Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

In 2014, Microsoft finally announced that Ballmer would retire, and in early 2014, Satya Nadella took charge. The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted. This may work in stable markets and technologies. The result?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 28, 2016

A lot of time can be spent choosing the perfect startup name. Startup names can be descriptive (PayPal), suggestive (Amazon), or even fanciful (Apple). Once you find the perfect name for your startup, it’s hard to think that any other name could fit the company you are building. Unsure if your startup is in need of a new name?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ) Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. I observed that teaching case studies and/or how to write a business plan as a capstone entrepreneurship class didn’t match the hands-on chaos of a startup.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 18, 2022

After living and traveling around Thailand in 2014 and with other travelers I was desperate to learn Thai. And then I had this life-changing opportunity that required my entrepreneurial background from my family, passion for marketing , and skills in technology to serve a not-for-profit close to my heart. Photo Credit: Simon Bacher.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 13, 2016

Looking back at 2015, the standout theme in the VC/startup ecosystem was unicorn hunting. People started thinking of startup unicorns like this: Illustration for WSJ: Chris Silas Neal. The answer seems much simpler to me… the VC & startup ecosystem was seduced by growth above all else, but terminal scale still matters.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. Perhaps that’s because where established companies might see risks or threats, startups see opportunity. Building Innovation Internally is Hard.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

As we look into 2014, we thought it was important to reflect on our activities in 2013 and refocus and refine our thinking and messaging as a firm. focus on the mobile, agile, and smart enterprise". The big trend in technology today is the growth of mobile. The other big theme is one of big data.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 17, 2017

My colleague Joel Zien and I spent four action-packed days checking out the latest technology, meeting hundreds of people, and of course, having fun! What is the latest technology and how can I leverage it within my organization? The question then becomes: what technology is the right one to invest in?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

What are they, how do they differ and what can startup do to take advantage of them? Paths to Liquidity: a quick history of the four waves of startup investing. Lean Startups/Back to Basics (2000-2010): No IPO’s, limited VC cash, lack of confidence and funding fuels “lean startup” era with limited M&A and even less IPO activity.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

28:12) The pandemic as a moment to invest in people and technology, have a plan and execute. He was at Circuit City on 9/11, he led Home Depot through the response to Katrina, was at 24 Hour Fitness during, what we used to call, The Great Recession, and led USAA as COO and president, starting in 2014.

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Steve Blank

JULY 23, 2014

Their goal was to train University scientists and researchers to use Lean Startup methods (business model design, customer development and agile engineering) to commercialize their science. Proposals from potential I-Corps L teams will be accepted through September 30, 2014. million to fund the next 24 teams. Lessons Learned.

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

military can work together – for access to advanced technology and to learn how to move with agility, speed and urgency. Army special operations before retiring from active duty service in 2014. Takashi Tsutsumi has been a venture capitalist 15 years incubating and investing in startups in Japan.

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www.theenterprisearchitect.eu

MARCH 26, 2014

The Enterprise Architect building an Agile Enterprise Home MDD PaaS Startup Presentations About The cloud landscape described, categorized, and compared October 12, 2013 Johan Den Haan 10 comments “I work for a PaaS company” I answered him. We will see that they help a lot in clarifying the technology stack on each layer.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. I observed that teaching case studies and/or how to write a business plan as a capstone entrepreneurship class didn’t match the hands-on chaos of a startup.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

We like to talk about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff! Bring Agile to the Whole Organization – crowdspring.co/1A49uxC. What will happen with marketing technology in 2015? I hope you enjoy!

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

When venture capital teamed up with technology entrepreneurs in the 1960’s they brought with them the canonical MBA planning tool – the business plan. But for startups, business plans fail to match the chaotic reality they encounter in the real world. VC’s thought of startups as smaller versions of large companies.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

The first one in 2007 was Cornerstone OnDemand, the second one was Peopledoc in 2014 and the third one is Gloat in 2021. Some of the world’s largest, most forward-looking companies are already benefiting from the workforce agility enabled by Gloat’s AI-powered platform. Gloat was that startup. We’re excited about our future.

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Steve Blank

MAY 12, 2015

After seeing the results of 500+ teams through the I-Corps, the NSF now offers all teams who’ve received government funding to start a company an introduction to building a Lean Startup. SBIR/STTR Program and Startup Seed Funding. startups that don’t fit whatever’s hot in venture capital. Eleven U.S. for Phase II grantees.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2020

Deputy Chief Technology Officers Cori Zarek and Ryan Panchadsaram to help all levels of government with COVID-19 response and delivery of services. Deputy Chief Technology Officer in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from 2013–2014, where she founded the United States Digital Service.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The pace of SaaS company creation in Europe is growing even faster, up from 200 companies in 2008-10 to 670 in 2014-16. Promising companies in this segment include Robotic Process Automation vendor UI Path and process mining software startup Celonis. Our investments in the space have followed suit. We’ve invested $2.3B

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