Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Yet time after time, after the product shipped, startups would find that customers didn’t use or want most of the features. The founders were simply wrong about their assumptions about customer needs. The emergence of incubators and super angels have dramatically expanded the sources of seed capital.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

Yet time after time, after the product shipped, startups would find that customers didn’t use or want most of the features. The founders were simply wrong about their assumptions about customer needs. It turns out the term “visionary founder” was usually a synonym for someone who was hallucinating. The founders.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. And do your customer development. Thank you @ericries for drastically altering my perception of agile startup Thank you all so much for your kind words. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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