Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

» 25 Responses Mark Soper , on November 30, 2009 at 6:55 am Said: Steve, I’m working on a consumer internet product concept at the customer discovery phase. Reply Brent , on December 18, 2009 at 8:50 pm Said: Mark, you hit the nail on the head. It’s an art. Customer Development is not a giant focus group.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

Martin , on April 10, 2009 at 9:27 am Said: A post that would delight F.A. link] Reply craig sparer , on April 10, 2009 at 5:44 pm Said: So true. link] Reply steveblank11 , on April 10, 2009 at 10:32 pm Said: Prakash, Thanks for the link. Reply Daily Links #52 | CloudKnow , on April 12, 2009 at 10:18 am Said: [.]

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Customer Development Manifesto , Market Types « “Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch Closure » 21 Responses Tweets that mention Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development « Steve Blank -- Topsy.com , on November 16, 2009 at 7:20 am Said: [.]

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Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

In search of Europes next tech stars. In search of Europe's next tech stars. ► 2009. (9). Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Wednesday, August 03, 2011. Posted by Philippe Botteri. at 11:03 AM. software. (10).

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Your goal was to preserve your cash while you turned these guesses into facts and searched for a repeatable and scalable sales model. Reply Richard Jordan , on November 5, 2009 at 3:36 pm Said: Steve, best article yet. Reply links for 2009-11-05 « Blarney Fellow , on November 5, 2009 at 4:16 pm Said: [.]

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2020

By 2009, the success of this ecommerce model was more evident. A basic search on Google shows several ecommerce portals selling the same products that your business sells. You’ll get the advantage of placing SEO optimized content, which is more likely to rank in the searches. But your brand’s name is nowhere to be seen.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 26, 2009

I'm beginning my final preparation for my presentation at eLearn 2009. You can find these by following my tweets at: @tonykarrer But it's probably better to use twitter search to keep track of everything using the conference tag: #elearnconf That way you can see all of the tweets, hopefully provide thoughts.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 13, 2019

This is largely due to the fact that Microsoft hasn’t added updates to the media player since the year 2009! Therefore, there is no need for you to start searching for its codec after installation. Windows Media Player not being updated since 2009 shows that Microsoft are no longer interested in advancing its functionality.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

However, you will be dealing with almost daily change, (new customer feedback/insights from a Customer Development process and technical roadblocks ,) as the company searches for a repeatable and scalable business model. Reply YA , on June 14, 2009 at 10:48 am Said: Interesting. The Adventure of a Lifetime. Thanks Steve!

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

As Marketing and Sales flail around in search of a sustainable market, the company is burning through its most precious asset—cash. Reply Greg Boutin , on August 31, 2009 at 12:33 pm Said: A very interesting contribution, Steve. 3 , on August 31, 2009 at 12:48 pm Said: [.] Thank you for writing them.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

Reply Raj , on August 14, 2009 at 2:45 am Said: Steve, This post has probably triggered a paradigm shift in the way that I’ve been approaching my startup. Raj Reply Knowtu » links for 2009-08-14 , on August 14, 2009 at 6:04 pm Said: [.] Maybe they just want to work with a start-up.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2017

With the 2009 economic crash, entrepreneurs and startups flooded the market (for better or worse!). Bankruptcy is relatively common, especially post-2009, but recovering from it can require professional help. It’s never business as usual. Even though over 90 percent of startups fail, there are more startups than ever before.

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David Cohen

AUGUST 22, 2012

It’s interesting that in 2009 there was a peak for our companies in use of the freemium model. Since 2009, people have consistently been pronouncing the model dead. As an example, one of the areas that I like to invest in is vertical search. With vertical search, it’s all about the crack.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

GV (formerly Google Ventures) – Started in 2009, GV is Alphabet’s venture capital fund, focused primarily on early stage in diverse fields: from life sciences and healthcare to robotics and entereprise tech. Anything you’d expect to see called out in a search results page or an activation of Google home.

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Up and Running

MAY 6, 2020

seen at the end of the most recent recession in June 2009. According to 2018 research by CareerBuilder and SilkRoad, 70% of job seekers are searching for opportunities on mobile. . Monster’s 2019 State of the Candidate Survey found that 72% of respondents anticipate using video in their future job searches. The bottom line?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Perhaps the most interesting feature of real-time search engines is that the results are updated each minute. So, if you do a search today, it will yield entirely different results than a search from yesterday. If you perform a search, you may notice a “Latest Results” box which scrolls while you are on a results page.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet?

