Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down. The boom in Internet startups would last 4½ years until it came crashing down to earth in March 2000. They taught you about customers, markets and profits. So what’s left?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Preserve your cash: When you have unlimited cash (internet bubbles, frothy venture climate,) you can iterate on your mistakes by burning more dollars. Lean Startups aren’t Cheap Startups « Steve Blank (tags: startup product-management strategy) [.] Lean Startups aren’t Cheap Startups « Steve Blank (tags: startups) [.]

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

It took me 8 startups and 21 years to get it right, (and one can argue success was due to the Internet bubble rather then any brilliance.) No internet, no blogs, no books on startups, no entrepreneurship departments in universities, etc. It’s not a substitute for customer input and understanding.

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2009

The Digital Dream Team Way before the Internet phenomenon, we had created “Rocket Science the brand ” that was much bigger in size and importance than Rocket Science the company. If Rocket Science wasn’t a clear enough lesson in the danger of premature enthusiasm, the dot-com bubble that followed should have been.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

It makes you appreciate that the Silicon Valley technology-centric culture-bubble has little to do with the majority of Americans.) Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA « Steve Blank (tags: startup) [.] No internet, no blogs, no books [.] I packed up my life in Michigan and spent five days driving to California to start work.

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JULY 16, 2009

While the Rocket Science press juggernaut moved inexorably forward, a few troubling facts kept trying to bubble up into my consciousness. Think of the Microprocessor, Personal Computer, Internet, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, Google, the iPhone. Founders need to validate their vision in front of customers early and often.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Welcome to the Internet bubble.) tags: business startup entrepreneurship interesting people legal plagiarism investment funding strategy) [.] Disbelief, Anger, Resignation and Acceptance My cofounders and I went through the stages of disbelief, anger, resignation and acceptance. Steve Blank [.] They Raised Money With My Slides?!

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