Steve Blank

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Navy has demos of alternatives, but there is no force structure built on a different set of principles that would complicate China’s plans and create doubt in our adversaries of whether they could prevail in a conflict. The Hedge Strategy – Create “the small, the agile, and the many”. (Like the pre-WW2 aircraft carriers.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Ill exclude those non- lean startups who basically exist for the purpose of raising bigger and bigger sums of money. Most important slide: live demo Prototype product Key questions: what will it take to ship a working product? How does a lean start-up find the all-star team worthy of pitching? Youre not one of those are you?)

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 128

wordsting.com

APRIL 4, 2013

Fat startup: Learn the lessons of my failed Lean Startup. by Word Sting in Lean Startup , Software copywriting , Copywriting for startups. Those that do will likely fall under the influence of the celebrated Lean Startup movement. Yet the company failed -- more of a fat startup than a lean startup.

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Lean Startup Software Review San Francisco 61

Steve Blank

JANUARY 15, 2017

I-Corps uses Lean Startup methods to teach scientists how to turn their discoveries into entrepreneurial, job-producing businesses. But I haven’t forgotten that before everyone else thought that teaching scientists how to build companies using Lean Methods might be a good for the country, there was one congressman who got it first.

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Lean Technical Review Government Washington 120

ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2021

For example, you may find that, upon experimenting with chatbots, it increases demo signups to your SaaS product by ~3%. monthly email newsletter to entire subscriber list on X day each month) Dynamic workflows are more agile and flexible. Even startups with a lean marketing strategy invest in at least two or three channels.

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Software Review Technical Review San Diego Retention 143

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Investors sitting through Incubator or Accelerator demo days have three metrics to judge fledgling startups – 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling PowerPoint slides, and 3) a world-class team. A Lean Startup methodology offers entrepreneurs a framework to focus on what’s important: Business Model Discovery.

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Oakland Incubator Lean Metrics 330

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

There are few courses which teach aspiring entrepreneurs the skills (business models, customer and agile development, design thinking, etc.) We’ll build the class around the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. Set up a booth, put up posters, run demos, etc. to optimize this search.

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Wiki Lean Management Business Model 318

Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2020

The classes are built on the Lean Startup methodology: Customer Discovery, Agile Engineering and the Business/Mission Model Canvas. Rather than doing every demo of your MVP live, consider 1) recording it 2) highlighting the key points. Break your MVP demo into <1 minute segments. Take the time to zoom in.

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Customer Business Model Restful Video 422

Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

We tend to associate the government with words like bureaucracy rather than lean innovation. Department of Defense by adopting Lean Methodology inside their agency. The NGA has adopted Lean Innovation methods to make this happen. Their goal is to integrate these techniques into their own Lean innovation processes.

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Lean Silicon Valley Government Acquisition 185

Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2016

We tend to associate the government with words like bureaucracy rather than lean innovation. Department of Defense by adopting Lean Methodology inside their agency. The NGA has adopted Lean Innovation methods to make this happen. Their goal is to integrate these techniques into their own Lean innovation processes.

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Lean Silicon Valley Government Acquisition 185

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Lean LaunchPad class developed for Stanford. And the Lean LaunchPad class I developed at Stanford was the first such class. I believe the analogy is identical for entrepreneurship.The capstone entrepreneurship classes like NSF I-Corps or a Lean LaunchPad class, are for those who have already decided they want to be entrepreneurs.

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Incubator Lean Programming Government 333

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2013

universities teaching the Lean LaunchPad curriculum organized as I-Corps “nodes” across the U.S. The nodes are now offering their own regional versions of the Lean LaunchPad class under I-Corps. The program pays scientists $50,000 to attend the program and takes no equity. Currently there are 11 U.S.

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Lean Washington Incubator Agile 270

Steve Blank

JULY 28, 2011

The class will be a version of the Lean LaunchPad class we developed in the Stanford Technology Ventures Program , (the entrepreneurship center at Stanford’s School of Engineering). And they’ll do this using the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. —– This is a big deal.

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Engineer Silicon Valley United States Intellectual Property 287

Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

Unlike traditional demo days or Shark Tanks which are “here’s how smart I am, please give me money,” a Lessons Learned presentation tells a story of a journey of hard-won learning and discovery. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. Team: Panacea.

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Oakland Lean SBIR Afghanistan 281

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

It combines the same Lean Startup Methodology used by the National Science Foundation to commercialize science, with the rapid problem sourcing and curation methodology developed on the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq by Colonel Pete Newell and the US Army’s Rapid Equipping Force. 21 st Century Frogman.

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Silicon Valley Southern California Lean San Diego 202

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Their supposed lack of ambition was belied by the many cool demos and startups I got to meet. If anyone is interested, the Wellington Lean Startup Meetup is a good place to start. Im particularly looking forward to inaugurating the Sydney Lean Startup meetup. In fact, you have to learn to adjust to the humility.

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Australia Lean New Zealand San Francisco 111

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 12, 2016

We just held our final week of the Hacking for Diplomacy class, teaching students entrepreneurship and “Lean Startup” principles while they engaged in national public service applying advanced technologies to solve global challenges. Lessons Learned – Not a Demo Day. Getting Lean. Hacking for Diplomacy student.

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Silicon Valley Lean San Diego Agile 218

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 mantra to the students was that we wanted them to learn about “Deployment not Demos.” Each of their slide presentations follow their customer discovery journey.

