Business Model Product Development Programming Venture Capital 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Their idea is that consumers will want a subscription service for short form entertainment (10-minute programs) for mobile rather than full length movies. Almost overnight the floodgates opened, and risk capital was available at scale from venture capital investors who rushed their startups toward public offerings.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
The book has been shepherded and edited by a great Japanese VC at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, Takashi Tsutsumi, with help from Masato Iino. I asked Tsutsumi-san to write a guest post for my blog to describe his experience with Customer Development in Japan. Lean LaunchPad class at Hosei University business school.
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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. Product Development Diagram 1.
David Teten
AUGUST 19, 2019
I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance.
ReadWriteStart
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Government-led programs like the Startup Visa Program and the Global Talent Stream are proving successful in attracting quality talent. To date, some 1,000 technology companies have hired 4,000 workers through the program. These workers are recruited to work in international development offices.
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.)
Steve Blank
JUNE 25, 2009
They couldn’t keep up with the fast product development times that were enabled by using standard microprocessors. So their management teams were insisting that they OEM (buy from someone else) these products. Convergent Technologies was one of those OEM suppliers.
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