Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. In 1991 we went to war in Desert Storm to evict Iraq out of Kuwait. Desert Storm and Space.

Technology 333

Technology United States Iraq Operations 333

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Policy makers need to know: regulations designed to manage big-companies actually protect those companies by stifling innovation (and competition) from startups. You can see the design of the program here. September 8, 2009 6:25 PM dbsaid. Big companies can afford entire departments dedicated to compliance. conference attendees.

DC 90

DC Washington San Francisco SBIR 90

Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

Our keynote speaker was Palmer Luckey , founder of Oculus and the designer of the Oculus Rift. 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. If you can’t see the video of Palmer Luckey click here. Presentation Format.

Oakland 281

Oakland Lean SBIR Afghanistan 281

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. Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan. Each of their slide presentations follow their customer discovery journey. Team: TrackID.

Southern California 191

Southern California San Diego Mississippi SBIR 191

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. Goals for the Hacking for Defense Class.

Silicon Valley 202

Silicon Valley Southern California San Diego Lean 202

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

We could design warfighting tactics based on knowing the tactics of our opponent. We could design and manufacture the best systems. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents. Newell ran the U.S.

Community 244

Community Silicon Valley Technical Review Incubator 244

Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2020

The United States just did this to China by limiting Huawei’s ability to outsource its in-house chip designs for manufacture by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), a Taiwanese chip foundry. Going forward, China plans to start investing in chip design software, advanced materials, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

Taiwan 436

Taiwan China United States Arizona 436