Community, Customer Development and Washington

Save the Date! the 5th Lean Innovation Educators Summit

Steve Blank

JANUARY 19, 2022

This is the fifth edition of this semi-annual gathering, a supportive peer community of educators, and we’ll meet to discuss how we adapt to meet the challenges of the current tumultuous environment. We look forward to gathering as a community to continue shaping the future of Lean Innovation Education. Register here.

Lean

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

We’ve just held our seventh and eighth weeks of Hacking for Diplomacy at Stanford, and the attention our course is getting from Washington – and around the world – has been interesting. I think my catalyst for taking the class was: How would some of these business ideas be useful to generate new ideas in the academic economics community?

Silicon Valley

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

We’ve just held our seventh and eighth weeks of Hacking for Diplomacy at Stanford, and the attention our course is getting from Washington – and around the world – has been interesting. I think my catalyst for taking the class was: How would some of these business ideas be useful to generate new ideas in the academic economics community?

Silicon Valley

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Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Ive written a little bit about the origins of Silicon Valley because I think its important for us to understand how we got here in order to make sure we preserve what is best about our community. The companies I spoke to all agreed that the community there was extremely supportive, especially in the critical ulta-early-stage.

San Francisco

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A real Customer Advisory Board

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 26, 2009

And, as you can see in my previous post on “ The cardinal sin of community management &# the feedback could be all over the map. But we had some super-active customers who would act as editors, collecting feedback from all over the community and synthesizing it into a report of the top issues. It was absolutely worth it.

Advisory Board

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New conference website, speakers, agenda

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

Each part of the program is organized around one phase of the Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop and begins with a keynote address from a heavy hitter: Steve Blank on Customer Development, Randy Komisar on "Getting to Plan B" and - a third person, not-yet-announced-but-extremely-cool-trust-me.

San Francisco

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The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

The response so far has been nothing short of overwhelming, and I want to especially thank those of you who participated in the survey and customer validation exercise that helped shape this event. I have contacts within the university and entrepreneurial communities and would be happy to help you set up something if interested.

Lean

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review

Doubling Down On a Good Thing: The National Science Foundation’s I-Corps Lite

Steve Blank

MAY 12, 2015

National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Node (a collaboration among the University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins). The NSF decided to pilot a “Beat the Odds Boot Camp” (essentially an I-Corps Lite) at the biannual gathering of new SBIR/STTR Phase I grantees in Washington.

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Lessons Learned: Product development leverage

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

That engine of creativity has led to a catalog of something like 2 million virtual goods authored by a hundred thousand developers. Most importantly, there is almost no niche or trend that is unserved by this community. When you participate in an open community like these you take advantage of tremendous amounts of effort.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 8, 2009 What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups? Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 So heres my simple question: What do folks in Washington need to know about the global community of entrepreneurs?

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Would You "Rent" a Startup Founder? For Charity?

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 3, 2012

The promotion includes a number of execs, including ones from Exec, natch: Alexis Ohanian ( Reddit , Breadpig ) for questions on Y Combinator, building brands and communities online, or combatting terrible legislation in Washington (e.g., SOPA/PIPA). Steve Huffman ( Reddit , Hipmunk ) for help with Web applications.

Founder

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Lessons Learned: Lean hiring tips

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

You are doing the startup community a great service by sharing your insights via your blog. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Labels: hiring , lean startup 4comments: Tamar said. This post has been removed by the author. January 21, 2009 6:39 AM Kevin Merritt said.

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Datablindness

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

A similar kind of datablindness happened in the US intelligence community in the decades following the launch of photoreconnaissance satellites. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? In May of 1998, India detonated several nuclear weapons at a test site near New Delhi.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

We also learned that law is code , and that leadership was needed to build thriving communities in a digital age. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? You can find the origins of many successful companies in these early lessons. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Programming

Programming San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

International tour about to begin

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 14, 2009 International tour about to begin For my international readers: are you in Washington DC, Paris, Barcelona, London, Amsterdam, Malmo, or even Oulu, Finland? The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Whats that you say?

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Testing the new Disqus comment system

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Testing the new Disqus comment system The recent and overwhelming influx of comments on The cardinal sin of community management. Testing the new Disqus comment system The recent and overwhelming influx of comments on The cardinal sin of community management.

San Francisco

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Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 19, 2009 Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Its been an exhilarating first day here in Washington DC for the Geeks on a Plane tour. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 26: Javier Saade and Hillary Hartley

Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2016

Getting things done in Washington, he says, is a challenge: Javier : … For things to get done, the politics is something that was very difficult to get used to. …. Here’s how 18F fosters a culture of service: Hillary : The culture has become so ingrained in me and it really is about service (and) community.

