – something both parties can agree on

Steve Blank

On the last day Congress was in session in 2016, Democrats and Republicans agreed on a bill that increased innovation and research for the country. For me, seeing Congress pass this bill, the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act , was personally satisfying.

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Escaping the Design Trap in Agile Marketing

crowdSPRING Blog

The biggest trend in marketing in 2016 has been the idea of “agile marketing.” In a survey conducted by Workfront and Marketing Profs, roughly 30% of marketers are already using an agile methodology in their departments. ” That makes it difficult to generate exemplary, distinctive designs on a consistent basis.

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[Interview] Bo Zou, Toronto-Based Digital User Experience Specialist And Thought Leader

YoungUpstarts

It also showcases how getting it right can transform startups into players: Pokemon Go caused software startup Niantic’s revenues to skyrocket by $600 million within just three months of its mid-2016 launch. In many respects, it’s the leanness, flexibility and agility of startups that help them become successful,” he says.

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5 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When We Reimagined Our Business

Up and Running

Xerox, Polaroid, Blockbuster, and other market leaders lost to smaller, more agile competitors because the market leaders assumed that they would dominate forever. Our team is small—nine people—but we have a community of over 250,000 clients, designers, and writers, from nearly every country in the world.

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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. . =. If one were starting from a blank sheet of paper designing for a world with autonomous cars, you probably wouldn’t have most of this stuff.