Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

So what’s wrong the product development model? The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.)

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Software By Rob

JULY 1, 2010

For a startup, this means avoiding “me too&# products, staying away from horizontal niches, solving a pain-point, and targeting a vertical niche. The lesson: stick to vertical niches. July 1st, 2010 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? Occupations and hobbies are best. Check out my book Like this post?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

What’s the customer acquisition cost? Finding out whether you have a repeatable, scalable sales model is the Customer Validation step of Customer Development. And as much as I like the startup ecosystem here it seems to me that the people cost of software development forces startups to launch half-baked products.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta. Windward (2010) – maritime data and analytics company. in seed round in November.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Infographic on entrepreneurs’ state of mind in 2010 – [link]. PSFK list of most relevant brands of 2010. The Edelman 2010 Trust Barometer – [link]. – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Infographic on entrepreneurs’ state of mind in 2010 – [link]. PSFK list of most relevant brands of 2010. The Edelman 2010 Trust Barometer – [link]. – [link].

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