Small Business Administration

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Gov 2.0 Summit wrap-up

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Summit in Washington DC last week. g2s The very abbreviated version of Customer Development (channeling Steve Blank ). The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Gov 2.0 There was quite an exchange of ideas.

San Francisco

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Your creators should always have a simple way to talk to current and potential customers in any segment. Make it easy to “pilot&# new work with a test community of actively engaged readers, and provide a mechanism for measuring the impact of these pilots. For bonus points, make this a paid subscription.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution

Don't be the Ice Cream Glove

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Labels: customer development 3comments: Anonymoussaid. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? So far, all the feedback has been in favor of doing it whenever I have a guest post elsewhere. If you have further thoughts, please leave them as a comment.

San Francisco

San Francisco DC Continuous Deployment Lean

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (and a request for help)

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Summit wrap-up International tour about to begin The cardinal sin of community management Happy blogiversary (my present: a brand new URL) What would you want to tell Washington DC about st.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean DC Continuous Deployment

The Big Bang. The Lean LaunchPad explodes at University of Maryland

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2014

We didn’t know it at the time, but with that investment we had paid for front-row VIP seats to witness the origins of Customer Development and the Lean Startup. They spend the year working with the doctors and the life sciences venture community to design devices and other solutions to those problems and needs.

Maryland

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What I Learned from 500 Educators – Build Back Better Summit – Results

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 28, 2020

With the theme “Build Back Better” Jerry Engel , Pete Newell , Steve Weinstein and I co-hosted nearly 500 Lean Educators from 63 countries and 235 universities online for a three-hour session to share what we’ve learned about educators on how we can help our communities rebound, adjust, and recover. Here’s what we learned. — Background.

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Introducing the Lean Startup Cohort subscription program

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

In particular, we would cover customer development, continuous deployment, minimum viable product, and actionable metrics. In between sessions, this cohort of companies would have the opportunity to act as a learning community, sharing what theyve learned and supporting one another as they try to put the techniques into practice.

Lean

Lean Programming San Francisco Continuous Deployment

Happy blogiversary (my present: a brand new URL)

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Summit wrap-up International tour about to begin The cardinal sin of community management Happy blogiversary (my present: a brand new URL) What would you want to tell Washington DC about st.

San Francisco

San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean DC

Lessons Learned: Three freemium strategies

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 27, 2009

We're keeping ourselves free for the community that has helped us build our product; premium vs basic seems wrong to us. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? I also work for a startup and we have been grappling with the same problem ever since we went public.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Lo, my 1032 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

I would recommend periodic surveys, along with some kind of forum or other community tool where the most passionate customers can congregate. Im Community Manager at VenCorps, co-host of commandN. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Hi Eric, Will Pate here.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2017 – Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Each of their slide presentation follow their customer discovery journey. This fall a series of new “Hacking for X…” classes will address these deserving communities.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Southern California Lean San Diego

The free software hiring advantage

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Heres the short version: hire people from the online communities that develop free software. Beyond the quality of the candidates themselves, Ive noticed three big effects of hiring out of free software communities: You can hire an expert in your own code base. Ive had the good fortune to see this first-hand. Submit patches.

Software Review

Software Review Software Hiring San Francisco

Business ecology and the four customer currencies

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

And passionate players are often the backbone of game communities – especially online. A great product enables customers, developers, partners, and even competitors to exchange their unique currencies in combinations that lead to financial success for the company that organizes them.

Customer

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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part IV: Library Hours at an.

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2009

Clueless about the chess game being played in Washington, I was just a minion in a corporate halfway house in between my military career and entrepreneurship. After what I assume were a few phone calls back to Washington, the rules said they couldn’t destroy my notebook, but they couldn’t keep it at the site either.

Silicon Valley

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Lessons Learned: Employees should be masters of their own time

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 3, 2009

You can still see these early manifestos thanks to the wayback machine: [link] [link] We did that not just out of principle but because it served a very specific purpose: giving early adopters in our community a reason to invest in our success and give us strong feedback. It worked incredibly well for us. Your mileage may vary.

Employee

Employee San Francisco Lean Software Review

Three decisions to make on virtual goods

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2008

As the size of your community and economy grows, youll be able to solve them as they arise, as long as you know what to look for. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? If you know what youre getting into, you really dont need to solve those problems in advance.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Lessons Learned: Net Promoter Score: an operational tool to.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

Theres a lot of controversy surrounding NPS in the customer research community, and I dont want to recapitulate it here. Collecting the answers Once you have the survey up and running, you need to design a program to have customers take it on a regular basis. Pick a target number of customers to take the survey every day.

