2013 Business Model Business Plan Management 
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 23, 2013
My friend Ron Ashkenas interviewed me for his blog on the Harvard Business Review. Ron is a managing partner of Schaffer Consulting , and is currently serving as an Executive-in-Residence at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. He is a co-author of The GE Work-Out and The Boundaryless Organization.
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 23, 2013
My friend Ron Ashkenas interviewed me for his blog on the Harvard Business Review. Ron is a managing partner of Schaffer Consulting , and is currently serving as an Executive-in-Residence at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. He is a co-author of The GE Work-Out and The Boundaryless Organization.
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Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 16, 2012
Alexander Osterwalder and I spent last week in Salt Lake City, Utah as judges at the 2 nd Annual International Business Model Competition , hosted by Professor Nathan Furr , and his team at the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship. The Business Plan ?- And your revenue plan is something more than a hallucination.
The Next Web
AUGUST 26, 2013
Today, in steps 10-12 I want to discuss with you raising your first round of money, hiring to develop and maintain your company culture, as well as defining your role in the management of your startup. There are two ways to start a tech business. Prepare to become a manager. They help you to become a seriously good manager.
Up and Running
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
If you’re creating or growing a startup, you’re likely thinking about: Getting off the ground: Creating and filing a company name, registration , tax ID, logos, business planning , social media, websites, marketing, and income streams. I’ve also advised countless businesses to do this with great results. Start business planning.
Up and Running
MAY 10, 2017
We didn’t know anything about small business accounting or finance. We didn’t even know how to write a business plan. In hindsight, it’s understandable that friends and family were skeptical when we told them about our business. We’d never hired anyone. We’d never had anyone pay us for a product or a service.
Steve Blank
JUNE 18, 2013
I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. It dawned on me that the plans were a symptom of a larger problem: we were executing business plans when we should first be searching for business models. We were putting the plan before the planning.
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