Up and Running

MAY 20, 2014

Following the logic that venture founding teams need both builders (engineers, operations specialists) and sellers (marketing, sales, business development), I focused my coursework on marketing, and some of these classes truly blew my mind.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2017

Rather than cave when things get tough, optimistic entrepreneurs go analytic, looking for pivots that keep their goals in sight. Developing a superior virtual presence requires a mastery of several mediums – phone, email, text messaging, as well as handwritten notes – but the payoff is undeniable. Go for that black belt in networking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Rather than cave when things get tough, optimistic entrepreneurs go analytic, looking for pivots that keep their goals in sight. Developing a superior virtual presence requires a mastery of several mediums – phone, email, text messaging, as well as handwritten notes – but the payoff is undeniable. Go for that black belt in networking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Rather than cave when things get tough, optimistic entrepreneurs go analytic, looking for pivots that keep their goals in sight. Developing a superior virtual presence requires a mastery of several mediums – phone, email, text messaging, as well as handwritten notes – but the payoff is undeniable. Go for that black belt in networking.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2012

——— Yuri, one of my ex students started a big-data analytics company last year. It was great to watch him embrace the spirit and practice of customer development. Your board members are not your brainstorm buddies-find others you trust. Filed under: Customer Development. he’d declare. “We

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Rather than cave when things get tough, optimistic entrepreneurs go analytic, looking for pivots that keep their goals in sight. Developing a superior virtual presence requires a mastery of several mediums – phone, email, text messaging, as well as handwritten notes – but the payoff is undeniable. Go for that black belt in networking.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

In Customer Development the goal of a minimum feature set is to pare the features of the first product release to the minimum necessary for early customers. We had put together an advisory board, and one of our advisors was the VP of Database Marketing at Schwab. Filed under: Customer Development , E.piphany.

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David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs. It’s virtually mandatory to develop a detailed, data-backed deck, and ideally a video pitch. VCs eating their own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments in private companies.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Through that process, I lost a lot including some relationships with individuals, and I started to develop symptoms of acute anxiety. . Fortunately we had the confidence of a couple board members as well who were able to stand up for us. Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. Tune in Thursday, Oct.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

It’s very powerful to have a model that you can email to everyone in the firm, because then everyone sees clearly that you’re communicating the exact same message to the whole team (including outside consultants and the advisory board, if any).

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2020

She is a strong STEM advocate and an active member of the advisory board for CompTIA ’s Advisory Council. Second, don’t waste time and muddy analytical resources with data you don’t need. Don’t Collect What You Don’t Need. The IoT generates a huge amount of data, much of which is simply not needed. TERRI FOUDRAY.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Through that process, I lost a lot including some relationships with individuals, and I started to develop symptoms of acute anxiety. . Fortunately we had the confidence of a couple board members as well who were able to stand up for us. Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. Tune in Thursday, Oct.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

As I’ve helped entrepreneurs find their own product-market fit and connected them to potential clients, investors, and Advisory Board members, I’ve spent a lot of time telling them about the “cool kids”. Develop a personal board of advisors about that topic. it isn’t easy. Go seek out the experts.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Thanks to Ruben Ugarte, Practico Analytics ! #3- Right then, I jotted down the words Grit and Grace, which became the title of the TEDx Talk I delivered in March and now the name of the professional and personal development resource I have created for leading women to teach them how to take care of themselves.

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The Next Web

JULY 8, 2013

6 months ago I was still doing a lot of product, customer support, business development and content marketing. Our growth/product guy is the most analytic, straight to the point kind of guy. Now the company has better people for every task and I need to manage more and focus more. Setting goals. Measure everything in a fanatical way.

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andrewchenblog.com

MARCH 10, 2010

Consumer internet companies are often overly dependent on quantitative data like Google Analytics, but without understanding the qualitative parts – the consumer psychology that actually goes into making purchase decisions. If you haven’t finished developing your product yet, that’s no excuse! Lucky for you, Web 2.0

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Home Books for Startups Guide Secret History-Bibliography Steve Blank Startup Tools Steve Blank Entries RSS | Comments RSS Email Subscription Get Steve Blank via your RSS Feed RSS - Posts RSS - Comments Categories Air Force (12) Ardent (10) Audubon (1) Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan (39) Business Model versus Business Plan (..)

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. s helpful to find an developer tool that allows you to write html/css and renders the view in real time, so you donâ??t Firebase : Are all your developers front-end engineers? s easier to use/develop with. Mobile Tools: If you are a web developer, you donâ??t Codeacademy.

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