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Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

I made them a pretty good offer – hire me as a training instructor at the salary they were going to pay me as a lab technician. Reply Shankar Saikia , on June 29, 2009 at 9:02 am Said: THANKS – MAKES ME FEEL BETTER 21 months ago I left an awesome job at Oracle in Silicon Valley and relocated to India to be an entrepreneur.

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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

As the conversation began to get down to how much stock and salary we could offer van Dam, we left the barber to finish his work and went to a payphone to call our CEO to confirm the deal. Reply steveblank , on October 5, 2009 at 2:08 pm Said: Chris, Ben was the founding VP of Engineering at Ardent.

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Ask and It Shall be Given « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

King James Bible, New Testament – Matthew 7:7 Filed under: Marketing , Technology , Zilog | Tagged: Entrepreneurs , Steve Blank « The Road Not Taken He’s Only in Field Service » 20 Responses Mike Paciello , on July 27, 2009 at 8:54 am Said: Thanks Steve. You’ve reinforced my own personal beliefs.

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How Kevin O’Connor, and FindTheBest Got Lean

Steve Blank

By 2009, I was fed up. Lean Start-up Connection: Customer Development. Thousands, then millions of new customers were coming to the site through SEO, just like we’d guessed with our customer acquisition hypothesis. Filed under: Customer Development. Customer Development' Validation.

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Lessons Learned: Lean hiring tips

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 19, 2009 Lean hiring tips In preparing for the strategy series panel this week, I have been doing some thinking about costs. Almost all of it is in one giant fixed-cost bucket: salaries. January 21, 2009 6:39 AM Kevin Merritt said. January 21, 2009 1:19 PM Jon Bischke said.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley 12: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

Many investors weren’t interested in working for a large company for a salary and bonus, and most hated the paperwork and salary limitations that the SBIC imposed. It would charge its investors annual “management fees” to pay for the firm’s salaries, building, etc. Was there some other structure?

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Epitaph for an Entrepreneur « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

My ideas about Customer Development started evolving around these concepts. thanks Reply Ben Yoskovitz , on June 18, 2009 at 7:13 am Said: Steve – Great post. Being in a startup and having a successful relationship and family was very hard work. But entrepreneurs can be great spouses and parents. It takes two.