Steve Blank

JANUARY 30, 2013

I earnestly believe that large corporations should emulate Lean Startups (Business model design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering.) Filed under: Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan , Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2019

There are a myriad of other important ways that you can demonstrate your competitive advantages in your presentations, discussions, and business plan, including the following: Highlight your intellectual property. Capitalize on the experiences of you and your team. Competitive businesses have great teams, as well as great products.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

An angel investor is a high net worth individual who invests their own money into startup companies in the hopes of gaining a return on their money. I was the CEO of both startups, so it was my job to pitch to the angels. The post How to Impress Angel Investors and Make It into “Startup Heaven” appeared first on Bplans Blog.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. Perhaps that’s because where established companies might see risks or threats, startups see opportunity. Building Innovation Internally is Hard.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

Today, 100s of billions of dollars in private capital have been invested in 1,000s of AI startups. History tells us that late adopters fall by the wayside as more agile and opportunistic governments master new technologies. IP (Intellectual Property) Vendors Also Offer AI Accelerators. But What Is It? Carpe Diem.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

As a startup hub, Amsterdam grabs the same amount of attention as the girl with braces at the high school dance. So is the Dutch tech startup story sold short? We have great intellectual property protection, and have efficient ways to enforce contracts. Robert Verwaayen is a Dutch venture capitalist. Not in my view.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC & Startup Resources. Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? About VC Cafe.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others. Click around on the various topics to find some amazing resources.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Useful blogs and links for startups Click Here ————– 2.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2015

A partnership was announced last year with the City of New York, to connect and grow NYC's startup ecosystem. This will facilitate technology growth and innovation for startups in Silicon Alley, as well as position IBM for growth down the road. Maintain the agility to quickly pivot or quit. This is the new world of prototyping.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

A partnership was announced with the City of New York, to connect and grow NYC's startup ecosystem. This facilitates technology growth and innovation for startups in Silicon Alley, as well as positioning IBM for growth down the road. Maintain the agility to quickly pivot or quit. Social media relationships fuel the scaling fire.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2014

A partnership was just announced with the City of New York, to connect and grow NYC''s startup ecosystem. This will facilitate technology growth and innovation for startups in Silicon Alley, as well as position IBM for growth down the road. Maintain the agility to quickly pivot or quit. This is the new world of prototyping.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 8, 2009 What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups? Beyond just those who will be hearing about the lean startup for the first time, Im expecting to shake a lot of hands and have a lot of interesting side conversations. And what hurdles could be eliminated?

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Steve Blank

JULY 28, 2011

This approach would shape Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial ethos: In startups, failure was treated as experience (until you ran out of money). government agency that supports research in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering - is changing the startup landscape for scientists and engineers. billion U.S.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

I think you can blame Customer and Agile Development for a small part of it. Finally the amount of capital needed to take a drug to FDA trials could be enormously expensive, at least 10x more than startup costs at an electron-based company. Consumer Internet startup investors are now their own category. Here’s why.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. I found your suggestions in the article “Startup Mistakes: The Partnership Gone Sour&# especially useful.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Being a Trademark Attorney and owner of an Intellectual Property Law Firm, The Law Firm of Andrea Hence Evans, LLC, I know the importance of launching a business with a strong name that is not generic but rather suggestive and requires some thought or imagination. The rest is history. Thanks to Billy Lowe, Gloss & Toss® ! #6-

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2010

One of the classes I teach in the engineering school at Stanford is E145: the Fundamentals of Technology Entrepreneurship , an introduction to building a scalable startup. Our goal is to teach students the key concepts of the startup process and help them understand that a startup is a search for a profitable business model.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2011

This approach would shape Silicon Valley's entrepreneurial ethos: In startups, failure was treated as experience (until you ran out of money). government agency that supports research in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering, is changing the startup landscape for scientists and engineers. billion U.S.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2010

Given the expanded user base that will surely come starting today, I’m sure the team of agile developers will have even more great ideas to implement in Workstreamer. The CEO, Hank Weghorst, is a veteran of several successful Austin technology startups including Question.com, Ventix, iChat, and Troux. CrunchBase Information.

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blog.simeonov.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

I have been thinking a lot recently about how to apply agile development principles to investing and key aspects of startup development such as team building. Both stem from the agile principle of delaying decisions until the last responsible moment. The first post is about agile startup fundraising.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2009

Execution by Vertical Market As the class progressed, students asked how the activities/functions of a startup; (Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Product Development, etc.) Startup activities/functions So we started by listing the basic startup activities/functions we thought that might differ by vertical market.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Today I want to write a bit about the people who bring great moments into our lives in ways that have absolutely nothing to do with the world of business, entrepreneurship, and startups. In business being agile and nimble are qualities that serve entrepreneurs very well. The comics. Joke not working? Turn it off immediately.

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