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ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2020

Search engines are vital for discoverability. Google’s Public Search Liaison Danny Sullivan has openly pushed back against those who want subscription-only content flagged in search results: Our automated systems try to present the best information in relation to a search topic, as people expect us to do as a search engine.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 3, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 3, 2009 Minimum Viable Product: a guide One of the most important lean startup techniques is called the minimum viable product. August 3, 2009 10:52 AM Chris Hopf said. August 3, 2009 11:49 AM Jason Brownlee said. August 3, 2009 8:08 PM William Mitchell said. Great post.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

For example, according to ADP’s 2009 hiring index , 46 percent of résumés reviewed showed discrepancies. Meanwhile, search firm CTPartners found 64 percent of candidates overstated their accomplishments, and according to tech professional association publication IEEE Spectrum , 71 percent lied about how many years they had held a position.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Saturn, Pontiac, and Hummer were all shuttered due to GM's bankruptcy, which occurred on June 1, 2009. In 2009, they were almost out of cash and building a prototype for a service that would send text messages to any mobile device. Eventually, the company was led to global dominance by Alfred P. According to too Bloomberg, the U.S.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 11, 2020

He won the 2009 Affiliate Manager of the Year award there as well as leading Legacy Learning Systems to be named Most Improved Affiliate Program (with over 70% of the votes) and a second-place finish for Best Affiliate Program. Search for your unique .site You too can get your very own .site site domain for as low as $1.99.

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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. Its had tremendous impact in many areas: continuous deployment , just-in-time scalability , and even search engine marketing , to name a few. February 21, 2009 12:10 AM Harold Fowler said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 12, 2009 Why PHP won When I first learned to program on the web, Perl + CGI was the dominant platform. January 16, 2009 2:54 AM DROCKsaid. Also, PHP is the new BLACK [link] January 16, 2009 9:24 AM Anonymoussaid. January 16, 2009 12:25 PM Anonymoussaid. You should try Python.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2017

In the summer of 2009, my wife and I caught the entrepreneurial bug and started a company without any prior business experience. I had some limited knowledge about search engine marketing, but knew nothing about marketing in a more general sense. We’d never hired anyone. We’d never had anyone pay us for a product or a service.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

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. January 2, 2009 8:54 AM mancjew said. January 2, 2009 8:57 AM Abbas said. Abbas February 22, 2009 3:33 PM cwillu said. Would love to get in touch.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Labels: customer development , search engine marketing 13comments: Jim Lindstrom said. Another way to promote the website is doing organize search. For example, make sure your website is in the first page of Google search for the given keyword. February 7, 2009 5:40 AM Major_Grooves said. What a great post.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Trying to answer that question at IMVU led me to discover Google AdWords and the world of search engine marketing. You declare how much someone clicking an advertisement is worth to you, and then the search engine does its best to get you as many clicks as it can at that price. Labels: search engine marketing 4comments: Tauya said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, August 1, 2009 The Steve Jobs method Image via CrunchBase Its been a long time since I did a post that was primarily a link to another blog with commentary, but I came across something today that I really want to share. August 1, 2009 7:39 AM Ravi Mohan said. August 1, 2009 8:11 AM Michael said.

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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. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.

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venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Learn more about: Founders 40 responses so far · Comments RSS # scott edward walker · Nov 12, 2009 Great post.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 14, 2011

Today Google added an interesting twist to Google Maps searches called Descriptive Terms that injects another dynamic – search optimized reviews. Google has started indexing local search results with phrases that accompany things like reviews. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. All rights reserved.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 10, 2015

Redbeacon was venture backed and won numerous awards including the Grand Prize at the 2009 TechCrunch50 competition and Business Insider’s Startup 2010 before being acquired by The Home Depot. Prior to Redbeacon, Ethan worked at Google as Product Manager for Image Search and Google Video.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 22, 2009 Pivot, dont jump to a new vision In a lean startup , instead of being organized around traditional functional departments, we use a cross-functional problem team and solution team. June 22, 2009 12:26 PM Anonymoussaid. June 22, 2009 1:03 PM Eric said. Can you please elaborate?

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Reply Crystal Williams , on April 12, 2009 at 10:38 am said: Hi Steve! … Reply Avron Olshewsky , on June 10, 2009 at 11:03 am said: Hi Steve, Read your book “The four steps …&# and have enjoyed it and your blog. It is certaintly a great list to motivate me to get reading again. Keep up the great work! … Thanks!

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 21, 2011

Of late, however, it looks like they just might be getting their local strategy together and marshaling a suite new features combined with existing assets to put themselves in position to take a giant leap in the local reviews, local offers, and local social games to go with their strong local search position. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

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