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Leaving Government for the Private Sector – Part 2

Steve Blank

Some commercial company roles: Business Development or “BD” roles : Case Officers are well suited for business development (BD) roles as its akin to first half of the CIA recruitment cycle. I also work closely with all members of the executive team, the Board of Directors, and Advisory Board. Here’s what I learned.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. However the Customer Development Model and the Lean Startup work equally well for startups on the web.

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Ardent War Story 5: The Best Marketers Are Engineers

Steve Blank

Building an Advisory Board In my travels outside the building I kept my eyes out for articulate and visionary scientists and engineers who had expertise we lacked, and were willing to help in an advisory capacity. I set up an advisory board as a vehicle to get these industry experts engaged with the company and product.

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What Are the Benefits of Advisory Boards for Startups?

Board Effect

Your founders and board members won’t always have the necessary expertise you need in every area to be competitive and sustainable. An advisory board can be of great assistance to your startup by filling crucial gaps in your leadership talent. Let’s begin with the definition of the role of a startup advisory board member.

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How Employee Experience Shapes Brand Perception

Duct Tape Marketing

They were having their own UI designers, developers, they were getting their own infrastructure. Tiffani Bova (17:43): Yeah, and it's a great question because I think what we've definitely learned over the last two and a half years is it's, oh, everything is gonna go remote. Do you have an employee advisory board?

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Taking Other People’s Money Changes Your Life

Startup Professionals Musings

“When I get funded,” the entrepreneur thinks, “I can build a prototype, hire a development team, go to market, scale more quickly, and beat my competition.” But there are some things that DEFINITELY come with other people’s money. All problems will go away. They’re new and different problems.

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How Getting My MBA Helped Me Thrive as an Entrepreneur

Up and Running

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. Since customers are the center of any business, that changed the way I think.