Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

He would go on to be a co-founder of two mechanical engineering software companies.) Reply steveblank , on October 19, 2009 at 8:22 am Said: Quick fixed. Reply steveblank , on October 19, 2009 at 2:27 pm Said: [link] Jose Diaz-Gonzalez , on October 19, 2009 at 11:25 am Said: I wholeheartedly agree with your advice.

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OCTOBER 4, 2008

He previously co-founded and served as Chief Technology Officer of IMVU. In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. While an undergraduate at Yale Unviersity, he co-founded Catalyst Recruiting.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Posted on December 7, 2009 by steveblank In my 21 years of startups, I had my ideas “stolen” twice. Disbelief, Anger, Resignation and Acceptance My cofounders and I went through the stages of disbelief, anger, resignation and acceptance. Steve Blank -- Topsy.com , on December 7, 2009 at 6:06 am Said: [.]

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 3, 2014

by Markus Wilson, co-founder of Phink TV. Video content is in demand and the rising amount of videos viewed by people every day means that this type of content is becoming an ever increasing effective tool to stand out in search engines, engage social audiences, and sell products and services. So how does it work?

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Initially, your staff (even if that’s just you and a co-founder) will be your greatest asset in locating and connecting with your audience. Back in 2009, Cloudera placed news of its Distribution for Hadoop launch in tech blogs and reputable news sources , and reached 1.5 million people in 24 hours as a result. Always remember.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2018

My co-founder, Jason Novek, and I got into Y Combinator when there were 27 total companies in the batch and only four YC partners in existence. Building the Company: Pre-YC It was late 2009 and I was working a full-time gig for the State of Texas running Texas A&M System’s website. And not just hard, but stressful.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Unlike Intel chips, MIPS chip architecture also made it possible to plug in a math co-processor. Some of the other founders had sold minicomputers to scientists and engineers, but no one knew or understood the unique class of applications and customers of supercomputers. A few days later Gordon became a founder.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. The video is only 16 minutes long and it is well worth the time. But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when to ignore it. You could just outspend. It's a great talk.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

If you’ve tried to slog your way through my book on Customer Development you know that I’m insistent that the founders need to be the ones getting outside the building (physically or virtually) to validate all the initial hypotheses of the business model and product. rick , on June 25, 2009 at 8:57 am Said: Great post.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

April 27, 2009 8:59 AM Anonymoussaid. July 15, 2009 11:18 PM markmontgomery said. Mark Montgomery Founder Kyield Initium VC September 12, 2009 4:21 AM Mark Montgomery said. Eric -- I was very impressed by your two part video series, which rarely occurs these days. Otherwise it's a great idea. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 4, 2010

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Expo SF (May.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2017

by Bill Lewis, co-founder at Temasys Communications. It rose in 2009, but never regained its upward trajectory. It means that the digital flow of information, searches, transactions, and communication media (voice, video, chat, data) and intracompany traffic has grown, and digital products and services have surged.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 3, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, July 3, 2009 Lean Startup fbFund wrap-up Last week I had a real blast meeting with the companies at the fbFund incubator at Palo Alto. Note: there is video from this event, but its not online yet. I had a flip cam with me, and the organizers captured their own video with a tripod and everything.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 27, 2009

This post makes a lot more sense if you look at the earlier posts as well as the video and slides. He started the Stanford Honors Co-op in 1954 which allowed companies in the valley to send their engineers to Stanford graduate engineering programs. Wall 85: Squint « 365 Wallpapers , on April 27, 2009 at 8:29 am Said: [.]

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

Reply Bill Allred , on May 1, 2009 at 10:46 am Said: This is a really common pitfall. Reply Niall Smart , on May 2, 2009 at 12:20 am Said: Great story – your point about snazzy design vs. actual impact is still relevant in the context of spending money on outsourced web graphic design. demand creation strategy).

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

VentureHacks did a great summary , which includes slides and video. Instead, we do everything possible to validate the founders belief. Most people cant sustain more than a few of these iterations, and the founders rarely get to be involved in the later tries. On the minus side, that has made it a wee bit hard to understand.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, February 22, 2009 Please teach kids programming, Mr. President Of course, what I really mean is: let them teach themselves. These were primitive open-ended video games created by the players themselves , using simple programming languages. Ill explain in a moment. This post is the result.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 2, 2008

Its to everyones advantage to let the world think the founders thought of everything. I say this as a founder: the contribution of founders is always overestimated. The danger here is that new founders, looking at existing founders, will think that theyre supermen that one couldnt possibly equal oneself.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 2, 2010

