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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

I was out and about in Silicon Valley doing what I would now call Customer Discovery trying to understand how marketing departments in large corporations worked. I remember presenting our ideas for Marketing Automation to one VP of Marketing in a large Silicon Valley company. Are These Your Slides?

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

The smart home business is still in the very early stages in India, and it will take some time before Evolutech ramps up. In addition, I asked him to do a competitive analysis on the pricing models of the various mobile app platforms and come back to me with both sets of market data, namely, customer research and competitive analysis.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

So what’s wrong the product development model? The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.)

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

However, we’d argue that for most smaller managers who are not brand names, it’s better to be highly identified in your niche than being a generalist. 2) Business model-defined funds. B2B vs B2C) within the business model preference. . We have three theories, in descending order of importance: Option value.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

First is that there are, perhaps, a thousand people in the world of entrepreneurship who know what they are doing when it comes to dealing with issues like financing, positioning, market sizing, customer validation, customer acquisition and other seemingly obvious topics that all entrepreneurs need to deal with. Please try to understand why.

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

By April 2010, the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) global initiative had been formally named. Our community has successfully established a culture of bootstrapping as a counterforce to the compulsive rush to financing that entrepreneurs mistakenly often engage in, only to be rejected over and again by investors.

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

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. Warning sign?

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 233

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Think partners coming together to tap their own networks for your follow-on rounds of financing. Our wrap-up day will be hosted in San Francisco and will focus on exposing our geographically diverse teams to the epicenter of venture capital within Silicon Valley. The Clarity of the Terms : how will your company be financed?

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. My name is John Bates. Josh, you’re working with small business owners every day. Matt Rissell: Yeah, absolutely.

Small Business 95

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 28, 2023

She is a leading venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, where she mentors tech startups and helps them go public. 07:20] Can you name a particular instance in your career where you felt like “This is going to work, this is like what I should be doing”? [08:58] Does your superpower have a name? [10:00]

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

But to do it, you need to actually have a sustainable business model. Starting a business is too risky. For the past 30 years great colleges have approached recruitment by creating a list of names from the PSATs and then sending out glossy brochures. The problem was had the wrong business model at the time.

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Start Up Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Firstly, there are a lot of businesses calling themselves a startups , when in reality, they’re really just new, small businesses. Startup = A new type of business trying to uncover a business model which doesn’t exist yet. The Silicon Valley ethic now runs deep – despite the current tech-lash.

Startup 144

Startup Silicon Valley Cofounder Distribution 144

Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

But to do it, you need to actually have a sustainable business model. Starting a business is too risky. For the past 30 years great colleges have approached recruitment by creating a list of names from the PSATs and then sending out glossy brochures. The problem was had the wrong business model at the time.

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Cofounder Entrepreneur Africa Sales Cycle 120

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

You then become dependent on outside financing, and that is a slippery slope. Debra has made a lot of mistakes already, especially, by making it a practice to offer her services for free, in the name of bartered promotion, and at this point, needs to focus on finding a segment (e.g. Please remember, free is not a business model.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

My name is Crystal Williams, and I maintain a small business blog called Babeofbusiness.com. Managewith.us - Collaborative Task Manager Mavenlink - manage project communications, documents, schedules, budgets, payments Industrial Logic – Agile eLearning Misc Office Help Google Apps – cloud mail server, calendar, docs, etc.

Software Review 110

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

It became a huge kerfuffle with many VC partners writing to thank me for the post, which exposed those that gave their industry a bad name. And then I was mortified – Valleywag figured out which firm had treated me the worst and published their names. Page 4: Business Model. Page 3: Competition. Page 5: Financials.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Segnit has an iconoclastic background under his belt, having studied engineering at Oxford University, held positions at Ogilvy & Mather and Saatchi & Saatchi, co-founded a venture-backed Silicon Valley startup, and made a minor name for himself as a radio personality at the venerable Capital FM, London’s most popular radio station.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

Well known founders within Silicon Valley demanded this kind of change across the board, and if they wanted to see it internally, they also had to see it within the organizations that touched their group. To begin with, I'm curious about the company name and how you came up with it. Let’s move to Floodgate now.

