Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2013

In 2006, as a new employee of the Fortune 100 provider of wireless technology and services, San Diego’s Qualcomm , I volunteered to salvage a fledging idea management system (fancy term for an online suggestion box) by turning into a comprehensive corporate entrepreneurship program. (In ———-. The origin. What went right?

Programming 291

Programming Design Lean Seed Money 291

Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2013

In 2006, as a new employee of the Fortune 100 provider of wireless technology and services, San Diego’s Qualcomm , I volunteered to salvage a fledging idea management system (fancy term for an online suggestion box) by turning into a comprehensive corporate entrepreneurship program. (In ———-. The origin. What went right?

Programming 283

Programming Design Lean Seed Money 283

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

However, you will be dealing with almost daily change, (new customer feedback/insights from a Customer Development process and technical roadblocks ,) as the company searches for a repeatable and scalable business model. By now the company may have found and settled on a repeatable business model. Thanks Steve!

Cofounder 219

Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder 219

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

They might have some seed money and are thinking or raising a Series A based on success of an early release (MVP). Think about how you can prove your business model with an MVP. A few things jumped out at me: - Experience in sales or technology - considered a minor negative? What are they really looking for?

Valuation 198

Valuation Revenue Pre-Money Valuation Early Stage 198

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

He’ll be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference , and also has a new book (for which I very happily wrote a short foreword) coming out next month: Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It. First, the introduction of seed money as an institutional form of capital. but globally. No need to name names.

Lean 108

Lean Venture Capital Conversion IPO 108

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

link] tenthings most business-grads are too arrogant to realize that they are selling technology, not hot air, so they need a tech team to build upon, not a product. Engineers don’t always have the best business ideas. Your technology is really cool and working great but no one knows you exist. Melvin Great post!

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84