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.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 10 minutes
- Episodes
- 295
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
How to Flip the Script, Beat China and Russia – And Fix the Broken Department of Defense
In WW II, the U.S. outsourced advanced weapons systems development to civilians. The weapons they developed won the war. It’s time to do that again. This new administration can make it happen.
00:13:15 |
Tue 10 Dec 2024
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.
00:16:18 |
Wed 23 Oct 2024
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 …
00:15:43 |
Fri 11 Oct 2024
What Does Product Market Fit Sound Like? This.
What Does Product Market Fit Sound Like? This. by Steve Blank
00:02:45 |
Tue 08 Oct 2024
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 spen…
00:06:34 |
Thu 19 Sep 2024
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 And if you can’t pass a security clearance your offer is rescinded.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 …
00:05:50 |
Thu 15 Aug 2024
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…
00:18:51 |
Tue 13 Aug 2024
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 …
00:08:26 |
Tue 02 Jul 2024
Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2024 – Lessons Learned Presentations
We just finished our 9th annual Hacking for Defense class at Stanford.
What a year.
00:18:31 |
Wed 26 Jun 2024
Gordon Bell R.I.P.
Gordon Bell passed on this month. I was a latecomer in Gordon Bell’s life. But he made a lasting impact on mine.
00:05:07 |
Wed 29 May 2024
Secret History – When Kodak Went to War with Polaroid
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…
00:19:24 |
Sun 19 May 2024
The Secret History of Polaroid CEO Edwin Land
The connections between the world of national security and commercial companies still has surprises.
00:09:06 |
Sat 18 May 2024
Founders Need to Be Ruthless When Chasing Deals
One of the most exciting things a startup CEO in a business-to-business market can hear from a potential customer is, “We’re excited. When can you come back and show us a prototype?”
This can be the…
00:08:44 |
Wed 17 Apr 2024
Is a $100 Million Enough?
Capitalism has been good to me. After serving in the military during Vietnam, I came home and had a career in eight startups. I got to retire when I was 45. Over the last quarter century, in my third…
00:03:24 |
Tue 05 Mar 2024
Apple Vision Pro – Tech in the Search of a Market
If you haven’t been paying attention Apple has started shipping its Apple Vision Pro, its take on a headset that combines Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). The product is an amazing te…
00:07:43 |
Sat 24 Feb 2024
Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – 2023 Wrap Up
We just wrapped up the third year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class –part of Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation.
Joe Felter, Mike Brown and…
00:11:34 |
Fri 09 Feb 2024
The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates
Silicon Valley emerged from work in World War II led by Stanford professor Fred Terman developing microwave and electronics for Electronic Warfare systems. In the 1950’s and 1960’s, spurred on by Ter…
00:28:48 |
Wed 17 Jan 2024
The Department of Defense Is Getting Its Innovation Act Together – But More Can Be Done
Despite the clear and present danger of threats from China and elsewhere, there’s no agreement on what types of adversaries we’ll face; how we’ll fight, organize, and train; and what weapons or syste…
00:08:26 |
Wed 17 Jan 2024
Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets
Bill Gurley was one of Silicon Valley’s smartest and most successful VCs. He recently gave a talk at the All-In Summit that was really two talks in one. The first part was railing against the consequ…
00:16:44 |
Thu 09 Nov 2023
Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 2
Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer. Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops to a quantum technology company offered insightful career transition advice for those leaving her agency. M…
00:14:20 |
Mon 30 Oct 2023
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