Steve Blank — Lean Startup Pioneer / Hacking for Defense (H4D) Educator

**Steve Blank** is the creator of the **Lean Startup methodology** (customer development, business model canvas), founder of eight startups, adjunct professor at Stanford, Columbia, and other universities, and the creator of **Hacking for Defense (H4D)** — a university course that teaches students to apply lean startup principles to national security problems. He is arguably the most influential startup educator in the world, with his customer development methodology taught in every major entrepreneurship program.