Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2012

Long before there was the Lean Startup, Business Model Canvas or Customer Development there was a guy in Santa Barbara California who had already figured it out. How dare you,” the fab manager said. “We He blocked new business for two years. The product manager said, “It’s in the release after this.”.

San Jose 256

San Jose Technical Review Customer Development Software Review 256

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Although the class was run completely online, and even though they were suffering from Zoom fatigue, the 10 teams of 42 students collectively interviewed 1,142 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, industry partners, etc. Team Fleetwise – Vehicle Fleet Management. All the presentations are worth a watch.

Lean 385

Lean Security Asia SBIR 385

Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2010

The key things I want students to take from the class are: Understand that a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a profitable business model. Learn how to put together a business model , not a business plan. TA’s make managing 60 students working on cases and team projects manageable.

Business Model 226

Business Model Silicon Valley California Engineer 226

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

The hurricanes in the Gulf, the wildfires in California, and the monsoon floods around the world, all suggest that real opportunities for change are needed in climate control, forest management, and building design. Some kind of natural or man-made disaster. Usually, people pay to relieve pain before buying luxury items.

Customer 417

Customer Startup China California 417

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2012

San-Diego, California-based GoFundMe essentially is a crowdfunding platform that lets someone collect donations for a personal cause or a life event. The site lets users manage their campaigns, thank donors and even communicate with supporters. Enter a website called GoFundMe.com.

San Diego 176

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 3, 2021

This is the definition of disruption and Rossanna not only represents a legitimate challenge to the clothing industry and their business models, but she is redefining the way people look at, get rid of and buy second-hand clothing. Henrique co-founded Brex, a financial service and tech company based in San Francisco, California.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur San Francisco Technical Review Cofounder 94

Steve Blank

APRIL 21, 2011

Their week 6 business model now looked like this: . Last week we challenged the team that unless they developed hardware which could tell the difference between a weed and a plant, their business model would be just another set of PowerPoint slides. Should they look at the Document Management market?

Channel 215

Channel Artificial Inteligence San Francisco Business Model 215

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Eric Ries in Times Square For any model to be useful it has to predict what happens in the real world – including the web. I realized the Customer Development model needs to be clearer in what exactly a startup is supposed to do, regardless of the business model. “What is the “Business Model” of your startup?&#

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Customer Development Web Developer Customer 219

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

I think as a tech industry we have bred a culture that places more emphasis on product excellence than managing human behavior. Of course it makes no sense to have great people management and a crappy product. She started it with a partner, 50-50. They were close friends, lived down the road and members of our synagogue.

Founder 340

Founder Sacramento Cofounder Technical Review 340

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Search Engineer 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles Internet 150

Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

Too often, CEOs and small business managers suffer from analysis paralysis. Reply Why Startups are Agile and Opportunistic -- Pivoting the Business Model , on April 14, 2010 at 6:32 am Said: [.] to see if they need to make a Pivot to find a better model. This happens for any number of reasons.

Silicon Valley 300

Silicon Valley RSS Startup Agile 300

Steve Blank

AUGUST 23, 2010

At times I’ll do what I consider an extension of teaching; a two-day Customer Discovery/Validation intensive session with a large corporation serious about Customer Development at my ranch on the California Coast. Rather, it is a organization searching for a business model (inside a company that’s executing an existing one.)

Customer Development 235

Customer Development Developer Customer South America 235

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Networking Southern California Los Angeles 150

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

Over time, though, military spending wound down and many large aerospace and military companies left Southern California. At the same time, the consumerization of the technology business made Silicon Valley the de facto capital of all things tech. Certainly it is a negative to not have acquired the basic skills of product management.

Los Angeles 138

Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

See Supporting New Managers and What Would You Do to Support New Managers? Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 Dr. Karrer was valedictorian at Loyola Marymount University, attended the University of Southern California as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 6, 2014

My personal policy is to get the idea going, make it sustainable, hire passionate and experienced managers to take my place, then move on to the next challenge. Five Mill has managed over $100 million in online marketing spend and over $3 million monthly.

San Francisco 154

San Francisco Business Model Silicon Valley Coder 154

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

The Founder’s New Insight Smart founders are never satisfied with simply executing their current business model, they are constantly observing, orienting and deciding whether their current business model can be made better. It’s a natural part of learning about your customers and business model.)

Customer 195

Customer Silicon Valley RSS California 195

Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

After 20 years of working in startups, I decided to take a step back and look at the product development model I had been following and see why it usually failed to provide useful guidance in activities outside the building – sales, marketing and business development. It’s a big idea.) before you ship.

