Steve Blank
MARCH 3, 2015
Berkeley Haas Business School is a leader in entrepreneurship education. It has replaced how to write a business plan with hands-on Lean Startup methods. The final deliverable for that class was a 30-page business plan. We had multiple business plan competitions. The Business Plan is Dead.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
As part of our Lean LaunchPad classes at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and for the National Science Foundation, students build a startup in 8 weeks using Business Model Design + Customer Development. Read Business Model Generation pages 1-72, and The Four Steps to the Epiphany Chapter 3. Step 1: Set Up Team Logistics.
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Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. Entrepreneurs put together their funding presentation by extracting the key ideas from their business plan, putting them on PowerPoint/Keynote and pitching the company – until they get funded or exhausted.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 23, 2013
Analytics spark more questions and discussion than almost any other aspect of the Lean Startup method. If you’re coming to them from outside the tech sector, the language around analytics can be particularly confusing. For those new to analytics, Alistair and Ben have a free Udemy course well worth checking out.
Steve Blank
MAY 6, 2009
It’s a useful read to explore and challenge analytical arguments and mind-sets. BTW, I don’t know to be hopeful or concerned that that this is the state of the art of analytical thinking at this agency. Customer Analytics – From Those Who Should Know « Steve Blank (tags: reasoning philosophy Thinking) [.]
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 31, 2014
Filed under: Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development. Business Model versus Business Plan Customer Development' Creating a vertically oriented regional ecosystem is a pretty amazing accomplishment for any country or industry.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 7, 2010
Many entrepreneurship courses focus on teaching students “how to write a business plan.” If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you know I believe that: 1) a product is just a part of a startup, but understanding customers, channel, pricing, etc. This class is not about how to write a business plan.
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