Steve Blank

JULY 7, 2009

The relevant part starts about 4:30 into the video (wait for it to download.) luck… and as one of Steve Blank’s posts today mentioned, you can’t test hypotheses from within your building.

Customer Development 124

Customer Development Developer Silicon Valley Customer 124

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Customer Development Manifesto: Market Type (part 4) * Archives + October 2009 +… (Read more)+ Customer Development Manifesto: The Path of Warriors and Winners (part 5) + Can You Trust Any VC’s Under 40? Ardent 3: Supercomputer Porn « Steve Blank (tags: customer-development product-management startup) [.]

Silicon Valley 147

Silicon Valley RSS Software Review Technical Review 147

Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

Touching the Hot Stove – Experiential versus Theoretical Learning « Steve Blank (tags: startups) [.] 2-way search is still in the works but I have the semantic extracted tags (thanks to Zemanta) feeding in to many search engines (activate realtime frankensearch). Fundraising isn’t the product.

Silicon Valley 179

Silicon Valley RSS Technical Review Lean 179

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

Inspiration: Book Cover Archive – [link]. These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! Understanding and the Meaning of Color Within Design – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 91

Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Customer Development is Not a Focus Group « Steve Blank (tags: entrepreneurship startups) [.] Reply Manual da Startup » Blog Archive » O MVP: a ferramenta de experimentação e aprendizado da Startup - Conceitos e práticas sobre Lean Startups e empreendedorismo em geral , on January 12, 2010 at 7:08 am Said: [.]

Customer Development 278

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 278

Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2009

And most importantly I needed to pick one job not two. I had to make a choice about where I wanted to go with my career–back to ESL, try to work for the Customer or stay at Zilog? More about that choice in the next post. You created it and own it. Seemed to help. Reply Sean C. , on July 20, 2009 at 10:36 am Said: Nice lessons. Reply Jeff K. ,

Silicon Valley 175

Silicon Valley Chad RSS San Francisco 175

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The first 3 had done startups themselves and the latter 4 had not. The latter 4 did not really understand the context, even though they meant well and are intelligent folks. Post-Mortem Title : Lessons Learned. Company : Devver. The most significant drawback to a remote team is the administrative hassle. startup, about Its Failure.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

Rocket Science 2: Drinking the Kool-Aid « Steve Blank (tags: vc startup) [.] And I would get to use my marketing skills at generating an industry-wide reality distortion field to make this company look like the second coming. I was going to find out why this wasn’t a good idea. This post was Twitted by altgate [.]

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS Software Review 120

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

tags: lean startup ) Labels: customer development , events , lean startup , slides 8comments: Nivi said. Maples Investments is the only venture investor I know who has oriented their entire strategy to lean startups. Lean Startup presentation for Maples Investments by Steve Blank and Eric Ries View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

Lean 102

Lean San Francisco Agile Continuous Deployment 102

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. It would be the company where I actually earned the title.

North Carolina 125

North Carolina Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 125

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Our engineers built a series of test tags, so you could quickly run a subset of tests in your sandbox that you thought were relevant to your current project or feature. Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, November 13, 2008 Five Whys Taiichi Ohno was one of the inventors of the Toyota Production System. for Harvard Business Revie.

Software Review 167

Software Review Technical Review San Francisco Continuous Deployment 167

Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

APRIL 21, 2010

One project was delayed and the quality of code has been questioned (and my reputation) and on the other project we didn’t get the traction we hoped (it should have worked, the model had been proven but the execution lacked attention to details). My creative energy was spread over too many projects and I couldn’t complete them the way I should have.

Ruby 28

Ruby Australia Software Review RSS 28

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

Software Review 76

Software Review Software Developer Entrepreneur 76

Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

SuperMac sold our graphic boards for the Macintosh through multiple distribution channels: direct sales to major accounts, national chains, independent rep firms, etc. Her packaging class was so good that we sent every new marketer at SuperMac to take it. From grumbling skeptics, they all became packaging design converts.

Sales 120

Sales Silicon Valley RSS Las Vegas 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

Convergent Technologies: War Story 1 – Selling with Sports Scores « Steve Blank (tags: startup presuation) [.] links for 2009-06-25 « Blarney Fellow , on June 25, 2009 at 6:08 pm Said: [.]

Technology 138

Technology Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 138

Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

SuperMac War Story 4: Repositioning SuperMac – Market Type at Work « Steve Blank (tags: strategy) [.] Getting B-52s through the Soviet Air Defense System » 20 Responses brantcooper , on March 26, 2009 at 3:52 pm Said: Great story, Steve. Glad to see you blogging! Clearly, your Market Types model is a huge factor.

Silicon Valley 141

Silicon Valley Marketing RSS California 141

Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA « Steve Blank (tags: startup) [.] Steve Job’s 2005 Stanford commencement speech still says it best - Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish. Reply SVJ , on June 30, 2009 at 3:21 am Said: Hi Steve: I have become a recent regular reader of your blog. Thoroughly enjoy each one of your posts.

Agile 245

Agile Silicon Valley RSS California 245

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Specifically we’re working on building information stream handling tools (reducing large lists of incoming links and text into topical tags that can be searched or manually dug through) as well as connecting ads to a users interests (same tags now used for relevant ads/plugins). Eric and I will be working on others.

Customer Development 219

Customer Development Web Developer Customer 219

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. Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 12, 2009 Why PHP won When I first learned to program on the web, Perl + CGI was the dominant platform. for Harvard Business Revie.

