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 Read More
Entrepreneurs Experience
Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice
Don’t underestimate the undergraduates
Jim Hornthal splits his time between venture capital, entrepreneurship and education. Jim has founded six companies, including Preview Travel, one Read More
Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice
Back to Colombia
My co-author and business Partner Bob Dorf spends much of his time traveling the world teaching countries Read More
One of the great things about being a retired entrepreneur is that I get to give back to the Read More
Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice
Customer Development in Japan
The Japanese edition of The Startup Owner’s Manual hit the bookstores in Japan this week. The book has been shepherded Read More
Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs How to build a product Launching a business Lessons and advice Minimum viable product
10,000 Startups
Today we are announcing the biggest entrepreneurial program ever launched –Startup Weekend Next. A partnership of Startup Weekend, Startup America, TechStars and Udacity, Startup Weekend Next brings four Read More
Business basics Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice
Making a dent in the universe
Our goal teaching for the National Science Foundation was to make a dent in the universe. Could we actually teach Read More
Business basics Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice
Entrepreneurship for the 99%
This is a guest post from Jerry Engel, the Faculty Director of the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (and the Founding Read More
Business models/plans Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice
Five days to change the world
We’ve taught our Lean LaunchPad entrepreneurship class at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and the National Science Foundation in 8 Read More
The quickest way to create a billion-dollar company is to take basic human social needs and figure out how to Read More
Business models/plans Business to Business Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice
Blinded by the Light
Epiphany e·piph·a·ny noun /iˈpifÉ™nÄ“/ A moment of sudden revelation or insight We now know how to teach entrepreneurs how to think about business models Read More
Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs How to build a product Lessons and advice
National Science Foundation Innovation Corps
We ran the first National Science Foundation Innovation Corps class October to December 2011. 63 scientists and engineers in 21 teams made Read More
Business models/plans Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice
Stanford 2012 Lean LaunchPad presentations
Today, the second half of the Stanford Engineering Lean LaunchPad Class gave their final presentations. Here are the final four Read More
Business models/plans Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice
Search versus execute
One of the confusing things to entrepreneurs, investors and educators is the relationship between customer development and business Read More