Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

He got the job when I asked him how much of his own marketing material his sales team actually used in the field. I heard a constant refrain of, “The channel sales brochure was late because the vendor got busy and they couldn’t meet the original deadline.” The same was true for the Product Marketing group.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers? Union Square Ventures The next morning I got to spend time with Brad Burnham , partner at Union Square Ventures talking about their investment strategy and insights about web-based businesses.

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APRIL 10, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Technology | Tagged: Customer Development , Early Stage Startup , Entrepreneurs , Startups , Steve Blank « SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent and Values Story Behind “The Secret History” Part IV: Library Hours at an Undisclosed Location » 17 Responses Michael F.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2015

With Monopoly Electronic Banking, Monopoly just got a mega update and a whole lot cooler. With Monopoly Electronic Banking, Monopoly just got a mega update and a whole lot cooler. 2 toys to teach d elegation: If you’ve got this skill, you’re able to recognize that you can’t do everything yourself. What is it?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

A Phone Call After I left MIPS Computers I was in New York tagging along with a friend (a computer architect whose products at Apple a decade later would change the shape of personal computing) who was consulting for a voice recognition startup. We told Andy we’d talk further when he got back from Europe.

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JUNE 25, 2009

When we got to the meeting he reminded me to be quiet and follow his lead. We’re here to sell them our stuff, why can’t we just present what we got and they’ll buy it.) Convergent Technologies: War Story 1 – Selling with Sports Scores « Steve Blank (tags: startup presuation) [.] I wondered if he had a bookie. Help them?!!

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Steve Blank

APRIL 27, 2009

And they got it coming and going to the target. On RRL, you probably would love to visit the Harvard Archives and have them pull out some material for you. The archives are amazing when you get a box full of correspondence on (real!) invention of electronic warfare, part I and [.] Reply Benjamin A.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Yesterday I got a note from David Cohen with an attachment of a parody of The 12 Days of Christmas. At first I almost just archived it on general principle. And then I listened to it. And it was hilarious. ” David asked me to send him a quick video of me lip syncing “Fiiiiiive sleepless weeeeks.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 24, 2015

Now that you know a little about what we’ve accomplished and how we got here, let me explain why publishing a book results in a seismic boost to your online presence: Online Authority. 7 Stages of a Total Online Presence Seminar Archive Yesterday I conducted an online seminar to over 1,300 small.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

After talking to tons of customers and almost as many VC’s, we got Epiphany funded as a company that was going to automate Marketing Departments. These guys just got funded, and they sound a lot like you guys.” tags: business startup entrepreneurship interesting people legal plagiarism investment funding strategy) [.]

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 27, 2010

When that happened I just updated the one file, rather than dig through my blog archives to find all the articles that contained that link, which would be a nightmare job. This actually happened with Perry’s program as he switched to Infusionsoft to manage his affiliate program and all my links with him changed. This saves me time.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

So let me state the obvious: What I’ve got to say is self-serving because I want to introduce you to what I do. I’ve got more advice about “When to Use a Consulting CTO&# in another [.] link] Categories: Start Ups Tags: consultant, cto, Engineering, start-up Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment Trackback [.]

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Software By Rob

JULY 24, 2009

Software by Rob Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Lessons Learned by a Serial Entrepreneur home about press micropreneurs archives ← The Future of the Web is Small, Academic Earth, Beatles Rock Band, Top Developer Blogs, et al. 5 Stephen’s Thoughts » Blog Archive » Some great startup advice on 07.26.09

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2009

As the (very junior) product marketing manager I got a call from our local salesman that someone at Apple wanted more technical information than just the spec sheets about our new (not yet shipping) chip. steve Terence Pua , on July 31, 2009 at 12:20 am Said: You need email reply notifications Yes, got it. Does this help?

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2009

King James Bible, New Testament – Matthew 7:7 Filed under: Marketing , Technology , Zilog | Tagged: Entrepreneurs , Steve Blank « The Road Not Taken He’s Only in Field Service » 20 Responses Mike Paciello , on July 27, 2009 at 8:54 am Said: Thanks Steve. I modeled some of my behavior on them.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 5, 2009

Because at times facts may create cognitive dissonance with the beliefs that got you started and funded. It’s especially hard to change your mind/course when you have to abandon the idea that got you excited about the startup in the first place. the next day, Steve Blank posted on the startup transition from faith to facts.

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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? Find a Cofounder Event Got a cool idea for a Bmore App? Home Events Calendar Job Board Startup Resources Archives About Contact © 2010 [sb] Startup Baltimore. Tags: startupcto. Catchy tune.

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. Your technology brains got you this far; use some of them to make yourself stop, breathe and think. Tags: socalcto startupcto.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

Maybe It’s Me When I got to the SuperMac, our Marketing Communications group told me about our “award-winning&# retail packaging for our graphics boards. Standing in the aisles we collectively got a sinking feeling. Yet when I saw our retail package, I was confused.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

Stanford Contractors Meeting 1955 Attendees This was a classified conference at a university , the contractors not only got to hear the conference lectures, but also visited exhibits on the devices and systems the lab had built. tags: startup history) [.]