PHP 166

PHP Software Review Ruby San Francisco 166

www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Tagged with Business Model , CAC , Inbound Marketing , Low Cost Sales Model , LTV , Sales 2.0. looking forward to reading the archives Evgeniy Mironov I would also consider another variable, CMC - cost to maintain a customer. In the model above, this was set to 10 deals per year per team. If we pull this off, I'm shocked.

Acquisition 103

Acquisition Cost Customer Entrepreneur 103

www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

Skip to Navigation. Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: Six Lessons. Why Crunch Mode Doesnt Work: 6 Lessons Theres a bottom-line reason most industries gave up crunch mode over 75 years ago: Its the single most expensive way there is to get the work done. by Evan Robinson. Executive Summary. Either the game ships and sells — or it doesnt.

Software Review 90

Software Review Technical Review Widget Los Angeles 90

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

link] Categories: Start Ups Tags: consultant, cto, Engineering, start-up Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment Trackback [.] Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO There are not many to be found. See my blog post, Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

If you haven’t figured out the ecosystem, growth is useless – whether it is a acquisition-only viral loop, like Tagged, or an advertising blitz like countless dot-bombs. In an ecosystem, each participant acts according to its own imperatives, but these selfish actions have an aggregate effect. for Harvard Business Revie.

Customer 156

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The only drawback is the price tag. You might not think of the American Federal Reserve as the place to go for comic books, but they’ve been teaching money management for years via their own series of comics, which you can access for free on the Internet Archive. What is it?

Stock 60

Stock Entrepreneur Software Review Technical Review 60

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 27, 2008

Closing HTML Tag Killer I know how to fix the problem: If I go into footer.php and remove the closing HTML tag the home page and single post display work…if I add it back they crash (500 error – when I look in the error log the message is “Premature end of script headers: php5.cgi&# at 5:20 pm [.]

HTML 27

HTML Software Review RSS Software Developers 27

Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Family/Career , Technology | Tagged: Steve Blank , Entrepreneurs , Tips for Startups « Am I a Founder? Flow » Blog Archive » Daily Digest for June 16th - The zeitgeist daily , on June 15, 2009 at 8:11 pm Said: [.] The Adventure of a Lifetime. Thanks a lot.

Entrepreneur 276

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS 276

Steve Blank

JULY 16, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Rocket Science Games | Tagged: Steve Blank , Entrepreneurs , Early Stage Startup « Rocket Science 4: The Press is Our Best Product Burnout » 7 Responses Steve , on July 16, 2009 at 9:10 am Said: Steve, This is an excellent post. Lessons learned? Make sure they are.

Silicon Valley 207

Silicon Valley RSS Video San Diego 207

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

tags: business startup entrepreneurship interesting people legal plagiarism investment funding strategy) [.] ——— While how you iterate and execute your idea is more important than the idea itself, there are parts of your intellectual property a startup does need to protect. More on this in the next post. Steve Blank [.]

Silicon Valley 225

Silicon Valley Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Startup 225

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tags: startupcto. Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. Blog at WordPress.com.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Fractional CTO Partner CTO Hire 40

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. Get started asking.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley RSS Technical Review California 120

devver.wordpress.com

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Tim keeps a journal which he updates, tags, and adds ideas. Tags: startupcto. I will try to present my notes under topic headings that Tim mentioned, but since this was a open free formed discussion, I am sure I couldn’t capture everything and not all my notes are completely accurate. I highly recommend this!

CTO Hire 40

CTO Hire Part-Time VPE Architecture Ruby 40

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

We change the code to have all of the queries identified in step 3 tagged with the apporpriate entity URL that they affect. Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, January 4, 2009 Sharding for startups The most important aspect of a scalable web architecture is data partitioning. for Harvard Business Revie. Want to learn more about me?

San Francisco 151

San Francisco Architecture Startup Database 151

Steve Blank

MAY 15, 2009

It’s a company that’s lost sight of the values that got it there. Don’t let it happen to you. Stay hungry, stay lean. Lessons Learned N ew buildings are a distraction. About 6 months after the companies combined, the headquarters was moved about 20 miles north to a lovely site in Concord MA.

Silicon Valley 205

Silicon Valley RSS Lean Agile 205

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 24, 2009

Most people are going to hear about the site for the very first time via an organic notification, when a friend signs up for the site (or tags them in a photo, etc). You can learn more about the event here. Its hosted by Kontagent and sponsored by Intel. For example, consider a site like Facebook in its early days. for Harvard Business Revie.

Metrics 88

Metrics San Francisco Lean Viral 88

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Although you can watch the video archives on Justin.tv (and Paul Graham says he'll be posting the essay version of his remarks online soon), here are some of the highlights from my lecture notes: Andy Bechtolsheim: Founder, Arista Networks, Sun Microsystems. Tags: Events. And as a result there will be a lot more startups.

Founder 159

Founder Cofounder Silicon Valley Bootstrapping 159

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 6, 2009

the original post here: Micropreneur Spotlight: Online Mind Mapping Software ThoughtMuse … By admin | category: mind software | tags: camcorders, creator, interview-the-creator, [.] It’s a good way to exchange advice, project feedback, and encouragement with others in the same boat. Just go for it! at 2:21 pm [.] Subscribe!

Software Review 40

Software Review Software RSS Software Developers 40

Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2009

In Apple’s case Burrell Smith was designing a computer in a skunk works unbeknownst to the rest of Apple’s engineering. He was looking for a communications chip that could cut parts cost to build an innovative new type of computer – which turned out to be the Mac.

Silicon Valley 131

Silicon Valley RSS California Customer Development 131