Category Archives: Teaching

Who’s Doing the Learning?

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Steve Blank

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For many entrepreneurs “raising money” has replaced “building a sustainable business” as their goal.  That’s a big mistake. When you take money from investors their business model becomes yours…read full post. Download MP3

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Fly High

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Steve Blank

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Todd Branchflower was one of my Lean LaunchPad students entrepreneurial enough to convince the Air Force send him to Stanford to get his graduate engineering degree. After watching my Secret History of Silicon Valley talk, he became fascinated by how serendipity created both weapon … Continue reading →

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When Hell Froze Over – in the Harvard Business Review

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Steve Blank

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In my 21 years as an entrepreneur, I would come up for air once a month to religiously read the Harvard Business Review. It was not only my secret weapon in thinking about new startup strategies, it also gave me a … Continue reading →

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The Lean LaunchPad Goes to High School

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Steve Blank

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While the Lean LaunchPad class has been adopted by Universities and the National Science Foundation, the question we get is, “Can students in K-12 handle an experiential entrepreneurship class?”  Hawken School has now given us an answer…read full post. Download MP3

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Entrepreneurship for the 99%

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Steve Blank

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As the morning fog burns off the California coast, I am working with Steve Blank, preparing for the Lean LaunchPad Faculty Development Program we are running this August at U.C. Berkeley. This is a 3-day program for entrepreneurship faculty from around the world … Continue reading →

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Why Innovation Dies

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Steve Blank

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Faced with disruptive innovation, you can be sure any possibility for innovation dies when a company forms a committee for an “overarching strategy.” I was reminded how innovation dies when the email below arrived in my inbox. It was well written, … Continue reading →

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Five Days to Change the World – The Columbia Lean LaunchPad Class

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Steve Blank

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We’ve taught our Lean LaunchPad entrepreneurship class at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and the National Science Foundation in 8 week, 10 week and 12 week versions.  We decided to find out what was the Minimum Viable Product for our Lean LaunchPad class…read full post. … Continue reading →

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Stanford 2012 Lean LaunchPad Presentations – part 1 of 2

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Steve Blank

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Today, the first half of the Stanford Engineering Lean LaunchPad Class gave their final presentations. Here are the first five…read full post. Download MP3

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Search versus Execute

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Steve Blank

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One of the confusing things to entrepreneurs, investors and educators is the relationship between customer development and business model design and business planning and execution…read full post. Download MP3

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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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