Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

To insiders in any market, the very use of the word reveals an outsider who does not understand their industry and tries to frame it in comparison to some largely irrelevant “horizontals&#. The post is not written for “insiders&# or domain experts inside a vertical. The next few posts will make this clear.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

Jobs Events Try Our New Social News App Welcome to Mashable! When it comes to the most famous company that got away, Groupon — which was offered and turned down $6 billion in 2010, and recently fell below that market cap — Lawee refuses to speculate about whether it would have fared better inside the Googleplex.).

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www.readwriteweb.com

APRIL 24, 2012

ReadWriteWeb has been a big fan of BaseCamp for years, even using it inside its own walls. Box.net has done a great job of outdoing Dropbox in certain respects. and tagged with. POPULAR TAGS. POPULAR TAGS. Home | Features | Trends | Best of RWW | Archives. ReadWriteStart. ReadWriteWeb. ReadWriteStart.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 28, 2016

Meetings will be recorded, transcribed, and archived in a knowledge repository. As we get better at allocating human capital, organizations will need to do a better job of supporting increased talent mobility, both inside and outside the organization. Show me a tag cloud of the topics my predecessor was spending his time on.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

In theory when you went public, everyone’s shares were now tradable on the stock exchange, but usually the underwriters required a six month “lockup” when company insiders (employees and investors) couldn’t sell. Steve Blank (tags: vc startup) [.] tags: vc entrepreneurship) [.] Can You Trust Any VC’s Under 40? carry on reading.

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www.businessinsider.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

JOB OF THE WEEK: Operations Manager. 10 Things You Need To Know About Your Job Interviewer. is Business Insiders West Coast editor, and dont you forget it. Join the discussion with Business Insider. Comments (You may use HTML tags for style). Business Insider Select. Clusterstock. Your Money. Entertainment.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 20, 2009

Within a month the change inside the marketing department was palpable. Marketing, which had been unsure or unaware of what their jobs, were now had weekly reinforcement of who they were selling to and became a formidable force in the Macintosh graphics market.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2009

I loved my job and I was convinced I was god’s gift to marketing. Blank said it best “There are no facts inside the building so get the heck outside&# (quote source): Marketing is Heard From Engineering was discussing how sophisticated the graphics portion of our [.] We had an application designed to [.]

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

Filed Under: Startups , Tech Tagged With: Madrona , Startups , Tech , Venture capital. Featured Jobs. Check out all of the current job openings here. We have considerable experience with early, mid and late stage technology businesses, both as inside and outside counsel. GeekWire Events. Startup Resources. About GeekWire.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 16, 2010

It’s something that we’re going to be doing a better job of with in future CompStudy surveys. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship , Startups , Venture Capital and tagged Angel Investor , liquidation preference , startup , venture capital. Bookmark the permalink. Explains why the pre is higher.

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Steve Blank

JULY 16, 2009

After only two weeks on the job, he came into my office and said, “Have you’ve seen the games we are building?” However, thanks for describing the experience inside the company. Hire Advice I Can Ignore But the nagging little voice in the back of my head that said, “This doesn’t feel right,” wouldn’t go away. Make sure they are.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

Stanford had a Customer Development loop going on inside their own lab. The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part X: Stanford Crosses the Rubicon « Steve Blank Stanford had a Customer Development loop going on inside their own lab. tags: startup history) [.]

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

This human touch can be as light as email follow ups, or as much as inside sales people doing multiple sales calls and demos. Using low cost inside sales when the touchless conversion is not possible. Another option is to evaluate whether you can move from field sales to inside sales people. LIAD new to this blog.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Inside the covers of these publications our customers had said that it was the product reviews that most influenced their buying decisions. I’ll definitely be more careful next time with my words… Reply Maurice Karnaugh , on April 7, 2009 at 6:28 pm Said: A good story and a well executed job.

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2009

Then find the early adopter/internal evangelist inside that company who wants to gain a competitive advantage. They usually fit the checklist above.) These companies will look at innovative startups to help them gain market share from the incumbent.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

“Black Hole of Packaging&# Strategy Since we had no facts, other than my opinion that something wasn’t right, I took our staff on a field trip. ( You can’t do marketing from inside the building.) Initially your job is to understand each of the parts of your business model before you hire someone to do it.

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www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

The only way I would be willing to join an “idea only” startup at the behest of a business person would be one or more of the following conditions: You have the charisma of Steve Jobs. Another wrinkle is the same problem recruiters face at a job fair. ” Recruiting Is Hard. Just something to think about. Mobile (3).

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 11, 2010

I read through your archives almost religiously before branching out to other marketers. Your job is to wear the marketer’s hat, do the research, find demand then put the pieces together to serve that demand, then rinse and repeat. It was an amazing journey. There’s nothing inherently wrong about this model. Yaro Starak.