Founder 68

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, developed a methodology for creating businesses that runs in parallel with the traditional product development process. Startups rarely survive by guessing, and can only create products and business models based on facts about their target market.

Customer Development 126

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. Your pitch is going to cover your strategy (what you’re going to do), your tactics (how you’re going to do it), your business model (how you will make money), and your schedule (who is doing what and when).

Software Review 74

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2015

Whilst finishing my finals at university, I created my own algorithm for a business model to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage in a digital space. He tells Henry Ward’s story of the financing for eShares. “We were 0 for 21 with Silicon Valley VCs. I never got close. All 3 invested.”

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

Ross and I will be speaking at South by Southwest again this year and hope that you’ll join us there for our talk titled “ Third Coast: How to Be a Startup Outside of Silicon Valley.&# The panel will discuss core tenets of this theory and how it is affecting current and future digital media business models.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

You may happen to emphasize the right points that pique an investor’s interest, but you shouldn’t leave your financing up to chance. Second, understand the broader financing climate. The general rule is one business model drives the business. As it happened, we did end up pursuing all three lines of business.

Entrepreneur 111

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2009

Innovation – Business Model? Seed and Follow-on Financing – How do your finance it? Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Others you need to know when you execute the plan. Here is the list of basic startupactivities/functions our class discussion generated: Opportunity – How big?

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conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, developed a methodology for creating businesses that runs in parallel with the traditional product development process. Startups rarely survive by guessing, and can only create products and business models based on facts about their target market. Your Name *.

Customer Development 60

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

We have a unique business model that allows us to be the most competitive lender in the space, by either working with lending partners or originating the loans ourselves. You see like Silicon Valley, Hawaii is becoming its own startup paradise. But unlike Silicon Valley, we’ve got our own set of problems.

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Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Question We launched our venture about six months ago, and we’ve been using a big Silicon Valley law firm to handle our legal work. We just closed a $250,000 convertible note financing, and the bill was almost $13,000. This business model thus rewards inefficiency, which is exasperated as you add more lawyers to your project.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

For four years we have offered the synchronization service for no charge, predicated on the hypothesis that a business model would emerge to support the free service. We had the wrong business model. Dave Jones made a virtue of having no business model for APB. Finances were just one part of the story.

Software Review 79

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Add a class name to buttons, forms, quotes, etc. easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. model legal documents. Growing Business : Growingbusiness.co.uk Their practical guides cover all the issues an entrepreneur like you will face when expanding your business.

Software Review 53

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I think this sentiment has given angel groups a bad name. An entrepreneur will pitch their business plan to what they think is a group of angel investors and will get a number of follow-up calls afterwards, but they are pitches for services not investment interest. ProfessorVC.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The web and technology bubble has a lot in common with the rest of the business world in that there are essentially two disparate groups — the haves and the have nots. Roberts talks of social networks as mediums that may very well help your product or name attract VC attention.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 8, 2015

one company running out of cash and another with cash but searching for a business model). I originally got to thinking about this when I received a 485 page information statement on a previously announced merger between Clean Power Finance and Kilowatt Financial. Hope that changes in 2016.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. I’m not afraid to pick up the phone, cold call someone, use LinkedIn to find someone who’s recently left a company that might be considered competitive and ask them for advise around the business model and marketplace. Other sources of capital. What/How should I do?

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Venture Chronicles

MARCH 3, 2011

Even in spite of Arment’s efforts to generate revenue to boostrap the company, the fact remains that it is hardly a new and novel business model… he is operating a freemium business where the metering mechanism is rate limiting against features.

Silicon Valley 40

Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Venture Capital Valuation 40

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Ok, so I think Im the last guy in Silicon Valley to start a blog. I thought Id just go with a simple blog name like Steve Bennet, but wasnt available on Blogger so I had to come up with something else. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ProfessorVC.

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