Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. The idea of the Lean Startup was built on top of the rubble of the 2000 Dot-Com crash. Lean was designed to inform the founders’ vision while they operated frugally at speed. And it may work. Dot Com Boom to Bust.

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Steve Blank

MAY 21, 2020

As a thought experiment , how would we design a recovery that protected the old but required minimal restricting of our economy and a rapid return to normal? As states loosen shelter-in-place restrictions, mixing young versus old as we reopen restaurants, live entertainment (theaters, concerts, sports venues,) crowded office buildings etc.

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

Founders assumed they understood customer problems/needs, wrote engineering requirements documents, designed the product, implemented /built the hardware/software, verified that it worked by testing it, and then introduced the product to customers in a formal coming out called first customer ship. Microsoft Windows 3.0). Testing Hypotheses.

Lean 120

Lean Agile Business Model Customer Development 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. Apple brilliantly mastered User Interface and product design to power the iPhone to dominance. Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device.

Azure 120

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. Apple brilliantly mastered User Interface and product design to power the iPhone to dominance. Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device.

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down. Yahoo would hit $104/share in March 2000 with a market cap of $104 billion.) The boom in Internet startups would last 4½ years until it came crashing down to earth in March 2000.

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

I’m honored to be at a university noted for knowledge, and in a city with 2000 years of history – home of Gaudí one of the 20 th century’s greatest innovators. These will enable firms to embrace innovation by design not by exception. Thank you for the kind introduction. I’d like to start with a request. Now look around.

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