Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. And without revenue how do we know if we achieved product/market fit to exit Customer Validation?” It’s an impressive portfolio.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 23, 2009
The Times Square Strategy discussion I had with Eric Ries , was still top of mind, so instead of my standard Customer Development lecture , I offered my thoughts on: the origin of Customer Development, where we are today, and where does Customer Development go, and how you can help get it there.
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Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
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. Other companies in the 1999 PDA market were Palm, the original innovator, as well Microsoft and Hewlett Packard.
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Alone in a ski cabin with the snow coming down outside, and my wife and daughters out on the slopes all day, I started collecting my thoughts by writing a series of “lessons learned” stories that I had hoped would become my memoirs. steve Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.
Steve Blank
MAY 17, 2011
Years later this area would become known as Silicon Valley. But I learned that in Silicon Valley, honest failure is a badge of experience. In 1999… with the company’s revenue north of $100 million…I handed the keys to a new CEO and left. My third story is about Failure and Redemption.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 8, 2010
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. In 1999, about the same time RIM introduced its first interactive pager, another advanced technology company, TiVo , shipped its first product. Video Recording.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 14, 2009
Take a look: This full-day Master Class focuses on how to build a startup from the ground up to focus on customers, markets, and speed of iteration. Im working on a future post where Ill share the details of how I used customer development to shape both the content and packaging of this event, so look for that soon.
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