Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team.

Silicon Valley 223

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 223

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. Chinese Internet companies live in a large closed, self-contained ecosystem with 564 million web users with 420 million having mobile web access.

Silicon Valley 269

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 269

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

But in the bubble, startups got creative and shortened the time needed to get a product to the customer by releasing “beta’s” (buggy products still needing testing) and having the customers act as their Quality Assurance group. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. Rules For the New Bubble: 2011 -2014. Lessons Learned.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. Chinese Internet companies live in a large closed, self-contained ecosystem with 564 million web users with 420 million having mobile web access.

Silicon Valley 161

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 161

ConversionXL

JULY 8, 2014

Back in 2001, Consumer Reports put out a study that revealed the average American was consciously exposed to roughly 247 marketing messages daily, yet only really noticed around half of them. In an earlier study by OutBrain , looking at only paid links within their network, it was found that the number of words increased to 16-18 words.

Clickthrough 118

Clickthrough Conversion Lead Generation Audience 118