Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

This was followed by an 8-minute slide presentation describing their customer discovery journey over the 10-weeks. 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.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

But here’s some examples or frameworks to consider. You’re obviously not showing charts of user growth, number of customers, or revenue. Pre-launch customer development data is another way, sometimes in the form of user surveys for consumer companies or interviews with potential beta customers for B2B businesses.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 8, 2015

But here’s how I tend to think about companies at this stage, which I think is broad enough to provide some guidance for founders at this early stage… Essentially, my pre-product framework is as follows: 1. Is there founder/market fit? How authentic is this idea to the founder’s experience?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

is an elegant way to model any service-oriented business: Acquisition Activation Retention Referral Revenue We used a very similar scheme at IMVU, although we werent lucky enough to have started with this framework, and so had to derive a lot of it ourselves via trial and error. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?)

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

Followed by an 8-minute slide presentation follow their customer discovery journey over the 10-weeks. 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. All the presentations are worth a watch. Team: Panacea.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Much of the writing on startups focuses on two elements: finding product-market fit scaling the company once #1 is accomplished For product-market fit, we have a lot of source material to work with from the last decade: Steve Blank’s leadership on Customer Development , and Eric Ries’ on the Lean Startup ?—?along Stanford’s CS183c?—?Blitzscaling

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

(For more on how this plays into the process of scaling up, see the Customer Creation stage of the customer development model.) But in the meantime, by iterating on their product with customers, they have a chance to get there on their own. Labels: agile , customer development 15comments: Scott Shapiro said.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. The Customer Development process (and the Lean Startup) is one way to do that.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 14, 2021

In this guide, you’ll learn how to differentiate your business and attract your ideal customers by creating a unique selling proposition. How a unique selling proposition (USP) attracts better customers and builds your brand (and where marketers get it wrong). Write your USP with these frameworks.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2021

Shawn immediately said the name I had given the four steps was confusing – I had called it market development – he suggested that I call it Customer Development – and the name stuck. Founders should understand what the customer hopes to accomplish , or what their job to be done is. Be patient.

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viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

It’s actually pretty hard to find a good start-up job if you have no real engineering or user acquisition / product management skills. More important that you learn Django or whatever advanced web framework your team will be using. Are frameworks the way to go ? Don't spend too much time in Python.

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The Startup Toolkit

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Growth is acquisition plus retention. Acquisition and retention tend to be inseparable from the product. You shift from qualitative feedback (customer development) to quantitative feedback (metrics). Cost of acquisition vs. lifetime value. Important Business Question #2: can it theoretically grow?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

A Lean Startup methodology offers entrepreneurs a framework to focus on what’s important: Business Model Discovery. Teams use the Lean Startup toolkit: the Business Model Canvas + Customer Development process + Agile Engineering. Filed under: Customer Development , Customer Development Manifesto , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

They should understand the different states of the user (Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Revenue) and focus on moving users from one state to the next. In a nutshell: Acquisition - Get people to hear about your product from press, blogs and social channels. First Steps in Growth Hacking for Startups. Distribution Hacks.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

When crafting offers like this, we rely on a messaging framework called SCQA, which stands for: Situation. It was a tough decision, as we spent a lot of work researching, developing offers, and producing our messaging. As a solo-founder at the time, that was huge. Lead with a statement that your audience ultimately agrees with.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Each of their slide presentations follow their customer discovery journey. 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. The teams presented in front of several hundred people in person and online.

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ConversionXL

MAY 22, 2014

To guide the discussion, we’re going to be using Dave McClure’s Conversion Metrics as a framework to see where different conversion optimization opportunities lie. For Acquisition, we’re primarily asking how do first time visitors & potential customers find you? Acquisition – Getting Visitors At Top Of The Funnel.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

2) Co-Founders are the largest form of dilution (if you’re raising) 3) Everything around LeanStartup / Customer Development 4) Understand the micro economics of your business early. Acquisition / Lifetime Value, etc. I’ve developed a very simple work processing framework. A’s hire B’s, B’s hire C’s.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever. "Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?" I mean a rockstar developer, you need a reliable, steady, bull-like technical partner.

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www.rocketwatcher.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

5 Reasons to Stop Exhibiting at Trade Shows A New Marketing Framework If Your Message Works, Don’t Tinker With It 04. Subscribe in a reader Popular Latest Comments Tags 7 Rules for Perfect Press Releases Influencers Suck Selling vs. Buying: A Marketing Wake-up Call Twitter: Is Marketing Doing it Wrong?

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Engagement loops: beyond viral Theres a great and growing corpus of writing about viral loops, the step-by-step optimizations you can use to encourage maximum growth of online products by having customers invite each other to join.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform. It’s more reference material. Thus, these pages.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Express : Express is built on NodeJS framework. Web frameworks. Zend Framework (PHP). great web customer acquisition tutorials. Web Development Tools. open source framework for Ruby. a PHP open source framework. Codeacademy. Steve Blank.

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