Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

While all the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ), Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, each of their journeys was unique. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. Our goal was to teach both theory and practice.

Lean 417

Lean Security Asia SBIR 417

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

In 1991 we went to war in Desert Storm to evict Iraq out of Kuwait. Iraq was also launching Scud missiles and we used Strategic Missile warning capabilities that we have (in space) to detect ICBMs, and we used them to be able to give warning of these smaller rockets. Desert Storm and Space. And that really was the first space war.

Technology 333

Technology United States Iraq Operations 333

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. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. Our goal was to teach both theory and practice.

Oakland 315

Oakland Asia Lean Video 315

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Beyond just those who will be hearing about the lean startup for the first time, Im expecting to shake a lot of hands and have a lot of interesting side conversations. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government.

DC 90

DC Washington San Francisco SBIR 90

Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

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. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. All the presentations are worth a watch. Team: Panacea.

Oakland 281

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. Goals for the Hacking for Defense Class.

Silicon Valley 202

Silicon Valley Southern California Lean San Diego 202

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 primary goal was to teach students Lean Innovation while they engaged in a national public service. Team: TrackID. Goals for the Hacking for Defense Class.

Southern California 191

Southern California San Diego Mississippi SBIR 191