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Why Founders Should Know How to Code

Steve Blank

I was driving home from the BIO conference in San Diego last month and had lots of time for a phone call with Dave, an ex student and now a founder who wanted to update me on his Customer Discovery progress. A startup is not just about the idea, it’s about testing and then implementing the idea.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

When I was a kid, the way I logged onto the internet for the first time (to play MUDs, naturally) was through an open dial-up console at San Diego State University. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Expo SF (May.

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How to Automate Apps with Workflows & Integrations

ConversionXL

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. They run in strict sequences, often at the same time of day, week, or month (e.g. Marketing requires a multi-channel approach.

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Stop Wasting Time In Meetings!

YoungUpstarts

by Mike Richardson , author of “ Wheel$pin: The Agile Executive’s Manifesto “ Technology is constantly speeding up the pace of business: Decisions once delayed for weeks are now made in seconds thanks to internet communication. Here are some tips for developing agile meetings with traction: Map your meeting.

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Hacking for Diplomacy @ Stanford –What We Learned With the State Department

Steve Blank

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. Getting Lean. Each of the teams used the Lean Startup methodology.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2017 – Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

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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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2018 – wonder and awe

Steve Blank

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.