Steve Blank
MAY 17, 2011
Now…a decade later… that course called Customer Development … is the basis of an entirely new way to start companies. If you’re in a technology company or build a web or mobile application, it’s probably the only way to start a company. How did this happen? By showing up a lot and questioning the status quo.
Steve Blank
APRIL 13, 2013
To compare the two, in 2011 U.S. By comparison, in 2011 Chinese VC’s invested $13 billion in all deals. Chinese Internet companies live in a large closed, self-contained ecosystem with 564 million web users with 420 million having mobile web access. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011.
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Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 11, 2011
To give a little context, I asked two of the other judges - Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits (co-authors of the excellent Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development ) - to add a bit of commentary. Great use of airbnb for their source of customer development won them 'Best #CustDev Award." Take a look.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
The bottom line is that customers are more apt to trust and care about information when it comes from a peer rather than an organization. Many firms are getting nowhere with their web and social media marketing efforts. They need to get creative about bringing customers into these programs.
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
The New Bubble : (2011 – 2014): Here we go again…. (If Over time, open source software the rise of the next wave of web startups and the embrace of Agile Engineering meant that startups no longer needed millions of dollars to buy specialized computers and license expensive software – they could start a company on their credit cards.
Steve Blank
APRIL 13, 2013
To compare the two, in 2011 U.S. By comparison, in 2011 Chinese VC’s invested $13 billion in all deals. Chinese Internet companies live in a large closed, self-contained ecosystem with 564 million web users with 420 million having mobile web access. Car sales in China went from 1 million in 2001 to 14 million in 2011.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
JUNE 12, 2012
Here are the details of both of those customer development experiences. Capital Factory 2011 alum GroupCharger talked to 50 before building and another 50 after that. Recently at WP Engine I did some brand new customer development for a new project that we think will revolutionize WordPress blog management.
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