Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Lean was designed to inform the founders’ vision while they operated frugally at speed. And government agencies find themselves being disrupted by adversaries unencumbered by legacy systems, policies and history. Both companies and government agencies struggle with how to deliver innovation at speed. The result?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 30, 2012

The class teaches founders how to dramatically reduce their failure rate through the combination of business model design, customer development and agile development using the Startup Owners Manual. It doesn’t take equity and just has a small fee that varies by city ($140 to $299), to cover event operations and expenses.

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Startup Lean Incubator Business Model 335

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

An existing company or government organization is primarily organized for day-to-day execution of its current business processes or mission. In reality for innovation to contribute to a company or government agency, it needs to be designed a process from start to deployment. Use Cases/ Concept of Operations. Legal issues.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the 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. And this idea of user-defined operating picture is with us today. Warfighters Need to Be Demanding Customers.

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Artificial Inteligence Technology Agile Architecture 291

Steve Blank

MARCH 15, 2017

When organizations are small (startups, small teams in companies and government agencies) early employees share a mission (why they come to work, what they need to do while they are at work, and how they will know they have succeeded). I wasn’t surprised. The first reaction from my CEO was, “That’s why you’re running the department.”

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. So far, I have found "lean startup" works better with the entrepreneurs Ive talked to than "agile startup" or even "extreme startup.") The lean startup is an application of Lean Thinking.

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Board Effect

JANUARY 15, 2020

Best practices for digital governance are just beginning to evolve and boards that lack the necessary IT expertise may fail to recognize and abide by digital governance best practices. It’s important for organizations to develop best practices for digital governance, especially in industries that are highly regulated.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Businesses also demand flexibility, choice, agility, and cost-effectiveness from these enabling technologies to ensure that business capabilities can change with demand, market, trade mission, and more. The creation of Unix operating systems prompted a standardization of hardware and software into more focused and manageable systems.

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Technical Review Software Review Technology Architecture 121

Steve Blank

JANUARY 18, 2022

was fighting Al-Qaeda and ISIS, China built new weapons and developed new operational concepts to negate U.S. What if our assumptions about the survivability of these naval platforms and the ability of our marines to operate, were based on incorrect assumption about our investments in material, operational concepts and mental models?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

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. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Jeff served in the U.S.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Mark Raheja, founding partner at August , a consultancy focused on organizational development, will be speaking as part of the enterprise learning track at Lean Startup Week about agility at scale. In thinking about the future of corporate agility and management, what modern practices are most vital to today’s leaders?

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Most startups have been competent in managing their cash burn by determining how they spend and utilizing government subsidies to meet their goals. Many of these businesses operated on shoestring budgets and tiny margins, which the pandemic’s challenges all but obliterated. Adaptability goes hand in hand with speed.

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Bankruptcy Startup Agile Technical Review 165

ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover several topics including agile software development, software startups, web 2.0, Strategic Agile Thinking: Balancing Value, Innovation and Research. 2) The agile "happy place". Agile teams sprint when value is known, implementation is low risk. and business transformation.

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Steve Blank

MAY 23, 2016

Shortly after that, I met Pete Newell , the retired head of the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force – one of the best Lean and agile organizations in the military – and I met Joe Felter an ex Special Forces Colonel. government is still operating like a 20 th century organization while our adversaries are operating at 21 st century speed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2011

Smart entrepreneurs are making changes now, to be more agile in defining strategy, making organizational changes, and analyzing markets for change. Look for new volatility, caused by inflation or deflation, new government regulations, and of course new technology and even more determined competitors. Proactive pursuit of new markets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2012

Smart entrepreneurs are making changes now, to be more agile in defining strategy, making organizational changes, and analyzing markets for change. Look for new volatility, caused by inflation or deflation, new government regulations, and of course new technology and even more determined competitors. Proactive pursuit of new markets.

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Agile Government Leadership Revenue 235

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2011

Not only is the private sector suffering, but huge budget deficits mean the government sector is feeling the pain as well. Yes, budget battles in state and local governments have led to extreme, never-before-seen cuts in education budgets — thousands of teacher layoffs and the slashing of music, athletic, gifted, and other programs.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

Corporate governance expert Nygina Mills discusses the critical role of compliance in building resilient businesses that can withstand regulatory and market changes. Effective compliance programs not only detect and prevent violations but also position a company to react agilely to legislative changes.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 26, 2022

This is critical since the government is moving toward a speedier payment system, which will reduce the time it takes for victims to get compensation. So, we can expect that businesses and workplaces will keep on adjusting and readjusting their operations to accommodate the mandates and protocols that their respective governments will impose.

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Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur Artificial Inteligence 124

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 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. The SCO imagines new, often unexpected and game-changing uses of existing government and commercial systems.).

