Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

In 1995 Netscape changed the rules about going public. Facebook’s ~$20 billion acquisition of WhatsApp, a 5-year-old startup that had $10 million in revenue, made no sense until you realized that Facebook was paying to acquire 300 million new users.). 2. Information is everywhere. The founders. 4. Founder-friendly VCs.

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ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

One of the greatest threats to long-term success is when companies aren’t vigilant enough about responding to the changes in their market—whether it’s by failing to spot product or channel fatigue, acknowledge new competition, make needed updates to products or marketing adjustments in a timely fashion, or embrace new technology coming online.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

I think you can blame Customer and Agile Development for a small part of it. One could argue that there’s nothing new here, as Internet distibution models started in 1995. Most of the social and mobile channels (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, iPhone, Android) have emerged in just the past 3-5 years. Here’s why.

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