Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

business models. Second, most websites that a non-Chinese would use are blocked including Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Google Docs, Scribd, Blogspot, Dropbox, New York Times, etc. business models. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

China 218

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 218

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Invented in 1854 by Daniel McCallum, superintendent of the New York and Erie railroad, the org chart became the organizing tool for how to think about strategy and structure. By the 21 st century, organizations still lacked a tool to create and formulate new strategies. Enter the Business Model Canvas.

Business Model 334

Business Model Customer Development United States Operations 334

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 22, 2008 The three drivers of growth for your business model. The AARRR model (hence pirates, get it?) He also has a discussion of how your choice of business model determines which of these metric areas you want to focus on. Choose one.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco CPA SEM CTO Hire 167

Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

It dawned on me that the plans were a symptom of a larger problem: we were executing business plans when we should first be searching for business models. So what would a search process for a business model look like? Berkeley asked me to teach a class in Customer Development at Haas business school.

Lean 183

Lean Agile Customer Development Business Model 183

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process.

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

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. Over the years we brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Fixing the Missing Pieces of Infrastructure.

Silicon Valley 316

Silicon Valley Oregon Lean Venture Capital 316

Steve Blank

JUNE 2, 2011

A revolution has taken hold as customer development and agile engineering reinvent the Startup process. 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. Silicon Valley, New York).

Silicon Valley 288

Silicon Valley Business Model Early Stage Venture Capital 288

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The Lean LaunchPad class teaches students how to build a Lean Startup using business model design, customer development and agile engineering. Teams have to get out of the building and talk to 10-15 customers a week.) I gave Frank the same advice I offered all the other universities who asked. Spend it Wisely.

Lean 273

Lean New York City New York Customer Development 273

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. 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." Here’s why. Your Process Doesn’t Work.

Fractional CTO 248

Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2018

They use the Business Model (or Mission Model ) Canvas to keep track of their key hypotheses and then rapidly test them by talking to customers and iterating their Minimal Viable Products. Diagram Your Business Model. The best way to start is by drawing a business model canvas.

Marketing 324

Marketing Startup Government SEC 324

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Silicon Valley, New York). Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model.

Silicon Valley 296

Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 296

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Silicon Valley, New York). Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model.

Silicon Valley 268

Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 268

Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

No MBA business model would ever come out with, “Hey we’re going to go target the academics.” Everyone comes up now — the VCs, the market – and they say, “Hey wow, that was a beautiful business model. I borrowed my brother’s trade show booth and flew to New York.

Cofounder 148

Cofounder New York City Entrepreneur New York 148

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

For example, how are you going to explain that component drive architecture like.NET isn't going to work for cross platform open open source business models? However, they insisted on using a platform that totally contradicted their business model. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

CTO 168

CTO Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review 168

Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

No MBA business model would ever come out with, “Hey we’re going to go target the academics.” Everyone comes up now — the VCs, the market – and they say, “Hey wow, that was a beautiful business model. I borrowed my brother’s trade show booth and flew to New York.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder New York City Entrepreneur New York 120

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

. ———– The National Institutes of Health recognizes that Life Science/Health Care commercialization has two components: the science/technology, and the business model. The Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences (the I-Corps @ NIH ) uses the Lean Startup Model to discover and validate the business model.

San Diego 264

San Diego North Carolina Chicago Lean 264

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

One way to conceive of our goal in an early-stage venture is to incrementally “fill in the blanks&# for the business model that we think will one day power our startup. For example, say that your business model calls for a 4% conversion rate – as ours did initially at IMVU.

San Francisco 102

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

Steve Blank

APRIL 26, 2010

It was an all day event devoted to the theory and practice of Lean Startups and Customer Development. It wasn’t until Eric Ries sat in my class and had the insight – that to actually implement Customer Development engineers needed to couple it with an agile methodology – that the theory turned into practice.

San Francisco 146

San Francisco Entrepreneur Lean Startup 146

VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2012

Topics include sessions such as startup fundraising, customer development, business model generation, lean startup metrics, visual note taking and much more: [link]. Later on, I’ll be giving a session myself on Effective Business Blogging. What is Leancamp? What is Leancamp?

Lean 96

Lean Europe New York Business Model 96

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Why Are They Referring New Customers Completely Unprompted? One on one interviews, surveys, and other customer development techniques can help to reveal this. Knowing exactly who is sending referrals is going to be a huge help for every other step of the process. Once you know who, you need to find out why.