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Southern California San Diego Mississippi SBIR 191

Steve Blank

JUNE 2, 2011

A revolution has taken hold as customer development and agile engineering reinvent the Startup process. At Stanford our Lean Launchpad class ran an experiment that showed when “the boardroom is bits” can make a radical difference in the outcome of an early stage startup. Victor Hugo. When The Boardroom is Bits. We Ran the Experiment.

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Silicon Valley Business Model Early Stage Venture Capital 292

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Hershey just bought Krave Jerky, a team in our 2011 Berkeley Lean LaunchPad class, for >$200 million. They ran 10 in-store demos, which got them talking to 100s of more customers. The Lean LaunchPad class works for existing businesses as well as new startups. But Jon had much bigger ambitions. Lessons Learned.

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North America Lean Customer Development Distribution 120

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 12, 2016

We just held our final week of the Hacking for Diplomacy class, teaching students entrepreneurship and “Lean Startup” principles while they engaged in national public service applying advanced technologies to solve global challenges. Lessons Learned – Not a Demo Day. Getting Lean. Hacking for Diplomacy student.

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Silicon Valley Lean San Diego Agile 120

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2011

The class will be a version of the Lean LaunchPad class we developed in the Stanford Technology Ventures Program , (the entrepreneurship center at Stanford's School of Engineering). And they'll do this using the business model-customer development-agile development solution stack. And Stanford's Lean LaunchPad class could do just that.

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Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Balance Sheet Lean 118

Steve Blank

MAY 12, 2016

A pivot is the lean methodology’s way to fire the plan without firing people. Pivots are what allows startups to be agile, and to move with speed and urgency. In slide 5 the team had a first demo of their MVP auto tracking of drones. This is what enables Lean teams to move with speed and urgency. They all come out of it.

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Virginia Lean Analytics Incubator 120

Steve Blank

MAY 12, 2016

A pivot is the lean methodology’s way to fire the plan without firing people. Pivots are what allows startups to be agile, and to move with speed and urgency. In slide 5 the team had a first demo of their MVP auto tracking of drones. This is what enables Lean teams to move with speed and urgency. They all come out of it.

Virginia 120

Virginia Lean Analytics Incubator 120

Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2019

We just finished the 8 th annual Lean LaunchPad class at Stanford. So in 2011, with support from the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (the entrepreneurship center in the Stanford Engineering School), we created a new capstone entrepreneurship class – the Lean LaunchPad. It’s the same, but different. I-Corps @ NIH ).

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 19, 2011

Jeff has been promoting the use of Lean UX as an effective method to spur greater innovation, quality and productivity in startups as well as within teams in larger organizations. Lean Startups need to make snap decisions, iterate quickly and pivot when needed. Levels of Agile adoption span the full spectrum across our 6 Scrum teams.

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Lean Software Review SCRUM Non-Compete 165

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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Community Silicon Valley Technical Review Incubator 244

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 19, 2010

You don't have an "edge" just because you're passionate, hard-working, or "lean.". Some head straight to the booth to get a demo; for many I give a private demo of the product on sofas in the hallway. Even "cool, agile" companies like 37signals are trapped. Anything you read on popular blogs is also read by everyone else.

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Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Bolivia 325

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 13, 2015

The importance of running experiments to learn more about customer behavior is one of the core principles of the Lean Startup. He’d present a demo of the prototype and ask customers if it would be useful. The founders needed to find a different way to gather early feedback. * They’d tell him no, and so he’d ask them how they worked.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The team was demoing their AJAX-powered map solution, the first of its kind, to senior management at Google. Lean manufacturing , agile software development , and Theory of Constraints are all examples of this idea in action. I won’t apologize for this aspect of the Lean Startup methodology. Pivot or persevere?

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Software Review 167

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Approvals tended to be based on who had the best demo and/or slides or lobbied the hardest. A canonical Lean Innovation process inside a company or government agency would look something like this: Curation. Ironically, by standing still, they were falling behind. As the head of the U.S. Lessons Learned.

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Incubator Curation Engineer Government 319

VC Adventure

MARCH 15, 2017

Trello – collaborative task list for Teams, works well with Agile/Lean methodologies. or calendly – scheduling made easy, great for sales people, demos or office hours. TextExpander – store frequently types phrases/notes across all devices. Assistant Services. youcanbook.me

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Product Agile Lean Analytics 49

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

No amount of learning how to get a VC meeting or improving your VC demo skills will fix the lack of concrete customer data. They will realize that you have built a startup that’s agile, resilient and customer-centric. Your presentation doesn’t have a single word about Lean Startups or Customer Development.

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 270

Steve Blank

MAY 22, 2009

And inviting to the booth/dinner/private demo. General Comments for both Awareness and Lead Generation Demo’s I don’t care how small the booth or trade show is, do a canned demo every 20 to 30 minutes regardless of whether anyone is at your booth or not. Demo’s are the heart of the booth. One of them is a loser.

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Silicon Valley RSS California Customer Development 139

Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

I began formulating the key ideas around what became the Lean Startup – that startups and existing companies were distinctly different – companies execute business models while startups search for them. Let’s Teach Lean Via Experiential Learning. Lean-driven (hypothesis testing/business model/customer development/agile engineering).

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css-tricks.com

JANUARY 2, 2013

And all too often in an agile approach, tweaks are made for business and dev requirements. There are proven development methodologies out there like Lean, Agile, Waterfall. Build demos with our in-browser code editor. Web Design. Web Development. iOS Development. Show search box. Search in: All. Navigation n Search.

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Web Software Review Technical Review Caching 96

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Steve Blank’s Lean Startup Resources. Lean Startup Circle â?? Agile project management tool that enables real time collaboration. Agile project management. Lean project management. Agile eLearning.

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