Steve Blank

AUGUST 24, 2009

His wife, about my age, could have been a poster child for the stereotypical California hippie surfer, with politics that matched her style – antiwar, anti government, antiestablishment. But it was a bit incongruous to hear her get wound up and rail against our government and the very people we were all working for.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

There Ought to be a Law Nowadays there are laws that allow you to back out of a time-share condo contract, or used car purchase after seven days because even the government believes there are times when grown adults lose their minds and stand up and yell “Yes I believe, sign me up!” I love all these war stories.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1817, David Ricardo published On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation where he expanded upon Smith’s work in developing the theory of Comparative Advantage. In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2009

Reply Jesse Farmer , on April 7, 2009 at 8:53 am Said: Customers don’t ask for your transcript. Martin , on April 7, 2009 at 9:40 am Said: There’s a wide spectrum between A student and dropout. Reply steveblank , on April 7, 2009 at 10:16 am Said: Michael, Thanks for the Kauffman foundation link.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

So we opened the goFlow platform from surfing-only to 10 new verticals: Paddle-boarding, Diving, Fishing, Skateboarding, Cycling, Golfing, Snow sports, Boating, Kitesurfing and more to come. So in 2009, as the economy came to a screeching halt, I took the leap. It’s a problem that all weather driven sports have.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

to spur innovation was a new government agency to fund new companies. government would invest three (up to $300,000.) And for the first time, private companies like Continental Capital, Pitch Johnson & Bill Draper and Sutter Hill were formed to take advantage of the government largesse from the SBA.

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Steve Blank

JULY 23, 2009

government kept up the pace. Hundreds of thousands of people worked on developing strategic weapons, bombers, our ICBM and SLBM missile programs, and the Apollo moon program. Martin , on July 23, 2009 at 6:54 am Said: I’m a big Frost fan. Reply Chad Albrecht , on July 23, 2009 at 11:23 am Said: Great post!

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

These technology startups had no risk capital – just customers/purchase orders from government/military/intelligence agencies. They’ll make much more sense if you watch the video or read some of the earlier posts for context. See the Secret History bibliography for sources and supplemental reading.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

The search giant’s VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. In November 2009 Google acquired mobile ad company AdMob for $750 million. In November 2009 Google acquired mobile ad company AdMob for $750 million.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do. It’s the most modern platform for application development on the planet.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

In developed markets Wifi and broadband are now seen as a right, rather than an option, to the point where many consumers claim that not having it is a modern form of social abuse. While developing markets are jumping computers all together and taking themselves out of technology poverty and riding on the coat tails of the smart phone.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2009

As part of this spin out I’d make sure the Government also supports the nascent U.S. As I said, I am far from an expert in the auto industry, government bailouts or other related big “businesses”. Maybe the public can be better served by the government just subsidizing battery research. with the auto bailout. Reply Michael F.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Eventually, however, we gained our footing and developed a mental model for the industry and a framework for where opportunities do exist. I think it started with eBay, but then we got into more vertical specific ones, like Zillow, Grubhub, OpenTable and Uber that I’m on the board of. healthcare system is confusing and complex.

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