Top stories published by BMNT in 2016

The Magical World of BMNT

BMNT Partners is barely three years old. We are a bootstrapped company that started with 4 people, shrank to 3, and has now increased to over two dozen. How are we growing so fast? What the heck does BMNT do that people find so valuable?

William Treseder in BMNT

Dec 21, 2016

Using Design Thinking to Solve National Security Problems

The world is becoming obsessed with Design Thinking (check out this graph if you don’t believe me). This “human-centered” methodology was popularized by Tim Brown, David Kelley, and others from Stanford’s d.school and the design…

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Aaron Haubert in BMNT

Nov 9, 2016

The Anatomy of A H4D Sprint

The Marines have a problem that will keep them from reaching their peak operational capability. Their problem is that Marine Corps maintenance is not keeping pace with the expeditionary needs of the operational Marine Corps. Maintenance systems, and therefore maintenance…

William Treseder in BMNT

Oct 24, 2016

H4D Sprint Tools to Solve Problems

We love problems at BMNT. The harder, the better. And preferably a problem with a 1–3 year time horizon.

Man = Problem-Solving Animal

Drew Gorham in BMNT

Nov 14, 2016

Calling All Product People — let’s solve national security problems!

Are you solving problems that matter? Would you like to?

The Lean Startup meets National Security:

William Treseder in BMNT

Oct 26, 2016

Mistakes we made in our 1st batch of H4D Sprints

At BMNT, solving hard problems is our whole world . Even from our early days, it was obvious that one of two things was going to happen. We would either thrive or crash hard within inside of a year. And the major factor in our survival was going…

William Treseder in BMNT

Oct 6, 2016

How to 10X Your Customer/Beneficiary Interviews

For those of you in the Hacking For Diplomacy course right now at Stanford University, here are several tactical recommendations to help you maximize the value of your time spent in Beneficiary Discovery.

William Treseder in BMNT

Nov 3, 2016

Why the Pentagon Needs an Innovation Supply Chain

The U.S. military needs to operate in a wide range of environments. Many areas offer unique — and evolving — threats. Amplifying this challenge, technologies are improving so rapidly that no one can confidently predict the future more than 2–3…

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