Steve Blank
JUNE 19, 2014
you make substantive changes to one or more parts of your initial business model, and this new data affects your biological and clinical hypotheses. It’s open to NIH SBIR/STTR Phase 1 grantees. Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI): The assigned PD/PI on the SBIR/STTR Phase I award.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 21, 2013
What we found is that during the class almost all of them pivoted - making substantive changes to one or more of their business model canvas components. Both of these groups, those who took the Innovation Corps class and those who didn’t, applied for government peer-reviewed funding through the SBIR program.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
This process costs money, which professional investors are not willing to contribute, since their interest is in scaling a proven product and business model into a growth business. Specifically, I often point to the NSF or the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program for high-tech startups.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 15, 2020
We built up a system to produce a certain type of military power at a time when that whole business model is being disrupted and undermined — much as Blockbuster Video’s business model was undermined by Netflix and Apple. Disruptive Technology.
Steve Blank
JUNE 8, 2021
The trick is we use the same Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum — and the same class structure – experiential, hands-on– driven this time by a mission -model not a business model. Mission-driven entrepreneurship is the answer to students who say, “I want to give back.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
The other interesting observation: Unlike other medical device companies, Apple’s current Watch business model is not dependent on getting insurers to pay for the watch. Much like the NIH SBIR program.) This by itself is a key differentiator for the Watch as a healthcare device. Today consumers pay directly for the Watch.
Steve Blank
JUNE 12, 2020
And the trick is we use the same Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum — and kept the same class structure – experiential, hands-on, driven this time by a mission -model not a business model. Mission-driven entrepreneurship is the answer to students who say, “I want to give back.
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