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The Product Development Model « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

This product development diagram had become part of the DNA of Silicon Valley. That’s in stark contrast to the traditional Product Development Model where it’s expected a customer is already there and waiting and it’s simply a matter of [.] familiar with Customer Development you should be.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

That will keep the Silicon Valley wags buzzing for some time to come. Your Product Plan must fit into context of your overall business mission. I’m never surprised when I see product development driven by engineers proceeding at top speed developing the next cool thing. How about your Investors ?

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The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Startup Lessons Learned

Using examples drawn from his own experiences in the startup hub of Silicon Valley, Eric Ries unravels the myths and misconceptions that guide most startups, and paints a picture of a new way forward for the industry. We changed our model to B2B and adopted Agile around 2002. I joined a financial services tech startup in 1999.

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The Future of Startups 2013-2017

Scalable Startup

In doing research for a post on “The Enterprise Cool Kids” at the tail end of last year, I interviewed Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen about where he thought the enterprise was headed. Marc Andreessen On The Future Of Enterprise. ALEXIA TSOTSIS. Sunday, January 27th, 2013. Salesforce.com, Evernote is an example.