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Lean Startup at Scale

Startup Lessons Learned

One good example is the way in which we''ve adjusted the length of different phases of our agile sprints. We don''t follow a set agile methodology, but rather follow a more home-grown, minimal version of various approaches. But that doesn’t mean that we don’t take these ideas seriously. Growth changed all that.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

This was followed by an 8-minute slide presentation describing their customer discovery journey over the 10-weeks. 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. and the U.K.

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NYU Commencement Speech 2016

Steve Blank

National Science Foundation adopted this class, now called the Innovation Corps, as the basis of commercializing science in the Unites States. The Lean LaunchPad class is now taught around the world – and VC’s expect entrepreneurs to talk about not just their technology but their customer development findings.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

In December 1941, the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, and Germany declares war on the United States. And in hindsight, we seemed a bit more agile and innovative in WWII.) In 21 st century terminology we’d say that Terman built the Radio Research lab into a customer-centric organization doing agile development.

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The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post)

Startup Lessons Learned

The United States is locked in a new arms race for that most precious resource -- the future entrepreneurs upon whom economic growth depends. The United States is locked in a new arms race for that most precious resource -- the future entrepreneurs upon whom economic growth depends. Expo SF (May.

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How Scientists and Engineers Got It Right, and VC’s Got It Wrong

Steve Blank

In the 1950’s the groundwork for a culture and environment of entrepreneurship were taking shape on the east and west coasts of the United States. The Stanford class introduced the first management tools for entrepreneurs built around the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack.

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Eureka! A New Era for Scientists and Engineers

Steve Blank

The cultural tolerance for failure and experimentation, and a financial structure which balanced risk, return and obscene returns, allowed this system flourish in technology clusters in United States, particularly in Silicon Valley. This is a potential game changer for science and innovation in the United States.

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