Overview
This note tracks gaps in the Blank KB that could benefit from further research, organized by priority.
Completed
Remaining — Medium Priority
Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP)
The institutional context at Stanford where Blank's courses were housed and developed. An organization entry would capture this. (Partially covered in Tom Byers entry.)Blank's blog (steveblank.com)
A writing entry for Blank's blog, which is his most prolific and ongoing intellectual output, would be valuable. The blog contains hundreds of posts developing, refining, and defending Customer Development.Remaining — Lower Priority
Tina Seelig (standalone entry)
Research showed Seelig is more of a STVP colleague than a direct Blank collaborator on methodology — her focus is creativity and innovation rather than Customer Development. A standalone entry could document her parallel contributions at Stanford (17 books, Gordon Prize, d.school teaching). Currently mentioned in Byers entry.International adoption
Customer Development and I-Corps have been adopted internationally (UK, Australia, Israel, etc.). Documenting the international spread would show the methodology's global reach.Blank's Computer History Museum oral history
The CHM oral history is a primary source that could be cited more systematically. A source entry would make this reference formal.The "Hacking for" franchise expansion
Beyond H4D and H4Diplomacy, there are "Hacking for" programs in energy, oceans, and other domains. Documenting the full franchise would complete the government programs strand.Design Thinking relationship
A concept entry on the Design Thinking vs. Customer Development relationship, based on Blank's 2014 blog post, would document an important methodological boundary. (Partially covered in critical assessment note.)Sources: Research gaps identified during KB construction