Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

(Or more accurately, startups are a temporary organization designed to search for a scalable and repeatable business model.) There are few courses which teach aspiring entrepreneurs the skills (business models, customer and agile development, design thinking, etc.) to optimize this search.

Wiki 311

Wiki Lean Management Business Model 311

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Some combination of the dot-com crash and a just terrible business plan prevented us from having to take our scalability problems to the next level. It cost us a few hundred thousand dollars to get our app up and running, but none of that was dollars spent on software licenses or professional services. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Technology Continuous Deployment Lean 68

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Figuring this out takes time, and few entrepreneurs have the patience to wait it out, because the business plan does such a good job of explaining what customers are going to think. The problem is that customers dont read your business plan. Start with a five-dollar-a-day SEM campaign. Dont scale. Great article.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

market-by-numbers.com

DECEMBER 7, 2009

The driving force helps shape technology choices, importance of design, market segment, and business model as well as company culture, growth plan and exit strategy. The “encroachment&# of business or engineering on design is (theoretically) dependent on the driving force, rather than personal bias.

San Diego 40

San Diego RSS Lean Elevator Pitch 40