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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 12 –The Space Force– General John Raymond

Steve Blank

There are several lines of effort that we’re focusing on: We’re working to build the Space Force as a very Lean and Agile service. I want folks managing their programs, not managing the Pentagon bureaucracy. I think it’s going pay dividends for us. Flatter organization, with a COO and CTO.

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Lessons Learned: Work in small batches

Startup Lessons Learned

Similar results apply in product management, design, testing, and even operations. These changes pay increasing dividends, because each improvement now direclty frees up somebody in QA at the same time as reducing the total time of the certification step. Sounds very similar to agile development which is the way. Expo SF (May.

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Speed up or slow down? (for Harvard Business Review)

Startup Lessons Learned

Hence, cutting corners often paid huge dividends. You can view previous essays in this series here: Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Hence, cutting corners often paid huge dividends. You can view previous essays in this series here: Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Expo SF (May.

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The Myth of the Myth of the 10x Programmer

Andrew Payne

These tests were assembly language programs that tested for correct CPU operation, and management had budgeted 6-8 weeks to develop a particularly complex set of tests. Each was the size of one or two small Agile user stories requiring two or more hours to implement.

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10 Rosh Hashanah Resolutions for Startup Founders

VC Cafe

Use agility to your advantage and make speed a team priority. For other mistakes to avoid as a product manager, check out my recent Linkedin post on the top 10 mistakes product managers make and read everything you can by Marty Cagan. Need for Speed, indeed. Our goals, their goals. subtract $250,000. English translation below.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. Projects not directly related to those activities never got serious management attention and/or resources. Yet in five years the only new thing that managed to get out the door is the Apple Watch.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. Projects not directly related to those activities never got serious management attention and/or resources. Yet in five years the only new thing that managed to get out the door is the Apple Watch.

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