Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

It taught lean theory ( business model design , customer development and agile engineering) and practice. Now, 4 years after I arrived at BerkeleyHaas, we don’t teach business plan writing in any of our entrepreneurship classes or in any of our dozens of programs and competitions. We’ve gone global as well.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Alexander Osterwalder and I spent last week in Salt Lake City, Utah as judges at the 2 nd Annual International Business Model Competition , hosted by Professor Nathan Furr , and his team at the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship. The Business Plan ?- Business Plan vs. Business Model + Customer Development.

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Business Model Customer Development Utah Business Plan 263

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

business models. Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). Though they’re familiar with technology in the valley, I picked up some important cultural difference from students and startup engineers I talked to. business models. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

It’s often said that you shouldn’t talk about price during customer development interviews. Your product is designed with natural tripwires to trigger other pricing ( Freemium model ), or not (business model left as an exercise to your future self). simple enough to be self-service).

Bootstrapping 294

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

business models. Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). Though they’re familiar with technology in the valley, I picked up some important cultural difference from students and startup engineers I talked to. business models. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'

China 215

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

For technology vendors and models, see Venture capitalists eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments. . Customer Development. A well-developed model is Andreessen Horowitz’s Executive Briefing Center.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Two studies have shown that only about 10 percent of promoters actually refer profitable new customers. Some of the most creative technology coming out of Silicon Valley is designed to do exactly that. Find and engage customer advocates using a gamification platform that makes it interesting and enjoyable to advocate.

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Customer Fractional CTO Canada Technical Review 154

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford's Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. Steve Blank is a retired serial entrepreneur, educator, thought leader and creator of the rigorous "Customer Development" methodology detailed in his book, "The Four Steps to the Epiphany."

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Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 158

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The class teaches the three basic skills all entrepreneurs need to know: business model design. customer development. Some general customer development slides click here. I teach potential founders a hands-on, experiential class called the Lean LaunchPad at Berkeley, Stanford, Columbia and Caltech.

Open Source 335

Open Source Silicon Valley Lean Customer Development 335

Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

When Customer Development and the Lean Startup were just a sketch on the napkin, Dino Vendetti, a VC at Bay Partners, was one of the first venture capitalists I shared my ideas with. Dino and I kept in touch as he moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Startups in Bend.

Silicon Valley 312

Silicon Valley Oregon Lean Venture Capital 312

Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Advance democracy, human rights, and other global interests. At a time of significant global uncertainty, diplomats are grappling with a set of transnational and cross-cutting challenges that defy easy solution. This means developing new and innovative ways to think about, organize and build diplomatic strategies and solutions.

Lean 160

Lean Government Agile Africa 160

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

These seem like small things, but they turn out to be really important, because as you’re pivoting, changing your business model and changing your product, there need to be some things that are stable to keep people on the same page. Filed under: Customer Development. You can scale much better.

Cofounder 274

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

These seem like small things, but they turn out to be really important, because as you’re pivoting, changing your business model and changing your product, there need to be some things that are stable to keep people on the same page. Filed under: Customer Development. You can scale much better.

Cofounder 274

Cofounder Silicon Valley Entrepreneur EC2 274

Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Advance democracy, human rights, and other global interests. At a time of significant global uncertainty, diplomats are grappling with a set of transnational and cross-cutting challenges that defy easy solution. This means developing new and innovative ways to think about, organize and build diplomatic strategies and solutions.

Lean 120

Lean Government Agile Africa 120

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

— I just watched a very smart company try to manage innovation by hiring a global consulting firm to offload engineering from “distractions.” So, in response the company had hired a global consulting firm to help solve the problem. People with ideas, technology or problems pitched in front of the evaluation committee.

Incubator 312

Incubator Curation Engineer Government 312

Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

As CEO, Ryan has grown Qualtrics to one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the world. In the early days of building Qualtrics, Ryan tried giving the product away to entice customers to use it. No MBA business model would ever come out with, “Hey we’re going to go target the academics.”

Cofounder 145

Cofounder New York City Entrepreneur New York 145

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

LSC: Tell us about the customer development you did for your book: Alistair: We''ve been thrilled at how Lean Analytics seemed to resonate with founders. As operators of an accelerator—and founders in our own right—Ben and I had constantly struggled with what the “right” numbers are for a business. Many companies like certainty.

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Analytics Lean Widget Metrics 167

Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

As CEO, Ryan has grown Qualtrics to one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the world. In the early days of building Qualtrics, Ryan tried giving the product away to entice customers to use it. No MBA business model would ever come out with, “Hey we’re going to go target the academics.”

Cofounder 120

Cofounder New York City Entrepreneur New York 120

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

For example, IMVU’s early business model was made possible by Paypal’s easy self-serve and open access payment system. Instead, techniques like Five Whys teach us to view the entire application and product development team as one integrated system. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

Technical Review 168

Technical Review Software Review San Francisco Lean 168

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup. Now our biz model is lighter, more flexible. A few nuggets.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

This doesn’t mean just more technology stuff, though we’ll get that. This is a revolution that will permanently reshape business as we know it and more importantly, change the quality of life across the entire planet for all who come after us. What’s happening is something more profound than a change in technology.

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley United States Venture Capital Software Review 335

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

We’re standing 15 air miles away from the epicenter of technology innovation. I’ve been asked to talk today about the future of Innovation – typically that involves giving you a list of hot technologies to pay attention to – technologies like machine learning. In fact, it’s not about any specific new technologies.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Updated Business tools for Startups. Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Ad Serving Technology. Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Codeacademy. Steve Blank.

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