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. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. Goals for the Hacking for Defense Class.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

Instead of students or faculty coming in with their own ideas — we now have them working on societal problems, whether they’re problems for the State Department or the Department of Defense, or non-profits/NGOs, or for the City of Oakland or for energy or the environment, or for anything they’re passionate about.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

Instead of students or faculty coming in with their own ideas — we now have them working on societal problems, whether they’re problems for the State Department or the Department of Defense, or non-profits/NGOs, or for the City of Oakland or for energy or the environment, or for anything they’re passionate about.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Lean LaunchPad class developed for Stanford. And the Lean LaunchPad class I developed at Stanford was the first such class. I believe the analogy is identical for entrepreneurship.The capstone entrepreneurship classes like NSF I-Corps or a Lean LaunchPad class, are for those who have already decided they want to be entrepreneurs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

Deputy Chief Technology Officers Cori Zarek and Ryan Panchadsaram to help all levels of government with COVID-19 response and delivery of services. Highlights from the show Jen describes her background in government-tech partnerships. (2:52) 12:44) A look at the three waves of requests coming from government. (14:06)

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

So like many of the topics I try to lean into with a bit more thought than a tweet, I’ve decided that I just may be uniquely equipped to answer a question that has recently been asked of the city I love. “Is Is Austin racist?” candidate, Lakeya Omogun, recently called disingenuous. but it’s always my choice.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

From a mission and purpose standpoint, we have always been about access and quality, so that was a natural place for our team to lean in harder to the support that we knew would be needed across our communities. Unfortunately, philanthropy is sort of the next source that's out there when there are gaps in what the government can provide.

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