Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This is where I brought in the thinking of how we build businesses here in Silicon Valley. We needed to be building leveraged business models in scale. On the left is the Pentagon with highly connected data centers with high bandwidth. I thought about the job like a startup. Connecting Systems End to End.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

AI has been a consistent presence and focus for startups and technology companies over the last 10-years. And while it’s been useful for incremental functionality in the past (think iPhone and Siri or Tesla and self-driving cars), now, it’s truly becoming a major business disruptor. Work with a startup mentality.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Based on my years of experience in both startups and large companies, trusted relationships are more the key to success than a great business model, how smart you are, or how much money you have. We all have limited bandwidth, and it’s not possible to maintain relationships with everyone.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2020

In January, LexSet, one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , won third place (and $250,000) in Verizon’s Built on 5G Challenge , a nationwide search for solid 5G innovations that could be commercialized using its low latency, high bandwidth millimeter wave 5G network. What has the startup experience taught you about life?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2017

Every small business should be focused on the future, and that means building innovation into internal processes. To remain competitive against big corporations and an endless stream of internet startups, companies looking for growth must produce new products and services to engage new markets. A Digital Model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2020

Based on my years of experience in both startups and large companies, trusted relationships are more the key to success than a great business model, how smart you are, or how much money you have. We all have limited bandwidth, and it’s not possible to maintain relationships with everyone.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Study Finds Small Businesses Waste 25 Percent Of Their PPC Budgets - crowdspring.co/GNk8Aa. 3 Early Fails That Nearly Killed Our Startup - crowdspring.co/16EQKG0.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2019

Modern entrepreneurship began at the turn of this century with the observation that startups aren’t smaller versions of large companies – large companies at their core execute known business models, while startups search for scalable business models. This can be a big bet!

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. An example of a startup which used non-organic growth early and effectively was Microsoft.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 24, 2011

Customers gleefully avoid the Blockbuster none-of-these-look-good-just-pick-one-already-zombie-walk — and NetFlix just put Blockbuster out of business — but is this a workable business model? In the emotional turmoil of a startup it’s easy to forget that you’re supposed to be having fun now and then.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

I had coffee with an ex student earlier in the week that reminded me yet again why startups burn through so many early VP’s. Here’s one possible explanation – Job titles in a startup mean something different than titles in a large company. Companies Have Titles to Execute a Known Business Model.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Jim Dunlap, CIO of Alaska Telecom discussed with me the increasingly serious problem that telecom vendors are facing due to bandwidth consumption skyrocketing. Today, the telecom industry charges customers based on fixed price business models for data services. Tags: StartUp 101. Photo by thesaint.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2012

” “Bandwidth and mobile data is precious. At US$79 which includes an initial 1 GB free bandwidth it even ditches the subscription model – so yay, no more monthly subscription payments. The concept of social bandwidth. There’s never enough of it.” ” “Sharing is for losers.”

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Bandwidth New York Cofounder Mobile 185

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. An example of a startup which used non-organic growth early and effectively was Microsoft.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Most startups don’t have the luxury of hiring an experienced PM early in their journey. They could look quite different based on whether you’re pre- or post-PMF: Pre-PMF: Key hypotheses of the business you want to prove/disprove?—?they they can range from customer acquisition, product engagement/stickiness, or business model.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2013

I have a saying that I employ as a powerful metaphor at every startup with whom I work – “beware of shiny new objects.” Yet sadly most startups have “shiny object” obsessions. All of this whiplash is destroying your business. Yet I promise you this is what many businesses do. Voice messaging.

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Bandwidth Social Media Portfolio Video 368

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. As we’ve mentioned before , this year’s Lean Startup Conference features a lot of speakers who have incredible expertise to share but are new to our event. However, what often happens is a startup builds a product people like but don''t love.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. An example of a startup which used non-organic growth early and effectively was Microsoft.

