2007 Hiring Partner Product 
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 5, 2010
They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. And we’re lucky because they deliver many of the great products, services and content that we consume in our lives every day. He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. That’s hard core.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 18, 2015
But honestly 10 extra hours in the office each day we would be there is way more productive. Hire fewer employees until you’re bursting at the seems with work for the ones you have. I spend more time an executive recruiting of key talent for portfolio companies in which I’ve invested and more time in product reviews.
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Steve Blank
APRIL 11, 2013
The Torch program created Innovation Clusters by creating national Science and Technology Industrial Parks (STIPs), Software Parks, and Productivity Promotion Centers. It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. It has become China’s Silicon Valley. Technology Business Incubators (TBIs).
SoCal CTO
JANUARY 26, 2010
In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. I understand the desire for hiring someone who is going to product product.
Up and Running
AUGUST 16, 2017
Lots of ideas seem great until you figure out that the market doesn’t actually want your product. In order to ensure that a business idea is sound, entrepreneurs should search for product validation by reaching out to their target consumers before sinking huge amounts of time and money into the project. Also, ask for references.
ConversionXL
MARCH 19, 2020
The best drivers apply the brakes just ahead of the curve (they take out excess costs), turn hard toward the apex of the curve (identify the short list of projects that will form the next business model), and accelerate hard out of the curve (spend and hire before markets have rebounded). Where do your consumers fall?
Steve Blank
APRIL 11, 2013
The Torch program created Innovation Clusters by creating national Science and Technology Industrial Parks (STIPs), Software Parks, and Productivity Promotion Centers. It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. It has become China’s Silicon Valley. Technology Business Incubators (TBIs).
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