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Bigger in Bend – Building a Regional Startup Cluster–part 1 of 3

Steve Blank

When Customer Development and the Lean Startup were just a sketch on the napkin, Dino Vendetti, a VC at Bay Partners, was one of the first venture capitalists I shared my ideas with. Over the years we brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Fixing the Missing Pieces of Infrastructure.

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The Lean LaunchPad Goes to Middle School

Steve Blank

Hawken is an independent school for grades K-12 in Cleveland, Ohio, committed to the idea that students learn more “by doing than by listening.” For each block in the business model canvas, have the students focus on only one or two questions. helps students who are stuck completing a business model canvas.

Lean 312
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The Lean LaunchPad Goes to Middle School

Steve Blank

Hawken is an independent school for grades K-12 in Cleveland, Ohio, committed to the idea that students learn more “by doing than by listening.” For each block in the business model canvas, have the students focus on only one or two questions. helps students who are stuck completing a business model canvas.

Lean 204
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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 30: Guido Kovalskys and Doris Korda

Steve Blank

The business model for automating hospitals was perfect on paper, but we missed very tiny little details, like hospitals don’t have computers for example! — The Hawken School entrepreneurship program is modeled on the Lean LaunchPad curriculum, and has been adopted by high schools across the country.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 30: Guido Kovalskys and Doris Korda

Steve Blank

The business model for automating hospitals was perfect on paper, but we missed very tiny little details, like hospitals don’t have computers for example! — The Hawken School entrepreneurship program is modeled on the Lean LaunchPad curriculum, and has been adopted by high schools across the country.

Brazil 120
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The Lean LaunchPad Goes to High School

Steve Blank

Hawken is an independent school for grades K-12 in Cleveland, Ohio, committed to the idea that students learn more “by doing than by listening.” I framed the search for a viable business model as the focus. We determined as a class that we wouldn’t pass judgment on ideas until we dove into the customer development process.

Lean 317
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The Lean LaunchPad Goes to High School

Steve Blank

Hawken is an independent school for grades K-12 in Cleveland, Ohio, committed to the idea that students learn more “by doing than by listening.” I framed the search for a viable business model as the focus. We determined as a class that we wouldn’t pass judgment on ideas until we dove into the customer development process.

Lean 209