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Steve Blank Playing it safe will get you nowhere

Here is the text of the speech I delivered May 10 at the University of Minnesota College of Science & Engineering:

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 of Medtronic, was an Electrical Engineering … More >

Steve Blank China startups — the Gold Rush and fire extinguishers

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese 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 … More >

Steve Blank Fly high

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 … More >

Armando Fox What’s the proper role of MOOCs in higher ed?

Given the inordinate media attention and recent flurry of legislative activity around MOOCs (massive open online courses), I wanted to clarify the position of Berkeley’s Resource Center for Online Education (BRCOE) on the role of this new technology in our overall instructional system.

By way of background, long before MOOCs happened, … More >

Steve Blank When Hell froze over – in The Harvard Business Review

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 my customers were dealing with.

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Steve Blank Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley

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 … More >

Steve Blank The rise of Chinese venture capital (part 3 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 this 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 … More >

Steve Blank China’s Torch Program: 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 … More >

Jeremy Adam Smith How to be a happy working father

When the Pew Research Center released its new report on modern parenthood last week, the Southern California Public Radio show “Take Two” called to see if I’d like to comment on it.

“The report finds that dads are spending more time than ever with kids,” the producer told me over the … More >

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