Category Archives: Lean LaunchPad

The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – Class 2: The Business Model Canvas

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Steve Blank

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The Lean LaunchPad class for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps is a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This post is part two. Part one is here. Syllabus here…read full post. Download MP3

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The Government Starts an Incubator: The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Steve Blank

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Over the last two months the U.S. government has been running one of the most audacious experiments in entrepreneurship since World War II. They launched an incubator for the top scientists and engineers in the U.S. This week we saw the results…read … Continue reading →

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The Startup Team

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Steve Blank

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Individuals play the game, but teams beat the odds SEAL Team saying Over the last 40 years Technology investors have learned that the success of startups are not just about the technology but “it’s about the team.” We spent a year … Continue reading →

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How To Build a Web Startup – Lean LaunchPad Edition

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Steve Blank

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As part of our Lean LaunchPad classes at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and for theNational Science Foundation, students build a startup in 8 weeks using Business Model Design + Customer Development. One of the problems they run into is building a web site…read full post. Download MP3

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Eureka! A New Era for Scientists and Engineers

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Steve Blank

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Silicon Valley was born in an era of applied experimentation driven by scientists and engineers. It wasn’t pure research, but rather a culture of taking sufficient risks to get products to market through learning, discovery, iteration and execution. This approach would shape … Continue reading →

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How Scientists and Engineers Got It Right, and VC’s Got It Wrong

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Steve Blank

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Scientists and engineers as founders and startup CEOs is one of the least celebrated contributions of Silicon Valley. It might be its most important. ESL, the first company I worked for in Silicon Valley, was founded by a PhD in Math and … Continue reading →

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Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 2 of 2 – Virtual Valley Ventures

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Steve Blank

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When The Boardroom is Bits: A revolution has taken hold as customer development and agile engineering reinvent the Startup process. It’s time to ask why startup board governance has failed to keep pace with innovation. Board meetings that guide startups … Continue reading →

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Why Board Meetings Suck – Part 1 of 2

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Steve Blank

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What’s Wrong With Today’s Board MeetingsAs customer and agile development reinvent the Startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Board meetings that guide startups haven’t changed since the early … Continue reading →

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The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford – The Final Presentations

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Steve Blank

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Class lectures were over last week, but most teams kept up the mad rush to talk to even more customers and further refine their products. Now they were standing in front of us to give their final presentations. They had … Continue reading →

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 8: Key Resources, Activities and Expense Model

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Steve Blank

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The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This post – part eight – was the last formal lecture. Parts one through seven of the lectures are here, Syllabus is here.While this is the last lecture, … Continue reading →

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