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NYU Commencement Speech 2016

Steve Blank

This unorthodox idea has become a movement …called The Lean Startup – and has led to entirely new ways to start companies, commercialize science, and think about innovation. Over the last decade I’ve watched the Lean Startup approach to entrepreneurship take off. When I was 18 I served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

I began to realize a few things: First, everything we had done in electronic warfare in the Vietnam War was just a slightly more modern version of what we had done over occupied Europe in World War II. (And And in hindsight, we seemed a bit more agile and innovative in WWII.) Play spooky music here. How was this possible?

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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

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. These would be the heart of ESL’s business. A-12 OXCART CIA Spyplane ESL found other ways to stay very close to its customers. Yet while the U.S.

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Hacking for Defense & Hacking for Diplomacy – Educator/Sponsor Class

Steve Blank

college campuses circa the Vietnam War (and the riots and student protests at Stanford ). So I was astonished how ready and eager students were for a class that combines the toughest problems in national security, with learning Lean Innovation methods. Result : I’ll admit my hesitancy was because I brought my memories of U.S.

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The Story Behind the Secret History Part II. Getting B-52s through.

Steve Blank

The Vietnam war was winding down. Even though the bombers we lost over North Vietnam were older versions, called B-52 D-models, many of the systems were the same. Reply Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA « Steve Blank , on June 29, 2009 at 7:02 am Said: [.]

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Hacking for Defense & Hacking for Diplomacy – Educator/Sponsor Class

Steve Blank

college campuses circa the Vietnam War (and the riots and student protests at Stanford ). So I was astonished how ready and eager students were for a class that combines the toughest problems in national security, with learning Lean Innovation methods. Result : I’ll admit my hesitancy was because I brought my memories of U.S.

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Gravity Will be Turned Off « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Reply Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA « Steve Blank , on June 29, 2009 at 7:02 am Said: [.] Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi Mississippi was the Training Center responsible for teaching 10’s of thousands of students a year how to repair radar, communications, and electronics. entire story can be found at Steve Blank.