Steve Blank

AUGUST 21, 2013

We’re going to test this hypothesis by teaching a Lean LaunchPad class for Life Sciences and Health Care (therapeutics, diagnostics, devices and digital health) this October at UCSF with a team of veteran venture capitalists. The teams that took the Lean Launchpad class – get ready for this – had a 60% success rate.

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SBIR Technical Review Lean Startup 321

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. Our goal was to teach both theory and practice.

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Lean Security Asia SBIR 417

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

And the trick is we use the same Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum — and kept 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.

Oakland 315

Oakland Asia Lean Video 315

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

It’s close to de-facto adopting a Lean decision-making process and rapid clearances for things that minimally affect health. government via Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Much like the NIH SBIR program.) It’s how China approaches approvals and will allow U.S. In the U.S. and/or the U.S. The Future.

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China Technical Review Software Review Algorithm 67

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. Ive been in a few government-themed meetings recently, so I know some of the standard answers.

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DC Washington San Francisco SBIR 90

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Now they are starting to use the Lean Innovation process (see here and here ) to turn ideas into solutions. Test if the Lean Innovation process actually accelerates technology adoption and an innovation ecosystem. Lean Innovation is a Process. The Lean Innovation process is a self-regulating, evidence-based innovation pipeline.

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Lean SBIR Incubator Curation 250

Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

And the trick is we use the same Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum — and kept 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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Oakland Lean SBIR Afghanistan 281