Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

As part of our Lean LaunchPad classes at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and for the National Science Foundation, students build a startup in 8 weeks using Business Model Design + Customer Development. Read Business Model Generation pages 1-72, and The Four Steps to the Epiphany Chapter 3. Step 1: Set Up Team Logistics.

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Argona

JANUARY 15, 2024

Business enterprises, including startups, aim for continuous growth and development as part of their business strategy, but challenges like limited budgets, fierce competition, skill gaps, and inconsistent marketing approaches can hinder their progress. Why is Argona Partners the Best Company to Work With?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. We were positing that 20 years of teaching “how to write a business plan” might be obsolete. This post is part one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

There is nothing wrong with a focus on making the current business model work better. Plan in great detail and avoid things not in the budget. Business plans should be loose frameworks to be used as guidelines rather than detailed route maps. Decisions made lower down always get more buy-in.

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Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2015

But it lacked a framework for testing all commercialization hypotheses outside of the building. With Agile you could end up satisfying every feature a customer asked for and still go out of business. Luckily Alexander Osterwalder’s business model canvas presents a visual overview of the nine components of a business on one page.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2023

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. Every existing business, as well as every startup, needs to reassess their product or service in the context of these five forces: Intensity of competitive rivalry. Either way you lose.

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Up and Running

MAY 30, 2022

One of the most important things you can do to increase your chances of success is to have a business plan. From attracting potential investors to keeping your business on track—a business plan helps you to achieve important milestones and grow in the right direction. And it’s not just for startups.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 30, 2013

Entrenched Innovation Model Issues : Qualcomm’s existing innovation model – wireless products were created in the R&D lab and then handed over to existing business units for commercialization – was wildly successful in the existing wireless and mobile space. Venture Fest was not integral to their success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. Every existing business, as well as every startup, needs to reassess their product or service in the context of these five forces: Intensity of competitive rivalry. Either way you lose.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2016

The rub is that a startup likely has the ideas to take it straight to the top, but it’s also likely that the company lacks the business skills to make it truly successful. A company pitches an idea to the Startup Lab and if the Lab deems the idea viable, then the idea is accepted and the framework for the project is created.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

The trick is we use the same Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum — and the same class structure – experiential, hands-on– driven this time by a mission -model not a business model. As we thought about how we could get students engaged, we realized the same Lean LaunchPad/I-Corps class would provide a framework to do so.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2016

To be honest I built the class out of frustration watching schools teach aspiring entrepreneurs that all they need to know is how to write a business plan or how to sit in an incubator building a product. using the business model canvas as the framework. Every week we teach the practice of Lean. Reflection Week.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

There is nothing wrong with a focus on making the current business model work better. Plan in great detail and avoid things not in the budget. Business plans should be loose frameworks to be used as guidelines rather than detailed route maps. Decisions made lower down always get more buy-in.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 24, 2019

Before you can start a company, you need a business idea. Unless you have invented something revolutionary, stick with a business model that involves something you are passionate about and do it better than anyone else. So what you can you do to reduce the risk of starting your own business? Write a Lean Business Plan.

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Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2020

We’re holding a series of 5-day online classes at Stanford where teams will learn how to develop new business models for an economy that’s getting back to work and on the road to recovery. The Covid-19 virus has upended traditional ways of doing business, travel, education, entertainment, healthcare, etc. Sign up at [link].

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This research will be your compass, guiding you towards identifying market gaps that your business can strategically fill, and assisting you in determining your precise target audience. Moreover, create a detailed business plan that meticulously outlines your business goals, financial projections, marketing strategies, and operational plans.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 8, 2012

Tim Berry offers a video investigating business models and plans. He uses Osterwalder as his business model representative. From Tim Berry: What I really don’t like is people saying “don’t do a business plan; do a business model instead.” via Planning Startup Stories —.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

And the trick is we use the same Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum — and kept the same class structure – experiential, hands-on, driven this time by a mission -model not a business model. Wondering how we could get students engaged, we realized the same Lean LaunchPad/I-Corps class would provide a framework to do so.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Solving the "marketplace" business model - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 10, 2010 A sizable percentage of Capital Factory startup submissions take the form of the "marketplace." " In fact, 3 of the 10 selected companies from the past two years has followed this business model.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 5, 2012

