Steve Blank Podcast

Oct 22 2024 254 ep. 11 mins 3.7k

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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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Quantum Computing – An Update

Oct 22 2024 16 mins

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.

How Saboteurs Threaten Innovation–and What to Do About It

Oct 11 2024 15 mins

“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 t

What Does Product Market Fit Sound Like? This.

Oct 07 2024 2 mins

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

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

Sep 19 2024 6 mins

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.

Security Clearances at the Speed of Startups

Aug 15 2024 5 mins

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 And if you can’t pass a security clearance your offer is rescinded.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 gove

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

Aug 13 2024 18 mins

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.

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

Jul 02 2024 8 mins

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

Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2024 – Lessons Learned Presentations

Jun 25 2024 18 mins

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

Gordon Bell R.I.P.

May 28 2024 5 mins

Gordon Bell passed on this month. I was a latecomer in Gordon Bell’s life. But he made a lasting impact on mine.

Secret History – When Kodak Went to War with Polaroid

May 19 2024 19 mins

Kodak and Polaroid, the two most famous camera companies of the 20th century, had a great partnership for 20+ years. Then in an inexplicable turnabout Kodak decided to destroy Polaroid’s business. To this day, every story of why Kodak went to war with Polaroid is wrong. The real reason can be found in the highly classified world of overhead reconnaissance satellites. Here’s t