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MARCH 13, 2007

Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

The Customer Development Manifesto: The Startup Death Spiral (part 3) « Steve Blank (tags: customer-development startup) Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)links for 2009-09-01links for 2009-08-13links for 2009-07-11Categories and Tags [.] A startup might simply not get a next round of funding and have to shut down.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

I was consulting for the two venture capital firms who between them put $12 million into my last failed startup. (My Yet when I talked to my venture capital friends, they said, “Well, that’s just how startups work. My mother kept asking if they were going to make me pay the money back.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

Customer Development/Lean Startups In hindsight startups and the venture capital community left out the most important first step any startup ought to be doing – hypothesis testing in front of customers- from day one. Touching the Hot Stove – Experiential versus Theoretical Learning « Steve Blank (tags: startups) [.]

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. in Computer Science. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Let’s Fire Our Customers « Steve Blank (tags: product-management startup business) [.] New strategic direction in companies with loyal customers have different consequences then when you had no customers Acquiring new customers are a lot more expensive that converting existing ones. Steve Blank: Let’s fire our customers [.]

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Steve Blank

JULY 7, 2009

luck… and as one of Steve Blank’s posts today mentioned, you can’t test hypotheses from within your building.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Tag Memes - Someone posts a question and "Tags" five people to give their response. Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. See Five Things Meme as an example. in Computer Science.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 15, 2010

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← No one wants to tell you your baby is ugly More on Liquidation Preferences → Pre-Money Valuation vs Number of Founders Posted on December 15, 2010 by admin Here’s a chart of the day worth sharing.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

tags: entrepreneurship startup business) [.] AKPC_IDS += "499,"; (No Ratings Yet) Loading … Posted in Leadership | Tagged [.] The Adventure of a Lifetime Take the time and think through who you are and what level of challenge you are looking for. You’re not joining a big company. But make sure it fits who you are.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Brendan McManus said: “Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch [link] #startup #advice [.] Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch « Steve Blank (tags: presentations presuation vc startup) [.] Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch [.]

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Customer Development Manifesto , Market Types « “Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch Closure » 21 Responses Tweets that mention Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development « Steve Blank -- Topsy.com , on November 16, 2009 at 7:20 am Said: [.]

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

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

If you’ve begun the process of raising capital, ask the angels or venture capital partners to recommend technologists who consult on a part-time basis. Reply What To Do When There’s No Venture Capital « Web Startup Help says: January 13, 2009 at 10:42 pm [.] Also try a search on LinkedIn.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

For a startup Speed and Tempo need to be an integral part of your corporate DNA. Great startups have a tempo of 10x a large company.

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Altgate

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Tips: $75 HOT All-Hands Team Meeting Board Management Tips For Startup CEOs Customer Support 2.0 Bookmark the permalink. ← Words of widsom from my youth Everything I Need to Know About Entrepreneurship I Learned at the University of Michigan → Comments are closed.

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Steve Blank

MAY 28, 2009

Reply Max Marmer » Blog Archive » Market Evolution: The Special Case When a Startup Has No Market Risk , on July 1, 2010 at 12:58 am Said: [.] How would that change my company strategy? We’ll talk about how to reduce risk in each type of market in the next post.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 16, 2010

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Pre-Money Valuation vs Number of Founders Where Do Tech VCs Invest? link] Tweets that mention @altgate » Blog Archive » More on Liquidation Preferences — Topsy.com [.] Bookmark the permalink.

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Altgate

JANUARY 5, 2009

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Layoffs In Venture Capital Be Glad You Are An Entrepreneur! ← Layoffs In Venture Capital Be Glad You Are An Entrepreneur! Tips: $75 Killver VC Pitch Deck Not much to learn here.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 27, 2009

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!) Shelton | Blog » Blog Archive » Links: April 29th , on April 29, 2009 at 12:02 am Said: [.] Reply Benjamin A.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 17, 2009

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

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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: [.]

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Altgate

MAY 3, 2009

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship and tagged Google , Larry Page , Search , Search Engine , Terry Winograd , University of Michigan , Web page , Web search engine. altgate » Blog Archive » Vivid Dreams: Larry Page Describes Google’s Origin [.] Bookmark the permalink.

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Altgate

JANUARY 2, 2009

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Venture Capital and tagged business cycle , startup , venture capital. I quote his post on the topic below, but the full post is well worth a read. As the fire continues to rage in financial markets, it is hard to imagine when Opportunity will reappear.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

Reply Process for the Enterprise » Blog Archive » People, Staffing, and Steve Blank’s SuperMac Series , on April 17, 2009 at 11:40 am Said: [.] on April 10, 2009 at 6:58 am Said: Amazing blog. I just wish I don’t have to fight another company with such an unstoppable team led by Steve for my life.

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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. Reply Knowtu » links for 2009-03-26 , on March 27, 2009 at 1:02 am Said: [.]

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

The quantitative combination of an initial approach that is high-volume, but later selectively filtered results in a higher percentage outcome of winners, and larger dollar-weighted bets on companies that are successful. startupcto

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Altgate

MAY 14, 2009

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship , Startups , Technology , Venture Capital and tagged Boston , capital efficiency , Cloud computing , New England , open source , scott kirsner , startup , venture capital. Bookmark the permalink.

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Altgate

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship , Management , Startups , Venture Capital and tagged bonus , compensation , compstudy , equity , founder , pay , salary , startup. Bookmark the permalink. ← Outsourcing For Startups No one wants to tell you your baby is ugly → Comments are closed.

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Altgate

JUNE 7, 2009

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship , Startups , Technology , Venture Capital and tagged blog , entrepreneur , startup , Twitter. ← Directory of Blogs by Entrepreneurs Successories’ New Line of Posters for Venture Capitalists → Comments are closed. Bookmark the permalink.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

tags: business startup entrepreneurship interesting people legal plagiarism investment funding strategy) [.] Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My Slides?! Steve Blank [.] Reply links for 2009-12-08 « that dismal science , on December 8, 2009 at 11:31 am Said: [.] They Raised Money With My Slides?!

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Altgate

JANUARY 4, 2009

But it’s not so far fetched though that layoffs will soon be coming to venture capital. We’re already starting to see layoffs at the large private equity funds where Blackstone , Carlyle and American Capital announced staff cuts between 7% and 19% in December. The VC stared at him with a bewildered look.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Marketing , SuperMac , Technology | Tagged: Steve Blank , SuperMac « Love/Hate Business Plan Competitions Gravity Will be Turned Off » 17 Responses EricS , on May 11, 2009 at 11:05 am Said: I loved my Spigot. It was fun watching it happen. So it made little practicle sense.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 20, 2009

Facts are the rock on which you build your strategy and tactics In a startup second-hand facts are almost as useless as opinions.

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