Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 2, 2011

A revolution has taken hold as customer development and agile engineering reinvent the Startup process. The process they use to guide their search is customer development. Yet even with all these tools, early stage startups still need to physically meet with advisors and investors. Victor Hugo. 4) Geography.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. Beijing Venture/Angel Ecosystem.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 161

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Lean Startup Circle Boston – Meetup dedicated to the lean startup and customer development methodology. Raizlabs – Mobile Development. Intrepid – Mobile development. Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Custommade – Marketplace for Customer Products (NextView Portfolio Company).

Boston 71

Boston Technical Review Community Cofounder 71

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. It includes venture funded startups in all industries, from software to biotech. Software startups are most likely to exit as an acquisition.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 15, 2011

The process they use to guide that search is "Customer Development" ; and to track their progress startups now have a scorecard to document their week-by-week changes – the business model canvas. Yet even with all these tools, early stage startups still need to physically meet with advisors and investors.

Silicon Valley 118

Silicon Valley Startup Early Stage Business Model 118

rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. Michael’s second problem comes from holding software engineers to an unprecedented standard of business savviness: Most software engineers aren’t business people.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Brian Zuercher , founder of Seen marketing platform software. Through that process, I lost a lot including some relationships with individuals, and I started to develop symptoms of acute anxiety. . Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. Joining me in the Stanford University studio were. Brian Zuercher.

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Columbus Entrepreneur Ohio Cofounder 246

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Brian Zuercher , founder of Seen marketing platform software. Through that process, I lost a lot including some relationships with individuals, and I started to develop symptoms of acute anxiety. . Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. Joining me in the Stanford University studio were. Brian Zuercher.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. It’s Easy to Be Great…It’s Hard to Be Consistent - Software By Rob , November 4, 2010 No link from TechCrunch, write-up on Mashable, mention by Leo Laporte, or Tweet by Ashton Kucher is going to make your business. This post is an accusation.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

. ————– We’ve spent the last 3 years building a methodology, classes, an accelerator and software tools and we’ve tested them on ~500 startups teams. Teams use the Lean Startup toolkit: the Business Model Canvas + Customer Development process + Agile Engineering.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. Paul Graham on trends for the future - Business of Software Blog , August 25, 2010 Paul Graham spoke at last year's Business of Software conference. August 20, 2010 They say people won't pay for content. We declined.

Startup 191

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

How to Build a Startup (EP245) by Steve Blank: You’ll learn the key steps of the Customer Development process. How to identify and engage the first customers for your product, and how to gather, evaluate and use their feedback to make your product, marketing and business model far stronger. CS169.1x: Software as a Service.

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Artificial Inteligence Founder Private Equity Ruby 156

www.instigatorblog.com

MARCH 2, 2010

As such, advisory board members will often become customers or help you find customers. As such, advisory board members will often become customers or help you find customers. The value of advisory boards is often that the members feel highly obligated to help you grow your business. link] Ken Great post.

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www.instigatorblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Chris is putting out a ton of great content, and encouraging exceptional debate and discussion on startups and investing.

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Equity Employee Startup Vesting 41

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 10, 2011

We still have some collective scar tissue: the idea conjures up the hordes of dot-com hopefuls that descended on VC’s and angel investors with little more than a business plan. Therefore, if you want to sell IMVU one day, you’ll need to abandon your business model, even though it’s generating a lot of revenue per customer.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco Lean Investment Bankers 167

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Small Business and Startups: Slice & Dice Your Customer Service Data | crowdSPRING Blog - [link]. Is The Only Purpose of Customer Service To Change Feelings? How Customers evaluate your product | StartupCFO – [link]. Using mTurk to interview 100 customers (in 4 hours) | Customer Development Labs - [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. Talk to your customers. Your existing customers are you best source of referals – just ask.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

So what ends up happening is great programmers are led sheepishly into the arms of suggestive Angel Investors, VC’s or mentor hybrids like yourself who guide the product into what they’d like to see. Pitching to investors before building is a waste of time especially if they do not understand the timing to enter the market.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

SaaS 101: 7 Simple Lessons From Inside HubSpot - OnStartups , July 19, 2010 It’s been a little over 4 years since I officially launched my internet marketing software company , HubSpot. 0160; If I need $250,000 to get to 100 customers, or $1 million to get to X, and I can raise both amounts from either Angels or VCs, where do we turn?

Software Review 217

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Technical Review 217

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Home Books for Startups Guide Secret History-Bibliography Steve Blank Startup Tools Steve Blank Entries RSS | Comments RSS Email Subscription Get Steve Blank via your RSS Feed RSS - Posts RSS - Comments Categories Air Force (12) Ardent (10) Audubon (1) Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan (39) Business Model versus Business Plan (..)

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Customer service. Google Custom Search Engine. Customer Relationship Management. great web customer acquisition tutorials. customer retention, churn reduction, lifetime value. free/cheap web customer relationship mgmt software. Codeacademy.

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