Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

With fewer than 10 employees but almost $2-billion dollars in the bank, they plan on jumping right in. The mantra of “ first mover advantage ,” the idea that winners are the ones who are the first entrants in their market, became the conventional wisdom of investors in Silicon Valley.“ It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011. It’s much easier to just steal their ideas and hire their employees. In the U.S.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

In theory when you went public, everyone’s shares were now tradable on the stock exchange, but usually the underwriters required a six month “lockup” when company insiders (employees and investors) couldn’t sell. My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing. Order Here. To Order Outside of the U.S.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011. It’s much easier to just steal their ideas and hire their employees. In the U.S.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 9, 2016

When the legend becomes fact…print the legend” The Hollywoodization of Silicon Valley startup stories “prints legends,” but for most startups those stories are pure fiction. How do you deal well with investors, with customers, with employees, with your colleagues? “This is the West, sir.

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