Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

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. Steve Weinstein 30-year veteran of Silicon Valley technology companies and Hollywood media companies. If you can’t see the SeaWatch slides click here.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2018

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. He also believes that startups often have an advantage in using technological advances to help them innovate customer experiences. “In

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2016

A great business must be agile. Optimize team efforts with the latest technology and tools. In this era of rapid technology advancement, an open mind must be the norm in leveraging the latest tools and process architectures. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 02/26/2016.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 15, 2017

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. And finally this bill acknowledges that networks of entrepreneurs and mentors are critical in getting technologies translated from the lab to the marketplace. Why This Matters.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2016

With agile and other incremental development processes, schedule and track the allowable time boxes -- one to four weeks -- per cycle. The team must deal with changes from the market and technology but resist any urges from anyone to add features without pruning or removing others. Don’t let your business be a victim of feature creep.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 18, 2022

In 2016, Simya Solutions (now Ling) was born. And then I had this life-changing opportunity that required my entrepreneurial background from my family, passion for marketing , and skills in technology to serve a not-for-profit close to my heart. 14- To assist businesses to adopt advanced technologies. Photo Credit: Lucy Bedewi.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2017

For the following eight years, despite seeing great growth in our business, we made a mistake many entrepreneurs make: we operated the business as though the competitive, technological, and economic landscape was the same as when we started. Many processes are already established and it’s more difficult to be agile.

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Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Facing a high unemployment rate among graduates, Kenya encourages entrepreneurship in an effort to create more jobs in the technology sector. Scrum, Agile, Product Management. Technology is changing how Nigerians live and do business, quite often in a remarkable way. What are the most common skills in each category? Algeria.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong recently singled out disruption as his country’s defining economic issue, telling Channel NewsAsia: “Old models are not working, new models are coming thick and fast, and we’re having to adjust and to keep up, because of technology and globalization. For small businesses, this is great.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Jennifer Edgin is the Chief Technology Officer of the Intelligence Division at the Headquarters of the Marine Corps. As the Senior Technical Advisor to the Director of Intelligence, she is responsible for building and infusing new technologies within the Marine Corps Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Enterprise (MCISRE).

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Jennifer Edgin is the Chief Technology Officer of the Intelligence Division at the Headquarters of the Marine Corps. To achieve this mission, we established a framework that leveraged Marine Corps tenacity, agility, and adaptability to create a persistent culture of innovation.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Robert Tallack is chief executive of a fast-growing e-commerce company, ConversionPoint Technologies, that launched in July 2016, hitting over $70 million in estimated revenues in 2017. I’ve learned to be tough, agile and durable. The fact is, AI technology has already done significant things for e-commerce.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2018

billion in 2016 to $750 billion by 2024. The design thinking process may have originated with designers, but the business world has started to take notice because of the agility, speed, and innovation that it promises. If you want to see a place where innovation and technology intersect, check out the work beauty companies are doing.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 7, 2016

Advancements on smartphone technology have not only put business systems and applications on mobile phones, transforming them into smarter, more sophisticated business tools. Today, any business without an app strategy will find themselves quickly losing out to their more agile competitors. Marching into 2016 and beyond.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 28, 2016

Startups are intended to be agile businesses that consistently face engineering and marketing challenges with creative thinking and a willingness to evolve. Vrse was founded to utilize VR as a storytelling medium by developing the technology required to create, play, and distribute “immersive VR films.” A Case for Change.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Hacking for Diplomacy is a new course from the Management Science and Engineering department in Stanford’s Engineering school and Stanford’s International Policy Studies program that will be first offered in the Fall of 2016. Hacking for Diplomacy is not a product incubator for a specific technology solution.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. Steve Weinstein a 30-year veteran of Silicon Valley technology companies and Hollywood media companies. All the presentations are worth a watch. Team: Panacea.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The downfall of Microsoft’s chatbot Tay in 2016 is among the most poignant examples of such pitfalls. Leaders should define KPIs with their teams using an agile approach that ties to top needed results. In short, KPIs are defined early on and consistently reaffirmed, rather than one that is made only in at the beginning of the year.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Beyond Pokémon GO, technologies such as AR and Virtual Reality (VR) are the real heroes that will bring about new digital disruptions, and create opportunities for business-owners and marketers to revolutionise the way they run their business. With all new technology, figuring out the best way to leverage it is a learning experience.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2017

Startups must be agile and adapt their value proposition several times until they get it right. For example, Apple captured 79% of the global smartphone profits in 2016 , even though it held only a 14.5 percent global share of that market in 2016. By being meaningful and different, Apple has dominated certain markets.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

In July the NGA hosted the inaugural 2016 Intelligence Community Innovation Conference with attendees from across the Department of Defense and public sector. It is our job to acquire the technologies, data and services that NGA and the NSG need to execute our mission in the most effective, efficient and timely manner possible …”.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

In July the NGA hosted the inaugural 2016 Intelligence Community Innovation Conference with attendees from across the Department of Defense and public sector. It is our job to acquire the technologies, data and services that NGA and the NSG need to execute our mission in the most effective, efficient and timely manner possible …”.

