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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 4: Customer Hypotheses

Steve Blank

Veritas , was the team building a low cost, residential wind turbine that average homeowners could afford. by modeling wind speed, energy costs, homeownership density and green energy incentives. They also talked by phone to organic farmers in Nebraska and the Santa Cruz mountains.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 2: Business Model Hypotheses

Steve Blank

Their hypotheses when they first left the campus were: Value Proposition : Labor costs in mowing and weeding applications are significant, and autonomous implementation would solve the problem. Customer Segment : Owners/administrators of large green spaces (golf courses, universities, etc.) would buy an autonomous mower.

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

Here are some of the final Lessons Learned presentations and team videos: Akara Solutions: Flexible, Low Cost Cooling Technology for LED Lighting. Principal Investigator: Stephen DiMagno University of Nebraska-Lincoln. SwiftVax – A Green Manufacturing Platform for Faster, Cheaper, and Scalable Vaccine Manufacturing.

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