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Acquisition Merger Startup Bandwidth 214

Scalable Startup

AUGUST 26, 2014

Plus, there are tons of expenses like servers, bandwidth, office space, travel and the time of many professionals. Red Hat was one of the first of these types of companies bridging open source with big finance, leveraging Linux support into a profitable business, also leveraging the enterprise. What will come next?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Startups are usually so focused on selling more of their branded product or service to their own customer base (organic growth) that they don’t consider the more indirect methods (non-organic growth) of increasing revenue and market share. An example of a startup which used non-organic growth early and effectively was Microsoft.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Meanwhile startups like Zebedee are creating software development kits (SDKs) for the long tail of indie game developers to integrate lightning payments into their games as well. . account-based identity model to the Web 3.0 bearer asset identity model. 3) Exchanges + HFTs.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Urbanization of Startups. I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). Also all the big anchor companies that a startup might want to partner with at that time (eBay, Google, Oracle, Yahoo!, April 13, 2012.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 20, 2015

While certain processes and strategies may have worked for a business early on, a rapidly increasing customer base and the increased bandwidth needed in response will often bring those very same process to their natural breaking point. Young talents is what makes your startup get the energy that is necessary to grow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2016

Based on my years of experience in both startups and large companies, trusted relationships are more the key to success than a great business model, how smart you are, or how much money you have. We all have limited bandwidth, and it’s not possible to maintain relationships with everyone.

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Silicon Valley Bandwidth Angel Investor Equity 120

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

The best drivers apply the brakes just ahead of the curve (they take out excess costs), turn hard toward the apex of the curve (identify the short list of projects that will form the next business model), and accelerate hard out of the curve (spend and hire before markets have rebounded). Progressive. Image source ).

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Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

The Startup Magazine

JULY 16, 2018

According to nChannel , a flash sale is “ an ecommerce business model in which a site offers a single or limited product selection for a discounted price over a short period of time”. The post Running a Successful Ecommerce Flash Sale appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Ecommerce Flash Sales: The Basics.

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Flash eCommerce Sales Bandwidth 68

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 27, 2011

Steve Blank, author of Four Steps to Epiphany , has helped formulate the thinking behind the Lean Startup methodology , together with Eric Ries. I had an opportunity to meet him during a discussion around the Startup Genome project. What would be the methodology for startups that simply want to flip? 1: Find a Simple Idea.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

I joined as employee 14 and spent a few years at this analytics startup, which was founded by Hiten Shah and Neil Patel. But for startups or enterprise tech companies, there’s just not enough volume for testing. I’ve found that one engineer isn’t quite enough bandwidth to keep up with a full-time designer and growth manager.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Amy Keller’s startup PurePlus transforms produce that would be wasted into healthful candy The Forrest Four-Cast: February 24, 2020 If food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases behind China and the U.S. What has the startup experience taught you about life?

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

I don’t have bandwidth to engage in substantial conversations on Twitter. . But I’m looking for the reverse business model: someone who will help me better grow and monetize my audience, comparable to traditional celebrity talent agents. I occasionally tweet out interesting content, about once daily on average. Hootsuite.

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Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

Agile VC

AUGUST 1, 2012

About 6-12 months ago you could hardly throw a rock in the startup ecosystem without hitting a VC expressing their enthusiasm for “mobile” Now the frenzy about mobile has extended into the mass media and public equity markets, though with trepidation as often as excitement.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Many have the dream to start a business, but only a few have the know-how to nurture a successful startup. Write up a business plan and follow these procedures to get from the idea phase to implementation: 1. You may exaggerate your business’ potential to make it a more appealing investment.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Be The Beatles Not The Flock Of Seagulls John Greathouse’s Bio ConTraps Part 2 ConTrap Part 3 ConTrap part 4 Startup Children Pt 2 Startup Children Pt 5 Startup Children Pt 3 Startup Children Pt 4 Decision Making 101 Talks: Jason Nazar on how to Persuade. Hands-on startup advice for emerging entrepreneurs.

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Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder PR 40

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. August 18th, 2010 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. If youre trying to grow your startup youve come to the right place. Rob, frankly I’m surprised you’re endorsing this business model.&#

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 24, 2011

It’s Episode 3 my little “ Loveline for startups. ” Introduced a few months ago as an Austin event, I’m now doing this live audio advice column to the web, taking phone calls from startups around the country. My co-hosts were Bob Walsh and Patrick Foley , hosts of the well-known Startup Success Podcast.

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Cofounder Technical Review Software Review Differentiation 208

VC Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

That is where Libox , a new Tel Aviv-based startup offering a free service to share and store photos, videos and music, wants to disrupt the industry. We analyze your bandwidth and make all your stuff very simple. VC Cafe: What is you business model? This is just viewing your pictures, so it doesn’t take any resources.

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Media Management API HTML 84

BeyondVC

SEPTEMBER 19, 2006

What is most impressive to me is that while George’s initial focus when he launched the service in 2000 was to go after the consumer market, he quickly recognized that consumers did not have the bandwidth (5% broadband penetration vs. 45% today) and the comfort level to purchase online tutoring sessions.

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