ReadWriteStart
JULY 26, 2022
Obtaining a competitive advantage while improving consistency and quality ensures that the supply chain will soon embrace flexible business models and become more efficient. Each of these conditions then helps these companies find new and better clients while filling each business’s unique needs.
Steve Blank
MAY 9, 2017
I lived through the time when working in my first job in Ann Arbor Michigan we had to get out a map to find out that San Jose was not only in Puerto Rico but there was a city with that same name in California. What we’ve learned is that while companies execute business models, startups search for a business model.
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Steve Blank
AUGUST 3, 2012
Long before there was the Lean Startup, Business Model Canvas or Customer Development there was a guy in Santa Barbara California who had already figured it out. On Monday, in San Jose, near the factory, we met with UltraTech Stepper, a friendly account. We did a quick overview of the product.
Sophia Perl of Wisdom
MAY 6, 2010
Last weekend in the heart of San Jose, over 100 people gathered at PayPal for Startup Weekend. bring plent of business cards like it’s your birthday. build the business model? What startup would you create in 54 hours if you were thrown into a room with a small group of people? For $100 or less (discounts!),
Sophia Perl of Wisdom
JULY 18, 2011
This year, iOSDevCamp was held at PayPal in San Jose. I saw the potential in helping other people and a possible business model. It helped me figure out who had what skills and what ideas, but generally it was nice to meet people too. This was my second time hacking at PayPal, different event though.
Agile VC
APRIL 13, 2012
2) Design ethic vs engineers - Over the course of the last 5-10 years, many software-based startups are being built on competitive advantages of design and business model rather than technical differentiation. Just a minor nitpicky point: San Jose is actually much larger than SF, in both population and land area.
Professor VC
MARCH 10, 2009
I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.
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