Unlike an org chart, which describes how a company executes to deliver known products to known customers, the Business Model Canvas illustrates the search for the unknowns that most new ventures face. The Business Model Canvas has been a great invention for everyone from startups to large companies.

Agile Engineering – to build Minimum Viable Products to maximize learning.

Customer Development – to test those hypotheses in front of customers.

The Business Model Canvas – to frame hypotheses.

As a formal method, the Lean Startup consists of three parts: The Lean Startup is the way most innovators build startups and innovate inside of existing companies.

Save the Date! the 5th Lean Innovation Educators SummitĪs we prepared for the new Hacking for Defense class at Stanford, we had to stop and ask ourselves: How do we use the Business Model Canvas if the primary goal is not to earn money, but to fulfill a mission? In other words, how can we adapt the Business Model Canvas when the metrics of success for an organization is not revenue?Īlexander Osterwalder and I think we have the answer – the new Mission Model Canvas.

The Semiconductor Ecosystem – Explained.

The Quantum Technology Ecosystem – Explained.

Kathleen Hicks visited Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation

Here’s What Happened When Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr.

Cram Down – A Test of Character for VCs and Founders.

Lessons for the DoD – From Ukraine and China.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained.

Finding and Growing the Islands of Innovation inside a large company – Action Plan for A New CTO.

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