Programming 107

Programming Marketing Analytics Portfolio 107

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

What matters is proving the viability of the company’s business model, what investors call “traction.&# But in the meantime, by iterating on their product with customers, they have a chance to get there on their own. Labels: agile , customer development 15comments: Scott Shapiro said.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2009

It uses principles of agile software development, open source and web 2.0, and lean manufacturing to guide the creation of technology businesses that create disruptive innovation. This presentation will empower entrepreneurs and managers to: -Identify a profitable business model faster and cheaper than your competitors.

Lean 60

Lean Austin San Francisco Continuous Deployment 60

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

While finding product-market fit is important, getting the rest of the business model right is the difference between and a great demo and a great business. ” We were able to acquire some early customers … (and) used that to raise some money. Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder DC Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 120

VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2012

Topics include sessions such as startup fundraising, customer development, business model generation, lean startup metrics, visual note taking and much more: [link]. Later on, I’ll be giving a session myself on Effective Business Blogging. What is Leancamp? What is Leancamp?

Lean 68

Lean Europe New York Business Model 68

Steve Blank

MARCH 1, 2016

Joining me in SiriusXM’s studio in New York were: Nina Tandon , CEO and co-founder of EpiBone , the world’s first company growing bones for skeletal reconstruction. We couldn’t figure out the right business model to move forward with. You don’t need new gee-whiz technology to do that. Nina Tandon.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Entrepreneur Michigan Detroit 120

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2010

What differentiates them is their disciplined approach to determining when to spend money: after the fundamental elements of the business model have been empirically validated. Myth: Lean Startups replace vision with data or customer feedback. Myth: Lean Startups replace vision with data or customer feedback.

Lean 167

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Startup 167

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2011

Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Silicon Valley, New York). Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Balance Sheet Metrics Early Stage 117

www.startuplessonslearned.com

MAY 4, 2012

At the company level, founders learn about the flaws in their initial plans and adjust the startup’s strategy, business plan,and business model. percent) of new firm founders indicated that their business ideas [had] changed between the time they first identified them and the time when they were surveyed about them.”

Equity 72

Equity Founder Technical Cofounder Cofounder 72

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. Are the engineers in the customer development team allowed to push quick and dirty "prototypes" to production? No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

Technical Review 168

Technical Review Software Review San Francisco Lean 168

Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2016

Joining me in SiriusXM’s studio in New York were. Here’s how they knew their idea could be a business. We had to back-end our way into, figuring out, where is the business (model) in that? Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. Nigel Caldon.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur North America Cofounder Silicon Valley 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 5, 2017

I reminded her that all the Lean tools she learned in class–Customer Discovery, business model and value proposition canvases– contained her answer. Evangelists are unabashed cheerleaders and salespeople for your product and, if you are creating a new market, for your company vision. Here’s how.

Marketing 315

Marketing Audience Technical Review PR 315

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 16, 2010

It requires separating the product launch from the marketing launch (see Dont Launch ) as well as other staple Lean Startup tactics: minimum viable product, split-testing, customer development and the pivot. That is customer development. “But it never happened.&# [Alas, customers dont know what they want!

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Analytics Continuous Deployment 167

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 21, 2010

Even the most radical new inventions always build upon previous technology. Most businesses – large and small alike – are typically excluded by this context. But it is not a startup, because its success depends only on decent execution – so much so that this success can be modeled with high accuracy.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco Startup Lean Continuous Deployment 168

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The Ultimate Combination of Startup Business Development Methods - ArcticStartup , November 16, 2010 I've been a huge fan of Steven Blank's Customer Development methodology for a long time. few years ago I also started following Alexander Osterwalder in his blog about his Business Model Generation -mantra.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Teams can prove their competence and validate their ideas by showing investors evidence that there’s a repeatable and scalable business model. A Lean Startup methodology offers entrepreneurs a framework to focus on what’s important: Business Model Discovery. We focus on evidence and trajectory across the business model.

Oakland 329

Oakland Incubator Lean Metrics 329

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2010

We have to continually invent new categories of products, new platforms, and new business models – all extremely risky bets. We have to continually invent new categories of products, new platforms, and new business models – all extremely risky bets.

IPO 166

IPO San Francisco Lean Silicon Valley 166

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

For most big, established companies like us, our business models were developed years—even decades ago. We’ve built up strength in executing our business model, not creating new ones. In fact, I believe the movement is now mainstream—startups, VCs, accelerators, are no longer “new.”.

Lean 329

Lean Nepal Cofounder Customer Development 329