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. This was possible because in 2000, Donna and Handspring were in an Existing Market. They never understood Market Type.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 9, 2017

David: That’s exactly right and I think voice is — it’s certainly informing a lot of the product decisions that Google is making. I think over the years the Google hotel finder has eaten a ton of organic traffic that’s now part of a — sort of a paid inclusion product. What’s your take on that?

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Search Technical Review SEO Small Business 30

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 14, 2022

I wanna point out how to make money with your current products, man, such an important lesson about leveraging what you've already done to get more from it. First company was a product company towards agency and then the second company was a SAS product. And that goes down to, you know, the product and integrity.

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Technical Review Demand Cofounder Video 81

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

7:30] Would you say self-publishing is seen as a differentiator for businesses? [11:42] And I think you're right, you touched on the advent of technology surrounding publishing, as well as all the different things you can do now as a self-published author, as it relates to, you know, distribution channels.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. ” These are people with whom there is a likely match for your product or service.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

might have been a lot less differentiated. I’ve written extensively on the topic , but in a nutshell it is: an RSS reader, a chat room, instant messaging, a marketing channel, a customer service department and increasingly a data mine. But less considered is the fact that the success of the Web 2.0 companies versus the Web 1.0

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Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

The kinds of places where you have to sign an NDA when you walk in the lobby… When I lived and worked in the bay area (2000-2005) virtually all the startups were down on the peninsula somewhere. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2022

12:59] The typical small business owners are out there saying they have so many channels to keep up with to respond to clients, customers, or prospects and that it is hard to keep up – who’s got time for all of that? [14:23] I partnered with Stats Social, talked to 2000 American customers, ages 18 to 65, normalized to the census.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2011

The company will also receive a single grant of 400,000 shekels to set up a beta-site to prove the product or service’s application in the local market. The company has developed a kind of private advertising channel that enables advertisers to send marketing messages directly to potential customers via Internet banners.

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China Cofounder India 90

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2018

Everything from that right the way down to buying the $2000 course, you know what I mean, the shields go up. Then, following up with solutions to problems in the form of live events, and coaching, and online products, and everything else. When I started this, it was another channel almost, like we do this and we do this.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

. - Spacecom is offering a wide range of Pan African satellite services, including: Cellular backhaul, Rural telephony, Broadband VSAT networks, e-government, e-learning, e- health, Direct To Home (DTH) Multi-channel platforms, DSNG, Video Distribution & Contribution. Craze Productions. Fibrolan. -

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