Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2015

BMNT , a new Silicon Valley company, is combining the Lean Methods it learned in combat with the technology expertise and speed of startups. The University of California managed research and development of the bomb design at Los Alamos while the US Army managed the Los Alamos facilities and the overall administration of the project.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Beyond just those who will be hearing about the lean startup for the first time, Im expecting to shake a lot of hands and have a lot of interesting side conversations. Policy makers need to know: regulations designed to manage big-companies actually protect those companies by stifling innovation (and competition) from startups.

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Steve Blank

MAY 2, 2016

The teams live and die by the Lean Startup credo: “There are no facts inside the building so get the hell outside.” But by week 5, (this week) the teams have either embraced the Lean process or we’re not going to get through to them. First and foremost, it is experiential and hands-on. If you can’t see the presentation click here.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2009

This book may be the Iraq war equivalent of “ Dispatches &# which defined Vietnam for my generation. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Both reminded me why National Service would be a very good idea.) Blog at WordPress.com.

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Steve Blank

MAY 2, 2016

The teams live and die by the Lean Startup credo: “There are no facts inside the building so get the hell outside.” But by week 5, (this week) the teams have either embraced the Lean process or we’re not going to get through to them. First and foremost, it is experiential and hands-on. If you can’t see the presentation click here.

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Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2016

And that the Lean Innovation tools we’ve built to deal with disruption and create continuous innovation for large commercial organizations were equally relevant here. For targets over uncontested airspace (Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Libya, etc.) But using Lean Innovation they’ll fail quickly and cheaply.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2023

You designed it, your decisions led to the moment you're in now, and all these kinds of quotes and beliefs and mental models to make you take responsibility for your life, which is a very useful tool, but it's limited because it's not actually that accurate. You built the life that you're living now. So that was huge for me.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 19, 2023

You designed it. So now when I'm building startups, I'm really shrewd and very lean and I can build things very quickly and I'm very resourceful. (15:01): And sometimes when you get into self-development, like I did, and still I still enjoy a bit of self-development. You know, you built the life that you're living now.

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