Steve Blank

MARCH 28, 2017

When Colonel Peter Newell headed up the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF) he used lean methods on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to provide immediate technology solutions to urgent problems. Filed under: Customer Development , Hacking For Defense , Lean LaunchPad. These were big ideas.

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Lean Kansas Government Afghanistan 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Note: The Hacking for Defense class was designed as “fundamental research” to be shared broadly and the results are not subject to restriction for proprietary or national security reasons. Our primary goal was to teach students Lean Innovation while they engaged in a national public service. Goals for the Hacking for Defense Class.

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Southern California San Diego Mississippi SBIR 191

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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Silicon Valley Afghanistan Iraq Kuwait 120

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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San Diego Lean Iraq Acquisition 139

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.

San Diego 120

San Diego Lean Acquisition Iraq 120

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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Syria Silicon Valley Afghanistan Iran 120

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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Framework Cofounder Early Stage IPO 92

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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