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Technology China Agile Acquisition 421

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

government to help them innovate faster– not just kind of fast, but 10x the number of initiatives in 1/5 the time. To move innovation faster, we now have 21 st century tools — Business Model Canvas , Customer Development , Agile Engineering – all adding up to a Lean Startup. Horizon 1 operates on goals and incentives.

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Lean Management Business Model Incubator 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

Forty years before Agile Development methodologies became popular, ESL had analysts from its &# customer&# sitting side-by-side with ESL engineers designing new equipment together. The Arms Factories that Won the Cold War Were Semiconductor Factories Who was the government official pushing all of this? Order Here. Now In Print!

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. Ive been in a few government-themed meetings recently, so I know some of the standard answers.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 25, 2015

I’ve spent this year working with corporations and government agencies that are adopting and adapting Lean Methodologies. We were once a scrappy, agile and feared organization with a “can-do” attitude. In Silicon Valley, the operative word in any pitch is “disrupt.” —– What Have We Lost? Rebels at Work.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2020

Due to the restrictions imposed by different governments, many have been relying on digital platforms for their needs. Similar to data, the operational applications run on mainframes are also valuable. In today’s quest for agile and flexible platforms, the mainframe is seen by many as an aging, slow, and dying system.

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Marketing Open Source eCommerce Technical Review 98

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 31, 2018

We’re super lean and agile,” says Ortiz Shields, who works with two researchers in the city’s Office of Design & Delivery. They also make recommendations regarding service updates and improvements to existing business processes , like hiring multilingual staff and extending or shifting operating hours. That’s okay.

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Government Technical Review Austin Community 48

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 13, 2021

8-Stay agile. 2020 was a year of many lessons, but if I had to pick one takeaway, it would be the importance of agility. There were many changes throughout the past year, and most required businesses to change the way that they operate over night! Thanks to Deeanne Akerson, Kindred Bravely ! #8-Stay Photo Credit: Jimmy Chebat.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

This was our first step in fostering a more agile, responsive and resilient, approach to national security in the 21st century. As each new technology created new military systems, new operational concepts were developed (bows and arrows were used differently than rocks, etc.). Fast forward to today.

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Artificial Inteligence Technology North Korea Asia 379

Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2017

I shared my current thinking about innovation in companies and government agencies. 08:18 Agile Development and Lean – Eric Ries. 13:58 Startups operate with alacrity, agility and at times a death wish. 27:30 We can’t afford to have our government go out of business. It’s worth a listen.

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Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

The very best analysts are comfortable operating with ambiguity and incompleteness, while all others chase perfection in implementation / processing / reports. The challenge I want to take on is to be specific in the recommendations make, and to share how we can be very nimble and agile. I love governments!

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2024

Seemingly overnight, disruption has allowed challengers to threaten the dominance of companies and government agencies as many of their existing systems have now been leapfrogged. The same holds true for Government organizations, albeit with more serious consequences. It’s a textbook case of the Innovators Dilemma.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 23, 2020

This process helps me to think differently, giving me the agility to think fast on my feet. Photo credit: Heather T. The creative process from creating ideas to developing strategies is what I find to be the most self- rewarding. Having the ability to pivot from a strategy I find is an integral skill to have. Photo credit: Darren Deslatte.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Africa Revenue 148

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Corporate governance goes beyond mere terminology; it forms the very backbone of any thriving enterprise. In the ever-evolving arena of modern business, emphasising strong governance is indispensable. Let’s delve into the pivotal factors currently shaping corporate governance.

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Government Artificial Inteligence Securities and Exchange Commission Australia 128

ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

As marketing channels that once brought in endless streams of new customers mature, those streams can quickly become mere trickles, as a result of anything from new competition, to changes in consumer behavior (often brought about by technology, like the shift to mobile), to new rules that govern the channel. Image Source. Taking Moonshots.

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Technical Review Algorithm Channel Analytics 127

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2010

Smart entrepreneurs are making changes now, to be more agile in defining strategy, making organizational changes, and analyzing markets for change. Look for new volatility, caused by inflation or deflation, new government regulations, and of course new technology and even more determined competitors. Proactive pursuit of new markets.

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Agile Government Leadership Revenue 121

Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

With Lean LaunchPad, we were going to toss teaching the business plan aside and try to teach students a completely new, hands-on approach to starting companies – one which combines customer development, agile development, business models and pivots. Lean-driven (hypothesis testing/business model/customer development/agile engineering).

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Lean Agile Business Model Business Plan 436

Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2020

They operated this way because their existing business models didn’t allow them to initially profit from those opportunities – so they ignored them – and continued to chase higher profitability in more-demanding segments. Innovation Theater) in companies and government organizations, rather than creating actual innovation.

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