ene ur ship ▁classes ▁at ▁Stan ford ▁University ▁and ▁U C ▁Ber keley . ▁His ▁class , ▁the ▁Le an ▁La unch pad , ▁was ▁first ▁taught ▁has ▁been ▁adopted ▁by ▁more ▁than ▁ 7 5 ▁univers ities ▁around ▁the ▁glo be . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Bl ank ' s ▁curr icul um ▁became ▁the ▁new ▁standard ▁for ▁science ▁commercial ization ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁as ▁the ▁National ▁Science ▁Foundation ▁adopted ▁it ▁for ▁their ▁In nov ation ▁Corps . ▁▁ ▁A ▁free ▁online ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁course ▁foc using ▁on ▁customer ▁feedback ▁and ▁early ▁market ▁testing ▁has ▁been ▁offered ▁since ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁It ▁is ▁designed ▁for ▁all ▁types ▁of ▁entrepr ene urs ▁and ▁requires ▁them ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁vi able ▁business ▁concept ▁written ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁eight ▁weeks . ▁The ▁course ▁has ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁registered ▁users . ▁▁ ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁with ▁the ▁launch ▁of ▁two ▁new ▁classes — H ack ing ▁for ▁Def ense ▁and ▁H ack ing ▁for ▁Diplom acy ▁- ▁Bl ank ' s ▁Le an ▁La unch Pad ▁method ology ▁has ▁also ▁revolution ized ▁how ▁the ▁U . S . ▁defense ▁and ▁intelligence ▁community ▁and ▁State ▁Department ▁can ▁deploy ▁innov ation ▁with ▁speed ▁and ▁ur gency . ▁ ▁Business ▁model ▁From ▁the ▁customer ▁development ▁view , ▁a ▁business ▁model ▁is ▁a ▁representation ▁of ▁how ▁organizations ▁create , ▁deliver ▁and ▁capture ▁value .