Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Since the financial crisis of 2008, policy makers have kept interest rates at near zero, flooding the market with cheap money in an attempt to restart growth. As Harvard professor Clayton Christensen noted, these efficiency metrics provided wise guidance for times when capital was scarce and raising money was hard.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 4, 2011

They acquired quantitative data by going through the 2008 Agricultural Census. They walked the fields with the farmers, hand-picked weeds with the laborers and got down into the details of the costs of brining in an organic crop. They also talked by phone to organic farmers in Nebraska and the Santa Cruz mountains.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

1, 2008. … (and) the economy tanked right as soon as I started. He got his start at Kozmo , a now-defunct startup that offered free one-hour delivery of DVDs, food and other goods, then went on to manage American Express’ $50 million Innovation Fund. I left Amex Jan. In the beginning, it was really just do anything to make some money.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2016

— Peter says they launched Prezi in the middle of the 2008 crash, with the audacious goal of taking on Apple, Microsoft and Google. Given all that I’ve seen in my career I don’t sweat the small stuff. Plus, having a family motivates me to make this successful. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

On the surface the book is an incredibly well written narrative over the course of five years, from 2008 to 2013, that connects the laid off auto workers, job center retraining, union organizers, community and business leaders, and politicians. Janesville is their story. Five stars for the reporting.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998. And those customers may be using their devices/apps continuously. The revenue, profits and speed of scale of the winning companies can be breathtaking. The New Exits. Startup exits in the next three years will include IPO’s as well as acquisitions.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

Steven also discussed one of the darkest times he encountered while building Buy Your Friend a Drink: I can’t tell you how painful it was (during the financial crisis) in January of 2009, in December of 2008, when you see everything that you had built crumbling because of macro-factors you have no control of.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

Steven also discussed one of the darkest times he encountered while building Buy Your Friend a Drink: I can’t tell you how painful it was (during the financial crisis) in January of 2009, in December of 2008, when you see everything that you had built crumbling because of macro-factors you have no control of.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

For three decades (1978-2008), investors controlled the board. . — all great things when you are executing and scaling a known business model. But the CEO’s arrival meant the days of the company as a startup and its culture of rapid innovation were over. Board Control. Therefore, investors could set the terms.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

Putting theory into practice, he went to Iraq in 2008 as part of the 75th Ranger Regiment, in support of a Joint Special Operations Task Force. He did a tour with the 75th Ranger Regiment as a platoon leader. In 2005, he returned to West Point (where he earned his undergrad degree) and ran the Combating Terrorism Center.

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