Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Innovators are not entrepreneurs. Philip Bouchard : You’ve started teaching at Berkeley since 2002, Columbia in 2003 and at Stanford since 2011. Steve Blank: When I first starting teaching, the capstone entrepreneurship class was how to write a business plan. End-to-end “Innovation Pipeline” process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Myspace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. Build a business plan for profitability in your lifetime. It has taken some very deep pockets to get to this point, so now you know why I smile when you tell me your plan emulates the Facebook model. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2017

MySpace, for example, launched in 2003 and boomed for five years without a revenue model. Build a business plan for profitability in your lifetime. It has taken some very deep pockets to get to this point, so now you know why I smile when you tell me your plan emulates the Facebook model.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I often think of all the times I was encouraged to conform when I come across entrepreneurs who are told that their ideas won’t work. Jalak means glimpse and is a word in Hindi (it’s not a traditional name) and has provided much entertainment to taxi drivers in Mumbai, camel drivers in the Rajasthani desert and countless others.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Here’s some big news for San Diego’s innovation economy: There’s a new venture capital firm in town—and its investment methodology represents a fundamentally different approach to the conventional business model for venture investing. A deal typically begins with an introductory phone call from the lead investor.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I grew up in Los Angeles and went to undergrad at UC Santa Barbara, graduating in 2003 with Honors in Economics. I feel too many people are discouraging, and as a result, too many entrepreneurs are discouraged and give up. We both have experience in business and thinking outside the box. Tell me a bit about your background.

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www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Sunday - September 28, 2003 at 03:37 AM in. To all those entrepreneurs with innovative, unique business ideas who want to capitalize on them before someone else does, I have one piece of advice: Get over it. Good venture capitalists understand this, and many will refuse to sign an NDA before looking at a business plan.

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