2001 Customer Development PR Silicon Valley 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
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.“ First Movers” didn’t understand customer problems or the product features that solved those problems (what we now call product-market fit).
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. In the new bubble PR may be your new best friend, so invest in it. Carpe Diem.
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