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Playing it safe will get you nowhere

by Steve Blank, May 15, 2013 | Comments

University of Minnesota Commencement speech

Here is the text of the speech I delivered at the May 10 University of Minnesota College of Science & Engineering Commencement: I am honored to be with you as we gather to celebrate your graduation. This school has a distinguished roster of graduates… Earl Bakken, the founder ofMedtronic, was an Electrical Engineering grad, and Bob Gore of Gortex, and your ...

Guns and Cyber Security

by Steve Blank, May 13, 2013 | Comments

	The Web is Not a Benign Environment The online world can be a dangerous place for the unprepared. And it’s just going to get worse. It’s time to teach Cyber Security as integral part of the high school and college curriculum and to all corporate employees. —- I grew up in New York City and for a few years heaven on earth for me was going to Boy Scout ...
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China startups - how they differ from US startups

by Steve Blank, May 13, 2013 | Comments

	The Gold Rush and fire extinguishers I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese andChinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of five posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. All the usual caveats apply. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. Thanks to Kai-Fu Lee of Innovation Works, David ...
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Fly high: The Air Force Academy and Silicon Valley

by Steve Blank, May 10, 2013 | Comments

Serendipity created both weapon systems and entrepreneurship in World War II

Todd Branchflower was one 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 systems and entrepreneurship in World War II – and brought us federal support of science and Silicon Valley. In class I would ...

Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley

by Steve Blank, April 16, 2013 | Comments

China has the biggest Venture Capital industry outside the U.S.

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese andChinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. All the usual caveats apply. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. Thanks to Kai-Fu Lee of Innovation Works, David ...

When Hell Froze Over-in The Harvard Business Review

by Steve Blank, April 16, 2013 | Comments

	Revered business magazine embraces Lean approach “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.” Groucho Marx 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 view of the management issues ...
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China's Torch Program

by Steve Blank, April 11, 2013 | Comments

	The Glow That Can Light the World (Part 2 of 5) I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese andChinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. All the usual caveats apply. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view.Thanks to Kai-Fu Lee of Innovation Works, David Lin ...
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China - The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

by Steve Blank, April 10, 2013 | Comments

Entrepreneurial clusters wonder how to be the next Silicon Valley. Beijing is already there

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese andChinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. My post about Japan will follow. All the usual caveats apply. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. Thanks ...

The Lean LaunchPad goes to middle school

by Steve Blank, March 22, 2013 | Comments

Experiential class inspires students of all ages

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. Hawken is an independent school for grades K-12 in Cleveland, Ohio, committed to the idea that students learn more “by doing than by listening.” Experiential education is threaded ...

Failure and redemption

by Steve Blank, March 4, 2013 | Comments

Living through startup failure has six stages

“What’s gone and what’s past help. Should be past grief.” William Shakespeare - The Winter’s Tale We give abundant advice to founders about how to make startups succeed yet we offer few models about dealing with failure. So here’s mine. In my experience, living through failure has six stages: Stage 1: Shock and Surprise Stage 2: Denial Stage 3: Anger and Blame ...

The Lean LaunchPad Goes to High School

by Steve Blank, February 28, 2013 | Comments

Experiential entrepreneurship class taught at Cleveland school

Crazy enough to change the world

by Steve Blank, February 25, 2013 | Comments

Without dissent, there is no creativity

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly ...

Designing a corporate entrepreneurship program

by Steve Blank, February 8, 2013 | Comments

	A Qualcomm case study (Part 1 of 2) I ran into Ricardo Dos Santos and his amazing Qualcomm Venture Fest a few years ago and was astonished with its breath and depth. From that day on, when I got asked about which corporate innovation program had the best process for idea selection, I started my list with Qualcomm. This is Ricardo’s “post mortem” account of the life and ...
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Entrepreneurs Experience

by Steve Blank, February 7, 2013 | Comments

Do It and Learn It

In 2012, in partnership with Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley and NCIIA, Jerry Engel and I first offered the Lean LaunchPad Educators Class. The class was designed to teach educators (and the adjunct entrepreneurs that support them) the Lean LaunchPad approach (Business Model Design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering) for teaching entrepreneurship. In addition the class offers a suggested “Lean Entrepreneurship” curriculum and the details of how to teach the ...

Qualcomm's Corporate Entrepreneurship Program

by Steve Blank, January 30, 2013 | Comments

	Lessons Learned (Part 2) I ran into Ricardo Dos Santos and his amazing Qualcomm Venture Fest a few years ago and was astonished with its breath and depth. From that day on, when I got asked about which corporate innovation program had the best process for idea selection, I started my list with Qualcomm. This is part 2 of Ricardo’s “post mortem” of the ...
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