As start-ups scale, this agility will be lost unless the founders maintain a consistent investment in that discipline. As start-ups scale, this agility will be lost unless the founders maintain a consistent investment in that discipline. Techniques from lean manufacturing can be part of a startups innovation culture. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, August 26, 2009 Building a new startup hub Last week, I had a unique opportunity to spend some time in Boulder at the behest of TechStars. If you watch the video/audio below, youll get to see some of the questions I was asked after my presentation. Its easy to take Silicon Valley for granted.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, February 20, 2009 Work in small batches Software should be designed, written, and deployed in small batches. February 21, 2009 12:10 AM Harold Fowler said. February 21, 2009 7:39 AM Rocky1138 said. February 21, 2009 12:26 PM Anonymoussaid. February 21, 2009 3:08 PM SCC said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

the version that would facilitate the investment of real money) was planned for late-2009. Andy Mathieson, a founder and managing member at Fairview Capital , was particularly supportive. the version that would facilitate the investment of real money) was planned for late-2009. The result? The response was surprisingly positive.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

Sean Murphy has an excellent and comprehensive roundup of resources about the conference: all of the slides, videos, summaries, notes and write-ups are listed on his blog here. All video from the conference is available for free at Justin.tv If not, youd better watch video of his talk ASAP. And then you can buy a t-shirt.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

” These tend to be video-based lectures accompanied by exercises or notes. Want to learn how to create a demo video in Apple’s Keynote ? A video preview of a lecture so you can get a feel for what the instructor is like. Online learning takes many forms. ” Udemy. Master leadership skills ? ” Khan Academy.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? It should be even more important to the founders themselves, because it demonstrates that their business hypothesis is grounded in reality. But all things are never equal. (Of

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MARCH 16, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, March 16, 2009 Combining agile development with customer development Today I read an excellent blog post that I just had to share. March 16, 2009 11:18 PM William Pietri said. March 17, 2009 9:21 AM Eric said. March 17, 2009 9:39 AM Mike Tobias said. Just a thought.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

So what does CTO mean, besides just "technical founder who really cant manage anyone?" January 18, 2009 8:22 AM Dan Khan said. Cheers, -Dan January 18, 2009 9:04 PM Ivo said. January 20, 2009 1:12 PM Anonymoussaid. April 12, 2009 12:28 AM kenshin said. April 21, 2009 4:51 PM Geethan said. Great article!

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Some of my favorites: Ash Maurya (whose Achieving Flow in a Lean Startup was one of my favorite posts of 2009), Brant Cooper , CindyAlvarez , Laura Klein , Kevin Dewalt , Giff Constable - and I must be missing many more. Last, Ive tried to keep this blog updated with events , slides , audio , video and books that are helpful as well.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Thank you very much for the video. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Sure, Id be delighted to. Feel free to email me (startuplessonslearned-eric@sneakemail.com).

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NOVEMBER 7, 2008

February 7, 2009 5:40 AM Major_Grooves said. May 6, 2009 3:03 PM Ivan Acosta-Rubio said. June 22, 2009 6:30 AM Anonymoussaid. June 28, 2009 2:51 PM beorn said. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Great post - I think Ill try this.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 25, 2010

► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Expo SF (May.

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Software Review San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 141

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 15, 2009 Why Continuous Deployment? June 15, 2009 7:41 AM William Pietri said. June 15, 2009 8:24 AM Stevesaid. Thanks, Steve June 15, 2009 9:15 AM Bonifer said. June 15, 2009 12:21 PM Damon Edwards said. June 15, 2009 8:20 PM Anonymoussaid. Very well stated!

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 30, 2009 Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder Im very excited to announce a pair of events that will kick off a very busy fall speaking tour. Weve got slides , video , audio and twitter commentary. July 30, 2009 7:35 AM Hazem Awad said. Ill be in Boulder for two days.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Were trying to put some of these "its the system, stupid" ideas into practice on NileGuide (www.nileguide.com) April 28, 2009 9:19 PM Jake Faris said. September 3, 2009 12:25 PM Omar Ead said. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

It was actually my co-founder Will Harvey who taught me to present this data in the simple format weve discussed in this post. March 26, 2009 6:15 PM Will said. in many cases an example is required - demo, or in my case video guitar lesson along with google ads for quick test data. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Embrace technical debt Financial debt plays an important and positive role in our economy under normal conditions. Very much appreciate the suggested solutions (Five Why's, split testing etc) July 29, 2009 6:24 AM Kevin Gadd said. July 29, 2009 6:57 AM Heiner Wolf said.

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