Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Today’s workforce has radically different expectations, brands are losing their power, physical channels are being destroyed by virtual ones, market share is less important than market creation, and software is eating world. For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels.

Private Equity 328

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 328

Steve Blank

MARCH 4, 2014

These groups are adapting or adopting the practices of startups and accelerators – disruption and innovation rather than direct competition, customer development versus more product features, agility and speed versus lowest cost. Somewhere in the dim past of the company, it too was a startup searching for a business model.

IRR 335

IRR Startup Business Model Agile 335

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Other classes were on how to prep for VC pitches or develop the five year income statements, balance sheets and cash flows or read case studies. Today the capstone class is most often experiential, team-based, hands on, focused around the search for a repeatable and scalable business model.

Incubator 332

Incubator Lean Programming Government 332

Occam's Razor

MAY 2, 2017

The challenge I want to take on is to be specific in the recommendations make, and to share how we can be very nimble and agile. There are Search people and Content people and Landing Page Optimizers and Cart fixers and Attribution Specialists and more. You’ll see three consistent patterns in the thinking expressed below.

Metrics 141

Metrics Acquisition eCommerce Analytics 141

Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2019

The class was unique in that it was 1) team-based, 2) experiential, 3) lean-driven (hypothesis testing/business model/customer development/agile engineering). When we started this class, the concept of Lean (business models, customer development, agile, pivots, mvp’s) was new to everyone. Class Velocity/Depth.

Lean 253

Lean Business Model Balance Sheet Video 253