Customer Development 238

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 238

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Alexander Osterwalder invented the Business Model Canvas , co-founded strategyzer.com and was the lead author of Business Model Generation which sold a million copies in 30 languages. Big companies have great execution habits to manage and improve successful business models and value propositions.

Non-Compete 329

Non-Compete Agile Business Model San Francisco 329

Board Effect

APRIL 3, 2019

As a result, boards are needing to focus more of their time and energy on strategies that help them manage evolving risks. Board directors should also be aware that physicians rely less on hospitals for job security than they used to due to changes in the structure of hospital business models.

Government 45

Government Los Angeles Balance Sheet Technical Review 45

Steve Blank

MAY 23, 2016

And there are more to come: your first job, getting married, buying a house, having a child, becoming a manager, starting a company, retirement – and eventually commencement speaker. When I retired after 21 years working in 8 startups, I was invited to be a guest lecturer at the business school at the University of California Berkeley.

Lean 221

Lean Technical Review Vietnam Engineer 221

Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

Twenty eight years ago I was the bright, young, eager product marketing manager called out to the field to support sales by explaining the technical details of Convergent Technologies products to potential customers. So their management teams were insisting that they OEM (buy from someone else) these products. Help them?!!

Technology 138

Technology Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 138

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Small and medium size business owners can set up online customer support platforms that combine the backend help desk system used by agents (ticketing, knowledge management) with an online customer portal (self service, forums, idea management, voting, etc) on the front end. This, needless to say, projects a very large TAM.

India 123

India Bootstrapping Non-Compete Entrepreneur 123

Business Plan Blog

MAY 23, 2013

Management of for-profit companies are liable to shareholders for failure to maximize profit. On the other hand, management of non-profit organizations are liable to the IRS when they reward investors. Fortunately, California Governon Jerry Brown signed into law Benefit Corporation (!B

California 45

California Business Model Design Entrepreneur 45

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

While our individual data may not be able to bring in much money, big companies with tens of millions of daily users capture data by the terabyte and use it to target content and advertising to us, which is a much better business model. Policy Lagging Behind Awareness. Slowly, policies are changing to protect users. About the Expert.

Technology 158

Technology Open Source California Social Media 158

Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2014

The post Take Advantage of a New Trend: Big Business Looks to Small to Innovate appeared first on Bplans Blog. Managing a Business Operations Strategy' Coley Brown, of VisionMine, said that open innovation helps some smaller companies get acquired, while others have their technology licensed by the larger firms they work with.

Intellectual Property 106

Intellectual Property Philadelphia Small Business California 106

Hearpreneur

APRIL 9, 2017

The Carson, California company employs about 800 people in its 4 Southern California plants. I co-founded CoverWallet with my friend, Inaki Berenguer, in 2015 after we saw firsthand the difficulties businesses face when it comes to managing insurance. Now, we can share our proven business model with people everywhere.

San Diego 109

San Diego Entrepreneur Software Review Southern California 109

Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

These two recommendations will help you compute the opportunity size for your management team. Aim for quintupling revenue, obviously, but calculating just 25% improvement will give you all the budget you need from your management to insert urgency into the shopping process. Not easy, but your business model has to change to survive.).

Conversion 124

Conversion eCommerce Artificial Inteligence Aggregator 124

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

It may just be that the message of building companies that have predictable revenue and profit models hasn’t percolated through the VC business model. Unfortunately, regardless of a VC’s age, their business models are suffering and IPOs seem to be a thing of the past for at least a while longer.

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2019

California can be appealing to California-based investors (particularly fast-growth tech companies) despite high income and corporate taxes, and franchise fees for all businesses regardless of size. Be online: Consider your online domain name , especially if being found online is a key part of your business model.

Delaware 83

Delaware Stock Nevada Technical Review 83

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2022

There will always be a need for new features, products, and services for your firm because businesses and procedures change every day. You may reach all types of clients by using a variety of pricing tiers and business models. Thanks to Robert Davidson, California Title Loans ! #12- Photo Credit: Robert Gate.

Affiliate 62

Affiliate United States Entrepreneur Software Review 62

Steve Blank

JUNE 4, 2012

As the morning fog burns off the California coast, I am working with Steve Blank, preparing for the Lean LaunchPad Faculty Development Program we are running this August at U.C. Mainstream Entrepreneurship recognizes that with the Lean LaunchPad class we now have a methodology of making small businesses fail less.

Silicon Valley 305

Silicon Valley Lean Utah Customer Development 305