One of the confusing things to entrepreneurs, investors and educators is the relationship between customer development and business model design and business planning and execution. When does a new venture focus on customer development and business models ? Here’s an attempt to put this all in context.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 15, 2018

Once you’ve decided that you’re ready to start a small web design firm, you’ll need to develop a host of skills to help you run a successful business, including time management, sales and promotional strategies, and client acquisition. Create a Lean Business Plan. Establish your freelance rates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2013

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. Every existing business, as well as every startup, needs to reassess their product or service in the context of these five forces: Intensity of competitive rivalry. Either way you lose. It’s a painful end.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2018

The key to developing an enduring business model is to find a market for your product that needs your input or expertise. If you think of food as a broad market, you can start to think of wide niches that exist within that framework. by Nicky Bowers, director of LetLoos. An Analogy.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 2, 2011

Reinventing the board meeting may allow venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Startups now understand what they should be doing in their early formative days is search for a business model. for a business model.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Start With a Business Model, Not a Business Plan | WSJ – [link]. The danger of waiting to long to find a business model? 40+ Best Web UI Interface Framework Kits – [link]. Investors Need to Lose Their Egos and Founders Need to Gain Some Confidence – [link]. Just got acquired?

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

Startups don’t fail because they lack a product; they fail because they lack customers and a profitable business model. Look at the Product Development model and you might wonder, “Where are the customers?” Where exactly did the assumptions in our startup business plan come from?” business model.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

And the trick is we use the same Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum — and kept the same class structure – experiential, hands-on, driven this time by a mission -model not a business model. Wondering how we could get students engaged, we realized the same Lean LaunchPad/I-Corps class would provide a framework to do so.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2012

Porter proposed his Five Forces framework for analyzing the competitive environment which I think makes even more sense today. Every existing business, as well as every startup, needs to reassess their product or service in the context of these five forces: Intensity of competitive rivalry. Either way you lose.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Over the last few years it’s become clear that the days of teaching “how to write a business plan” as the cornerstone of university entrepreneurship are over. We now understand the distinction between startups – who search for a business model – versus existing companies – that execute a business plan.

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

I hate business plan competitions. I Love Business Plan Competitions I had a breakfast with a friend who has founded a few companies in Thailand and started the New Ventures Program at one of their universities. For all the reasons why business plan competitions are wonderful for students from outside the U.S.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

One of the key sections of any business plan is the analysis of the competition. Investors take that to mean either 1) there is no market for your product, or 2) you don’t understand the concept of business and competition. This is where most current business plan analyses focus today. Either way you lose.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

DECEMBER 19, 2011

A student come up to me before class the week before their business plans were due this past semester looking very dejected. "My The more she tried to pivot the business model, the more she uncovered evidence that convinced her that she had reached a dead end. My concept just can't work," she said.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

JUNE 29, 2011

The stars all seemed to be converging for me as a fan of the Business Model Canvas. version of my syllabus for my planning class that has become largely centered around the Business Model Generation framework. My class no longer looks like a traditional old business planning class.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

In your view, is WordPress still undeniably the best tool or are some people and frameworks catching up to the point where it might actually be something to keep tabs on? ” And again, my public speaking mentor, Toby, taught me this framework to ask why lots of times in a very strategic way to take a meaningful brief from a customer.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2022

It teaches you how to deal with investors, what areas of your business need to be strengthened, and how to improve your pitch for the next meeting. It can be difficult to know where to start after an investor rejects your business proposal. Ask why your business was rejected. They want your business to be able to scale up.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2021

Automated healthcare solutions can formulate a sort of framework, not only for driving more meaning out of data but also for putting it to the right use. Therefore, this is one technology healthcare businesses should look at leveraging right away! Formulate a business plan to help improve your chances of success.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Today, I want to introduce you to a new concept for starting and growing successful companies: Lean Planning™. It starts with “Plan-As-You-Go” instead of detailed, formal business plans. Build an action plan: How are you going to validate your assumptions and measure progress? Do startups have a manual?

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