Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. Together Pete, Joe Felter and I created Hacking for Defense , a nationwide program to teach university students how use Lean methodologies to solve defense and national security problems.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2020

That demands the right combination of tactical urgency and strategic patience, but there’s no question we have to move with alacrity on this right now. Lean, MVPs and the DOD. Warfighters Need to Be Demanding Customers. War is a very uncertain endeavor run by humans. We started with a cross-functional team.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 28, 2017

When Colonel Peter Newell headed up the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF) he used lean methods on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to provide immediate technology solutions to urgent problems. Filed under: Customer Development , Hacking For Defense , Lean LaunchPad.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

There is demand to apply the problem-solving methodology to a range of public sector organizations where success is measured by impact and mission achievement versus revenue and profit. Lessons Learned. Hacking for Defense = problem-solving methodology for innovation insurgents inside the DOD/Intel Community.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

There is demand to apply the problem-solving methodology to a range of public sector organizations where success is measured by impact and mission achievement versus revenue and profit. Lessons Learned. Hacking for Defense = problem-solving methodology for innovation insurgents inside the DOD/Intel Community.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

You really have to lean in and say, "Okay. Buy these sandals and we'll contribute money to building schools in Afghanistan for girls who otherwise couldn't go to school. So even in these dark days you have to be opportunistic. That also includes really learning everything you can about what's going on in your industry.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

I realize some of what I just said probably doesn't even make sense to nonclinical people, but the work that we do is demanding. And when you run from that, that's happening in one room and then the next room over, you have the demanding parent who's like, well, I'm friends with Marc Benioff and you're not moving fast enough.

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