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The Customer Development Manifesto: The Startup Death Spiral (part.

Steve Blank

This post describes how following the traditional product development can lead to a “startup death spiral.&# In the next posts that follow, I’ll describe how this model’s failures led to the Customer Development Model – offering a new way to approach startup sales and marketing activities.

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The Growth Marketing Process: How to Shake Your Growth Hack Addiction

ConversionXL

Sean Ellis coined the term “growth hacking” way back in 2010. Since then, the term has taken on a life of its own. It’s the focus of dozens of books, new roles, new departments and teams, new methods of thinking, hundreds of articles, hundreds of guides, hundreds of webinars… you get the idea. via How to Start a Startup).

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part V: Happy 100th Birthday.

Steve Blank

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance I always had been curious about how Silicon Valley, a place I had lived and worked in, came to be. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance I always had been curious about how Silicon Valley, a place I had lived and worked in, came to be. How did this culture of “make it happen&# emerge, etc.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. You have to wonder: does the VC you have on your board today have the right skill set to help you succeed in today’s economic environment?

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

This post makes a lot more sense if you look at the earlier posts as well as the video and slides. My office is in the Terman Engineering Building. He was the professor who helped his students Bill Hewlett and David Packard start a company in 1939. In World War II he headed up something called the Harvard Radio Research Lab.

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Five signs it’s time to get your business organized

www.greenhornconnect.com

” Transitioning from partners in an informal collaboration to co-owners of an actual business may seem like a big step, but it is a necessary one that every successful startup eventually must take. So the short answer is: the sooner the better; but here are five telltale signs it’s definitely time to form a company.

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Google VP: Here's How to Get Bought By Us

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Google Maps: Tree Density Tells the Story of Income Inequality. Like Tweet. Google VP: Here’s How to Get Bought By Us. July 18, 2012 by Chris Taylor. Like Tweet +1 Share Pin It Share. If you’re a startup looking for the fabled goldmine of a Google exit, here’s the guy you’ll want to meet: David Lawee.