Steve Blank Podcast

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Steve Blank Podcast

Steve Blank, eight-time entrepreneur and now a business school professor at Stanford, Columbia and Berkeley, shares his hard-won wisdom as he pioneers entrepreneurship as a management science, combining Customer Development, Business Model Design and Agile Development. The conclusion? Startups are simply not small versions of large companies! Startups are actually temporary organizations designed to search for a scalable and repeatable business model.

  1. 23 OCT

    Quantum Computing – An Update

    In March 2022 I wrote a description of the Quantum Technology Ecosystem. I thought this would be a good time to check in on the progress of building a quantum computer and explain more of the basics.

    16 min

  2. 11 OCT

    How Saboteurs Threaten Innovation–and What to Do About It

    “Only the Paranoid Survive” Andy Grove – Intel CEO 1987-1998 I just had an urgent “can we meet today?” coffee with Rohan, an ex-student. His three-year-old startup had been slapped with a notice of patent infringement from a Fortune 500 company. “My lawyers said defending this suit could cost $500,000 just for discovery, and potentially millions of dollars if it goes to trial. Do you have any ideas?”

    16 min

  3. 8 OCT

    What Does Product Market Fit Sound Like? This.

    What Does Product Market Fit Sound Like? This. by Steve Blank

    3 min

  4. 19 SEPT

    How To Find Your Customer In the Dept of Defense – The Directory of DoD Program Executive Offices

    Finding a customer for your product in the Department of Defense is hard: Who should you talk to? How do you get their attention? Looking for DoD customers? How do you know if they have money to spend on your product? It almost always starts with a Program Executive Office.

    7 min

  5. 15 AUG

    Security Clearances at the Speed of Startups

    Imagine you got a job offer from a company but weren’t allowed to start work – or get paid – for almost a year. And if you can’t pass a security clearance your offer is rescinded. Or you get offered an internship but can’t work on the most interesting part of the project. Sounds like a nonstarter. Well that’s the current process if you want to work for companies or government agencies that work on classified programs.

    6 min

  6. 13 AUG

    Why Large Organizations Struggle With Disruption, and What to Do About It

    Seemingly overnight, disruption has allowed challengers to threaten the dominance of companies and government agencies as many of their existing systems have now been leapfrogged. How an organization reacts to this type of disruption determines whether they adapt or die.

    19 min

  7. 2 JUL

    Lean LaunchPad @Stanford 2024 – 8 Teams In, 8 Companies Out

    We just finished the 14th annual Lean LaunchPad class at Stanford. The class had gotten so popular that in 2021 we started teaching it in both the winter and spring sessions. During the quarter the eight teams spoke to 919 potential customers, beneficiaries and regulators. Most students spent 15-20 hours a week on the class, about double that of a normal class. In the 14 years we’ve been teaching the class, we had something that has never happened before – all eight teams in this cohort have decided to start a company.

    8 min

  8. 26 JUN

    Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2024 – Lessons Learned Presentations

    We just finished our 9th annual Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. What a year.

    19 min
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Steve Blank, eight-time entrepreneur and now a business school professor at Stanford, Columbia and Berkeley, shares his hard-won wisdom as he pioneers entrepreneurship as a management science, combining Customer Development, Business Model Design and Agile Development. The conclusion? Startups are simply not small versions of large companies! Startups are actually temporary organizations designed to search for a scalable and repeatable business model.

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  • Creator
    Steve Blank
  • Years Active
    2010 - 2024
  • Episodes
    253
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Copyright 2010 by Albedrio Partners, Inc.
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