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OnlyOnce

AUGUST 31, 2017

Over the years, I’ve written a lot about the Agile methodology on this blog. For those of you who are regular readers, you may remember a post I wrote about our Agile Everywhere initiative — where all Return Path teams were tasked with implementing agile practices. weren’t at all familiar with agile practices.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. Our observation is that the DOD has more technology demos than they need, but often lack deep problem understanding. Team: TrackID. Worth your time to watch.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 26, 2016

Hacking for Defense is a new course at Stanford’s Engineering School in the Spring of 2016. Up until the dawn of the 21 st century, they defined military technology superiority. Our defense and intelligence community owned and/or could buy and deploy the most advanced technology in the world. Its Not Just the Technology.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Subscription Business Trends and Predictions for 2016. You can read more about setting up a C-Corp in Delaware here; it’s a particular favorite for technology startups, and there are plenty of reasons why: The ability to incorporate without needing to reside in the U.S., Noah says, “Agile is what most software companies use.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 28, 2013

IDC Research predicts cloud technology spending will grow by 25 percent in 2014, reaching over $100B. Technologies that aren’t designed to be device-agnostic will lose market share in the coming year. Several years ago, collaborative technologies in the enterprise were new and a little clumsy. Cloud-first is the new normal.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Hacking for Diplomacy is a new course from the Management Science and Engineering department in Stanford’s Engineering school and Stanford’s International Policy Studies program that will be first offered in the Fall of 2016. Hacking for Diplomacy is not a product incubator for a specific technology solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2016

No company can afford to lose the agility, flexibility, and innovation of a startup. Businesses firmly ensconced down an existing path find it hard to leave their comfort zone or jeopardize current revenue streams, and tend to prioritize the value of incremental change, even in the face of new markets, technology, or economic conditions.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2016

There are dozens of concerns—raising initial funding, building the technology, and finding initial customers, just to name a few. His forthcoming book, “ Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami? “, will be available in Sept 2016. Most start-ups fail, mostly because they run out of money too early. Steven D.

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BeyondVC

MARCH 8, 2017

Pivotal just announced it did over $270mm of revenue in 2016 from Cloud Foundry helping large companies with digital transformation. This is yet another sign how large companies are embracing cloud technologies and microservices to be more agile. That’s some nice growth from the $115mm the year earlier.

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BeyondVC

MARCH 8, 2017

Pivotal just announced it did over $270mm of revenue in 2016 from Cloud Foundry helping large companies with digital transformation. This is yet another sign how large companies are embracing cloud technologies and microservices to be more agile. That’s some nice growth from the $115mm the year earlier.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 31, 2022

Advancing technology excites me. I love researching new technology and seeing how it can be used to improve our company and our services. 21- Agility. Thanks to Slav Kulik, Plan A Technologies ! #30- I'm always looking for new ways to do things, and get other perspectives on business, life, management, and finance.

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Reid Hoffman

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

New strategies and new technologies can be difficult to understand. To enhance company trust, founders should implement safety and ethical regulations that are agile to allow for innovation over time. Founders should set up board training sessions to provide further insight and explain why specific risks are worth taking. Reid Hoffman.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2015

Here’s another presentation from ConversionXL Live 2015 (sign up for the 2016 list to get tickets at pre-release prices ). ConversionXL Live 2016: March 30th to April 1st. This is on the technology side. Or should it be a part of the development organization or in the Agile development environment? Full transcript.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 25, 2019

When laws changed in 2016 allowing fans to own a part of a company, it was evident to me that a fan-owned company had a strategic advantage in the marketplace. I started Pneuma Nitric Oxide, LLC in order to take my nitric oxide technology into the skin care and beauty arena. Our technology connects wellness to beauty.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 24, 2017

What are the industry and technology trends that are fueling the need for these skills? With agile development cycles and uncertain monetization models, they live and die by data and experimentation. As we learned in our 2016 State of the Industry report , those who do conversion optimization go by a variety of titles.

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