Steve Blank Podcast
1) Blind to Disruption – The CEOs Who Missed the Future
How did you go bankrupt?” Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises Every disruptive technology since the fire and the wheel have forced leaders to adapt or die. This ...Show More
2) Why Investors Don’t Care About Your Business
I’ve been having coffee with lots of frustrated founders (my students and others) bemoaning most VCs won’t even meet with them unless they have AI in their fundraising pitch. And the AI startups they ...Show More
3) Lean Launchpad at Stanford – 2025
We just finished the 15thannual 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 2025 spring qu...Show More
4) Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2025 – Lessons Learned Presentations
We just finished our 10th annual Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. What a year. Hacking for Defense, now in 70 universities, has teams of students working to understand and help solve national ...Show More
5) Teaching National Security Policy with AI
International Policy students will be spending their careers in an AI-enabled world. We wanted our students to be prepared for it. This is why we’ve adopted and integrated AI in our Stanford national ...Show More
6) How the United States Gave Up Being a Science Superpower
US global dominance in science was no accident, but a product of a far-seeing partnership between public and private sectors to boost innovation and economic growth.
7) The Endless Frontier: U.S. Science and National Industrial Policy: Part 6a The Secret History of Silicon Valley
The U.S. has spent the last 70 years making massive investments in basic and applied research. Government funding of research started in World War II driven by the needs of the military for weapon sys...Show More
8) How the U.S. Became A Science Superpower
Prior to WWII the U.S was a distant second in science and engineering. By the time the war was over, U.S. science and engineering had blown past the British, and led the world for 85 years.
9) An MVP is not a Cheaper Product, It’s about Smart Learning
A minimum viable product (MVP) is not always a smaller/cheaper version of your final product. Defining the goal for a MVP can save you tons of time, money and grief.
10) The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free
Sometimes financial decisions that are seemingly rational on their face can precipitate mass exodus of your best engineers.