Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

The initial hypothesis for Epiphany (from my much smarter partner Ben ) was that as departments in the enterprise (manufacturing, finance, customer support sales) became automated, the marketing department would eventually get its turn. tags: business startup entrepreneurship interesting people legal plagiarism investment funding strategy) [.]

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. What do small entrepreneurial companies need to do to get on the radar at Google. Money and Finance Lists. ITA Software. Trending Videos.

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startupbaltimore.org

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home Events Calendar Job Board Startup Resources Archives About Contact Interested in an Open-Data Contest in Baltimore? As Dave Troy put it, it all boils down to this: “In Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Cofounders Find You!&# Tags: startupcto. Start here. Start an event or project. All rights reserved.

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2009

Entrepreneurs are fearless, persistent and uninhibited about asking – whether it’s asking to assemble a team, get financing, sell customers, etc. Ask and It Shall be Given « Steve Blank (tags: startup marketing) [.] or whatever is necessary to build a company. Get out of the building and meet people.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

I’ve also contacted my university’s entrepreneurial director who also said it was a feasible and interesting idea. You were smart to look for help from your university’s entrepreneurial director and from the nonprofit association of volunteer business consultants. Tags: startupcto. But let me put it this way.

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venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Tags: startupcto. Venture Hacks Good advice for startups. Picking a co-founder is your most important decision. Date first. Buy it here.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

link] Closer To The Ideal » Blog Archive » If you have an idea for a startup, talk about the idea with everyone. [.] Then again, there’s a difference between publishing a description of the idea on your website and simply announcing a name and perhaps a tag line. link] Finance Geek » Mistakes that startups make. [.]

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2009

Seed and Follow-on Financing – How do your finance it? Vertical Markets 4: Putting it All Together « Steve Blank (tags: startups business) [.] Time to Market – How long? Product Development – How do you engineer it? Waterfall, Agile, Lean? Manufacturing – How do you build it? Liquidity – How? M&A, IPO?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

It tells the finance, marketing and sales teams nothing about how to uniquely market and sell in each type of startup, nor how to predict the resources needed for success. Reply Squawking Tech » Blog Archive » Why The iPad Will Be A Success, In the Long Term , on February 7, 2010 at 12:12 pm Said: [.]

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Paglia, Pepperdiine’s Denney Academic Chair and Associate Professor of Finance. Just wrote about this at [link] Dave Hanna Sorry Kameko- digital life archiving is thriving.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Sloan kept the corporate staff small and focused on policymaking, corporate finance and planning. I suggest you take a look at Steve’s posts on Billy Durant and on entrepreneurial finishing school but here is the basic [.] Sloan had each of the divisions start systematic strategic planning. Order Here. Now In Print!

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Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

In other companies it may be that manufacturing or finance is the sharp end of the stick. In an IP licensing business, legal and finance are the sharp end of the stick. I’ve encountered finance organizations with budget processes designed to simplify their lives, but not the rest of the company’s. Well said.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 7, 2008

This is one of the striking conclusions of a newly released working paper by Harvard Business School entrepreneurial finance professor Paul Gompers, et al. Entrepreneurial “skill&# comes in two forms: market timing skill and management skill. Think about that. Everyone, including VCs, tend to focus on managerial skill.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2009

Filed under: Air Force , Secret History of Silicon Valley | Tagged: Steve Blank « Watch This Space SuperMac War Story 4: Repositioning SuperMac – “Market Type&# at Work » 14 Responses Michael F. We witness similar behavior in corporate finance. Thanks John, wherever you are. I had just turned 20.

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Altgate

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

I have to give myself a little bit of credit on this one in that I thought (and even said a few times) that last year (and this year) would be a bad time to raise money meaning it’s a good time to finance with sales. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship and tagged entrepreneur , management , market timing , skill.

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