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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. Tags: socalcto startupcto. Vaultive « Are Derivatives the Real Problem? Information Arbitrage by Roger Ehrenberg. All Rights Reserved.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

In 1962 Wheelon left for a new job as the first director of the CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology where he was responsible for development of OXCART , the A-12 Spyplane, and three major satellite reconnaissance systems. But I couldn’t help but giggle on the inside and wonder if the project team was issued paddles.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Opinions had been eliminated as part of marketing’s dialog inside the company; we had achieved “fact nirvana.” I had done a good job of Customer Discovery but failed at Customer Validation. But there was one fatal flaw. All industries, markets and segments have these visionary, early adopters.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

” Adobe Target is an enterprise testing tool that does a great job of leveraging a visitor based metric system. Part of larger Adobe Suite and can take part of other tools such as Adobe Tag Management, AEM, Analytics, and 360 profile. Canvas , by GrowthHackers, helps support the whole growth process (including archiving results).

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

In future posts I’ll describe how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. I think a better definition of a New Market is “enabling customers to do an existing job with a new product&#.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

In future posts I’ll describe how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provide the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. This post describes a solution – the Customer Development Model. on September 28, 2009 at 11:55 am Said: [.]

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Finally, I’ll write about how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. Most first-time marketers spend more of their time behind their desks inside the building then outside talking to potential customers.

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Software By Rob

MAY 21, 2010

Mint did a great job of driving beta signups by leveraging tons of linkbait content on their blog. tags: startups entrepreneurship) [.] #9 Offer a unique deal if they sign up to be notified at launch. #4 4 Sean on 05.21.10 at 2:56 pm Awesome, thanks Rob. 8 links for 2010-05-22 « Daniel Harrison's Personal Blog on 05.22.10

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

If youre emitting HTML, as 99% of all PHP apps are, its just so damn convenient to throw in PHP tags along with your layout tags, all inline on the page. A "module" of related functions does the job just as well, and is a lot easier to find when youre trying to understand how an application works.

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Trying to maintain a day job, raise family, and work on your product can be daunting at times. the original post here: Micropreneur Spotlight: Online Mind Mapping Software ThoughtMuse … By admin | category: mind software | tags: camcorders, creator, interview-the-creator, [.] Thanks for the encouragement, Thomas and Rob. #2

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Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

The Rust Belt – (Skip this Section if I’m Boring You) Out of the Air Force, my first job out of school was in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the mid-1970’s installing broadband process control systems in automotive and manufacturing plants throughout the Midwest. They were like being inside a pinball machine. Let me know what you think.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Volunteer to Lead a Big Project The opportunity to lead a project may not be available to everyone, but if you have serious concerns about losing your job it’s a sure-fire way to make yourself almost irreplaceable. And if your manage isn’t in their right mind, it’s probably time to find another job. The average U.S.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

If it’s a new division inside a larger company, forecasts talk about return on investment. The Leading Cause of Startup Death – Part 1: The Product Development Diagram « Steve Blank (tags: startups) [.] The Leading Cause of Startup Death – Part 1: The Product Development Diagram « Steve Blank (tags: startup) [.]

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blogs.computerworlduk.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Simon Phipps Subscribe to this blog About Author Computer industry veteran Simon Phipps is now at large in the open source movement and sending dispatches with the latest news from the inside. Fine work, and many lessons learned , but sadly irrelevant to most of us. Goodbye, WS-I. Follow me as @webmink on Twitter and Identi.Ca

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

All startups (whether a new division inside a larger corporation or in the canonical garage) follow similar patterns—a series of steps which, when followed, can eliminate a lot of the early wandering in the dark. Joseph Campbell’s insight of the repeatable patterns in mythology is equally applicable to building a successful startup.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2009

When they discovered that the sky didn’t fall and they still had their jobs, our corporate culture took one more step toward a more effective and cohesive company. But a series of Zen-like moments helped me move to a different level that changed how I operated. Ownership and Teamwork not turf. Looking forward to reading your book.

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www.subelsky.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Webrat even has a Selenium adapter, so you actually can run your tests inside of a browser to make sure all is well before deploying a change. Tags: startupcto. When coupled with Webrat , which simulates a real browser, you get a pretty nice mechanism for exercising the entire app in a test environment before deployment.

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K9 Ventures

AUGUST 10, 2010

But in the end Posterous emerged as the winner in my mind, because they did an awesome job of keeping users informed via their Twitter account (@ posterous ). It doesn’t tell you what that tag really means, and, it doesn’t drive users to an action. I’m using Tweet Nest to archive my tweets ). Moving to a new office?

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Steve Blank

MAY 21, 2009

Customer Discovery Sitting inside of your company you’ve made a whole bunch of assumptions about who your customers are and why they will buy. You need to get those facts back inside our building. Is the company hosting/co-sponsoring some event? Now there are thousands of real live customers walking around the show floor with facts.

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