.Net

.Net Operations San Francisco Lean

Epitaph for an Entrepreneur « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2009

Alaska , Wyoming , Colorado , Washington , Oregon, Maine.) My ideas about Customer Development started evolving around these concepts. However, I think if I had understood the basics of Customer Development I might have done 5-6 startups rather than 8 to get to retirement. Long vacations. It takes two.

Entrepreneur

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 34: Deputy Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken

Steve Blank

JULY 6, 2016

One of the shortcomings has been that there is not sufficient connectivity between the policy community in Washington and the innovation community out here at Stanford and Silicon Valley or for that matter on the East Coast or points in between. Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show.

North Korea

North Korea SEC Silicon Valley Entrepreneur

Engineering a Regional Tech Cluster-part 3 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

JANUARY 24, 2014

But today we are intentionally engineering six distinct activities to support this tech cluster: entrepreneurial density, university, transportation, capital, accelerator, and business community. But it’s easy to get drowned out by the noise from Silicon Valley and other cities in Washington and Oregon. University.

Engineer

Engineer Silicon Valley Oregon San Francisco

Towards a new entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2010

Ive been blown away by the level of demand you all have expressed in having a forum for the whole community to come together and share what were learning. Ive been blown away by the level of demand you all have expressed in having a forum for the whole community to come together and share what were learning. Details soon, I promise.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Change We Can Believe In - Reinventing the US Auto Industry: Open.

Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2009

It reminded me about the adage, “when you’re up to your neck in alligators, the last thing you remember is that you were supposed to drain the swamp.&# Memo to Washington – weren’t we were to be the country innovating here? with the auto bailout. was somewhat incomprehensible at first to the Energy and EPA team.

Silicon Valley

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Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

The number one reason I keep coming back to PHP is that it has overwhelming community support. Ive written elsewhere that success in creating a platform is "becoming a function not of the size and resources of the company that builds it, but of the size of the community that supports it." Lets start with some circular reasoning.

PHP

PHP Software Review Ruby San Francisco

The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, September 11, 2009 The cardinal sin of community management Once you have a product launched, you will the face the joys – and the despair – of a community that grows up around it. Most normal customers – even among early adopters - do not pay attention to the trolls.

Community

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Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campaign trail

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

We were building a community, open to anyone who shared its values, and that mission inspired volunteers and staff to try and reach out to as many people as possible. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? What is customer development?

Campaign

Campaign San Francisco Lean Agile

Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 31: Congressmen Dan Lipinski and Seth Moulton

Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

It was a recognition in Washington’s that we ought to have better connections out here. It’s important that we have these connections between Washington and the innovation that’s going on out here. Moulton : That’s right. This is one of the reasons why I come to visit. I thought there was no question.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Washington Government

Save the Date! the 5th Lean Innovation Educators Summit

Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Trending Sources

Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Building a new startup hub

A real Customer Advisory Board

New conference website, speakers, agenda

The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Doubling Down On a Good Thing: The National Science Foundation’s I-Corps Lite

Lessons Learned: Product development leverage

What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Would You "Rent" a Startup Founder? For Charity?

Lessons Learned: Lean hiring tips

Datablindness

Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

International tour about to begin

Testing the new Disqus comment system

Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet

Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 26: Javier Saade and Hillary Hartley

Gov 2.0 Summit wrap-up

Marching through quicksand

Don't be the Ice Cream Glove

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (and a request for help)

The Big Bang. The Lean LaunchPad explodes at University of Maryland

What I Learned from 500 Educators – Build Back Better Summit – Results

Introducing the Lean Startup Cohort subscription program

Happy blogiversary (my present: a brand new URL)

Lessons Learned: Three freemium strategies

Lo, my 1032 subscribers, who are you?

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2017 – Lessons Learned Presentations

The free software hiring advantage

Business ecology and the four customer currencies

Story Behind “The Secret History” Part IV: Library Hours at an.

Lessons Learned: Employees should be masters of their own time

Three decisions to make on virtual goods

Lessons Learned: Net Promoter Score: an operational tool to.

Epitaph for an Entrepreneur « Steve Blank

Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 34: Deputy Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken

Engineering a Regional Tech Cluster-part 3 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Towards a new entrepreneurship

Change We Can Believe In - Reinventing the US Auto Industry: Open.

Lessons Learned: Why PHP won

The cardinal sin of community management

Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campaign trail

Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 31: Congressmen Dan Lipinski and Seth Moulton

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