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Customer Development Manifesto: Market Type (part 4) « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

In future posts I’ll describe how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. Not All Startups Are Alike There’s an urban legend that Eskimos-Aleuts have more words to describe snow than other cultures.

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Hubris Versus Humility: The $15 billion Difference

Steve Blank

In 1996 RIM was still in the hardware business selling packet-switched wireless radio modems to OEMs. But RIM decided to hide all of that from their customers. In today’s language of Customer Development , RIM positioned the Blackberry as a segment of an existing market – pager users who needed two-way communication.

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Transcript of Crafting Growth-Focused Content for Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

John Jantsch: Want to quickly send amazing looking emails to your prospects and customers in just minutes? So back in 1996 I wanted to start my own business and I asked my mom, “Hey, what businesses could I do from home?” So that was 2010. That’s what differentiates us from just advertising. Transcript.

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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

Both Sides of the Table

We worked together at Andersen Consulting between 1996-99 when the markets were booming. The things that always differentiated Accenture? And coming to the end of 2010 I feel a sense of reminiscence of some of the trends from a decade ago. He always was. I’m only a 386 processor.&#.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. A description of the problem you’re solving for your customers, and your solution to the problem, which is usually your product or service. Solve a problem you can relate to.