Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

VC’s engineered financial transactions, working with entrepreneurs to brand, hype and take public un profitable companies with grand promises of the future. Customer Development , Agile Engineering and the Lean methodology enforced a process of incremental and iterative development. Thus began the 5-year dot-com bubble. The New Exits.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! Monday, February 12, 2007. Add RSS feed. Subscribe via email. SaaS 13 Index*.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 22, 2009

For company with complex UI or usability issue, you might also want to add a small incentive to reward the sales of training module as this will impact churn, but this should be short term fix as your engineering team works hard to improve the product. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 ► 2008. (11). Happy New Year 2008!

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 7, 2010

When people (ok, engineers) who have been trained in this model enter most startups, they quickly get confused. There’s always that engineer in the back of the room with all the corner cases: “but how will customers find Feature X? Or should you focus on user engagement or virality?

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 13, 2007

4) Sales model: From seasoned sales people to a tiered sales engine To buy, people needs to be comfortable with the product. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Happy New Year 2008!

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. My rule is that conferences are to be avoided unless it’s purely for PR purposes or if you’re in sales. .

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, October 7, 2008 The App Store after the gold rush I wrote earlier about the issue of distribution advantage on the iPhone. This is completely analogous to the situation elsewhere on the internet, where launching a new website, product, or service with PR is getting harder and harder.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Even worse, entrepreneurs are faced with a constant barrage of vanity metrics from competitors and other companies engaged in PR. Is the company growing because of an amazing viral loop paired with a strong engagement loop? The PR firm helpfully left out that context.) Vanity metrics are generally bigger.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

I am the VP of Engineering at a cutting-edge startup that sells software built on the.NET platform. You whine about how hard it is to find good engineers, then go on and on about how you intentionally avoid at least half of the market for skilled people? It’s also missing the point of engineering anything. Elaine Kenny.

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