Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. Each transformation – from a new computer distribution channel – Apple Stores to disrupting the music business with iPod and iTunes in 2001; to the iPhone in 2007; and the App store in 2008 – drove revenues and profits to new heights.

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dontbesoanalytical.blogspot.com

MAY 13, 2012

From time to time, Ill address information technology, and how it impacts business and daily life. Saturday, February 16, 2008. Daddy, What Does a Chief Technology Officer Do? A business that sells information technology uses the CTO to articulate how the new technology can address business needs for its prospects.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Freshdesk First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk , a SaaS company that provides small and medium businesses with on-demand customer support software that offers multi-channel social support. Bizosys Technologies, a Bangalore, India based software engineering company was founded in 2009.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. Channels have to be identified through which a startup creates awareness, induces evaluation, enables purchase, and executes the delivery of the value proposition.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 19, 2011

As for the presenters, first up, Abinash Karana from Bangalore, India, presented Bizosys and his product 10screens , a specification capture technology for software development workflows. We also did some segmentation work and related exploration of relevant channels. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business. Tesla is not.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, October 4, 2008 About the author ( Update January, 2010: This post originally dates from October, 2008 back when I first started writing this blog. He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. October 13, 2008 6:47 PM Luke G said. Eric, love the blog.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2017

Neither of us had ever lived in a big city, and in 2008 we felt ready to cash in and try something new. We typically envisioned technologies that would make language learning obsolete, or scenarios where a big competitor with deep pockets got into our space and crushed us. Oftentimes our business seemed too good to be true.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 4, 2011

How can we attract buyers to our channel before they make purchasing decisions? as well as channel partners and cloud industry technology consultants. They acquired quantitative data by going through the 2008 Agricultural Census. Then different again for direct and indirect channels. Demand generation?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2011

Unfortunately (and perhaps not surprising given the silly nature of some of these technological “advances”), there’s still no app for good old-fashioned common sense — that is something no one in business can afford to be without. Technology has made many aspects of business more convenient and cost-effective.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The 2008 financial crisis was still fresh on our minds and people were more careful when taking each business step. Reputation will be as important as ever in 2018—only now, it’s more about your brand identity spread through digital channels. Nations such as Estonia or Poland have made a name for themselves as well.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

When smartphone apps first got popular, after Apples App Store was launched in July 2008 , they offered an immediate jump in functionality for mobile content. Compared to mobile sites circa 2008, iPhone apps were attractive and easy to use. In 2008, it may not have been possible to get the functionality you wanted via a mobile website.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Today’s workforce has radically different expectations, brands are losing their power, physical channels are being destroyed by virtual ones, market share is less important than market creation, and software is eating world. For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

To do a solid holiday season he will need to balance the inventory and marketing budgets, and getting stuck in a complex situation with inventory being stuffed in the retail channels with bad terms will be a kiss of death. I will connect the company to a few larger companies that may be good OEM channels for them. JCLABoutique.com.

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Brandanew

AUGUST 22, 2016

This means, you can finally track which social channel is getting you business leads and assign an actual $ amount to how much you make per channel. Meera : In 2008 I started creating my own comics and blogging them. Because social media is not just another channel, it’s a part of your business. That’s exciting stuff!

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Those were the messages from the two latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111. Clips from their interviews are below, but first a word about the show: Entrepreneurs are Everywhere airs Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern on Sirius XM Channel 111. I think it’s just entrepreneurs.

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder. startupcto

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

a group of entrepreneurs from TiE Chennai gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park campus, and we spent the next four hours discussing strategy and tactics of early-stage entrepreneurship. The majority of the discussion was about go-to-market strategy, channels and regulatory issues. At 11 a.m.,

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2011

At today's session, first up, Ramkumar RS from Chennai, India, presented Mango DVM , an innovative solution to turn vendors of illegal, grey market music to legal distributors using a combination of mobile apps and media server technology. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. 3gSimplified. Swayam Foods. Discuss.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 The three drivers of growth for your business model. Master of 500 Hats: Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp 2008, London) This presentation should be required reading for anyone creating a startup with an online service component. Choose one.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

Follow on: Medium , and Twitter Sarah Ines Calderon| Women Who Code ATX Lead, Developer Sara Ines Calderon is a developer at Musx, and a lead for Women Who Code ATX Women Who Code is an international nonprofit dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers. Connect with them: on their website and join the Austin channel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. Channels have to be identified through which a startup creates awareness, induces evaluation, enables purchase, and executes the delivery of the value proposition.

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

For me twitter has been valuable the past 8 years or so – I joined in Jan 2008. But if there is any lessons for business people it’s this: Twitter is classic reminder that we can never be sure of a channels long term survival. We need to be our own media channel and have a place to talk to people who want to hear from us.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2013

I must have been channeling someone else for a moment there. Financial journalist Riva Froymovich tells how the financial crisis of 2008 and the bad decisions and short-sighted policy is having a huge negative impact on entire generations of Americans. Wait, what? Queue the metal screeching sound effect). Your Future Depends on It.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Warm Regards Sean Murphy www.skmurphy.com September 19, 2008 4:35 PM Eric said. Sure, Id be delighted to.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

The 1M/1M Channel on Stanzr. What appears clear to me today is how fundamentally the Internet is changing business processes, and the advent of nifty social media tools and technologies that plug into core business processes like lead nurturing are a powerful force. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Forget everything you learned about software channels. The internet is your new channel and Technology Enabled Service providers are among the few partners that actually care if you succeed (more.) 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

I wrote my first book “How to Enjoy Your Job&# in 2008 and made all the mistakes in the world! In early 2008, I did Yaro’s Blog Mastermind course and after a couple of false starts on blogs that went nowhere, I settled into www.TheCreativePenn.com: Adventures in Writing, Publishing and Book Marketing.

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BeyondVC

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Tis the holiday season and with the end of year comes budget planning for 2008. It is careful when budgeting to think about 2008 but also to plant the seeds for 2009 as well. I was recently reviewing a 2008 budget and was quite excited about the bookings and revenue ramp that the management team had presented.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2016

Even the best technology can’t read your mind, which is why a simple Google search often gives frustrating and irrelevant results, and online advertisers bombard you with opportunities of no interest. They neither frequently use nor derive much satisfaction from social media, and would be classified at late adopters of new technology.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

This is particularly true in New York, where their traditional financial services industry client base has sustained significant damage since the 2008 financial crisis. Those interactions vary – from mentorship and product feedback to learning about unmet needs in a market or understanding whether a sales channel is worth pursuing.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 16, 2019

In terms of technology and culture these transformations were only a prelude to the digital transformation involved in creating the next generation of internal business operations for the entire industry — working with the top 5-10 IT services companies and hundreds of startups from the biggest venture capitalists.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Before starting my business, diamonddog Strategic Marketing Services, I was in marketing management at Fortune 100 technology companies for almost 20 years. I have enjoyed meeting people who I would have never met if I stayed working at technology companies in Corporate America. Global Financial Crisis in 2008).

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Election years tend to be good for technology diffusion. 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. (PS.there are various companies in this article I have or have had business involvements with. Reader beware.). Open Government.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 2, 2006

If you would ask me what part of the market is most underserved by technology companies today, Id tell you its small and medium sized business. Today, VARs are the key to the SMB segment and their business model is collapsing, opening new opportunities for them and for technology providers. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

The other revels in the world as we all know it will be someday: limitless distribution enabled by new technologies, the importance of collaborative filters, and on-demand availability of all content for end-users. But the same technologies that make life difficult for traditional marketers also offer them unprecedented new opportunities.

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