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

” If you’re worried, you can use a canonical tag. Yes, but there are certain keywords that have to remain in the H1 tag, so there’s the realistic prospect of losing traffic if they change it out for a clearer, benefit driven headline. Same is the case with your split testing URLs. Use 301 instead. Finally, page speed.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

For these magazines to find out that they didn’t truly understand what their customers cared about got their full attention. At the time desktop publishing was one of the mainstays of the Macintosh market, and therefore the readership of these magazines reflected the demographics of the Mac.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 17, 2009

 But today I got an interesting question the answer I wanted to share here. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship , Management , Startups , Venture Capital and tagged balanced scorecard , executive compensation , startup , venture capital. Bookmark the permalink.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

Some of this stuff was so advanced that the rumors were that we got it from the alien spacecraft hidden at Wright-Patterson Air Force base.) Filed under: ESL , Secret History of Silicon Valley , Technology | Tagged: Steve Blank , Bill Perry , ESL , Signals Intelligence , Cold War « Startup Ethics: Albatross or Essential?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 15, 2013

Couple that with keyword friendly URLs and image descriptions and you’ve got on page factors pretty nailed. One the cool thing about WordPress is that you can sort by things like date, category and tag. More on page ranking factors here ). Duplicate content. Scrapers love.

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www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

And the kind of techie you want for a startup has got execution in spades. Tags: business vs. technical , founders , meetups , realistic expectations , recruiting. Not only are there rafts and rafts of books to help someone cobble together a rudimentary business plan, any quality VC values execution over ideas. link] Sebastian F.

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www.scottporad.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Make sure when you find the dev that you’ve got your ducks in a row with what you want to offer them and be ready with counter offers as well – especially if it is not someone you know. Tags: startupcto. Don’t waste their time (or yours), make it count and be professional. - Marin — Built for WordPress.

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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. [.] If you’ve got an idea for a business, you should tak about that idea with everyone. We fine tuned the idea throughout, even got letters of intent and partner contracts before we had a powerpoint.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Rember, you’ve got to run the show and set clear limits. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship , Startups and tagged Accounting , Banking , design , Engineering , marketing , Outsourcing. Lastly, a hybrid model makes sense for many types of agreements (NDAs, employment contracts, supplier agreements, etc.)

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 6, 2009

I had some vague product ideas, but I never got started on anything concrete. I’m part of the MA and recently got married. the original post here: Micropreneur Spotlight: Online Mind Mapping Software ThoughtMuse … By admin | category: mind software | tags: camcorders, creator, interview-the-creator, [.]

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Steve Blank

APRIL 22, 2009

Reply steveblank , on April 22, 2009 at 12:22 pm Said: A commenter on Hacker News got what I was saying better than I did: “… the problem is when people attempt to use corner cases to destroy a good idea. tags: startup productivity) [.] To build consensus you must work back to the generic. Dangerous stuff, to be sure!

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Tagged with Business Model , CAC , Inbound Marketing , Low Cost Sales Model , LTV , Sales 2.0. David Yea we've got some make or break meetings coming up in the next few weeks. looking forward to reading the archives Evgeniy Mironov I would also consider another variable, CMC - cost to maintain a customer.

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blogs.computerworlduk.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

In case your computer industry history is lacking, WS-I is the industry consortium that got together a decade ago to create specifications for Web Services protocols (note the capitals, so as not to confuse with actual internet services that use HTTP and REST for loosely-coupled data access). Goodbye, WS-I.

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www.peterdrew.net

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Some with help of support got these issues resolved, others did not etc. Tags: startupcto. Trust SEO - Part 7 Seo Bank Automation By Peter Drew 17/10/2010 6:39 pm Hi Steve, We have a very high success rate of great user experiences with the software, even though its such a complex piece of kit. Peter Drew Xrt Services Pty Ltd.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

APRIL 23, 2010

Out of all the Wise Labs projects, WeekPlan is the idea that got the greatest momentum, beyond my wildest expectations :) It has been featured in popular websites like Hacker News, LifeHacker, MakeUseOf.com and KillerStartups. We didnt take them, they are a random sampling of the most popular photos on Flickr with the tag nature.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

APRIL 23, 2010

Out of all the Wise Labs projects, WeekPlan is the idea that got the greatest momentum, beyond my wildest expectations :) It has been featured in popular websites like Hacker News, LifeHacker, MakeUseOf.com and KillerStartups. We didnt take them, they are a random sampling of the most popular photos on Flickr with the tag nature.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 13, 2022

How to improve A/B test results How to prioritize A/B test hypotheses How long to run A/B tests How to set up A/B tests How to analyze A/B test results How to archive past A/B tests A/B testing statistics How to do A/B testing: tools and resources. This can involve fixing, adding, or improving tag/event handling in analytics.

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