Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

Customer Development/Lean Startups In hindsight startups and the venture capital community left out the most important first step any startup ought to be doing – hypothesis testing in front of customers- from day one. Since I wasn’t an engineer, my contribution was around the team-building and fund raising. I was an idiot.

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JUNE 11, 2009

» Dig for Leadership - Stories that try to make the world a better place. , AKPC_IDS += "499,"; (No Ratings Yet) Loading … Posted in Leadership | Tagged [.] The rest is worth reading as well. steve Am I a Founder? The Adventure of a Lifetime. on June 29, 2009 at 3:56 pm Said: [.] carry on reading.

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

Forget the Hypertext idea and come on back to California. He and his wife Gwen would found the Computer Museum, first in the lobby of DEC headquarters, then in Boston (and now as the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.) The response from across the country? We’re building a supercomputer.” Blog at WordPress.com.

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JULY 13, 2013

Here is the link to the video interview. If you want a sneak peak on that it’s in the video or transcript. Below is an edited transcript if you prefer to video – easier to scan I guess. [00:00:06] Below is an edited transcript if you prefer to video – easier to scan I guess. [00:00:06]

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Customer Development Manifesto , Market Types « “Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch Closure » 21 Responses Tweets that mention Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development « Steve Blank -- Topsy.com , on November 16, 2009 at 7:20 am Said: [.]

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APRIL 10, 2009

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

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APRIL 2, 2009

Finally, since no one would believe a set of benchmarks named after our company, we needed a façade of independence, so we named them after the street the company was headquartered on in Sunnyvale California – they became known as the Potrero Benchmarks. Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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APRIL 9, 2009

his next article on SuperMac, “Building the Killer Team – Mission, Intent, and Values&# , Steve further pounds the table on some principles of leadership that I think are [.] Reply How to close a term sheet quickly - Venture Hacks , on April 28, 2009 at 10:43 am Said: [.] Blog at WordPress.com.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Leadership. Leadership and Managing >. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Venture Capital Firms. Were not a venture capital firm.". Start-up | Mondays. Technology | Thursdays. Bookkeeping.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Brendan McManus said: “Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch [link] #startup #advice [.] Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch « Steve Blank (tags: presentations presuation vc startup) [.] Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch [.]

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JULY 27, 2009

We four instructors would grumble and complain to one another about our lack of leadership. Our small training department had been without a manager for months and finding a replacement didn’t seem to be high on the VP of Sales list. Then it hit me – no one else wanted to be manager – what was the worst that could happen?

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

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APRIL 6, 2009

When Terman said no, Sylvania, a tube company which built proximity fuse tubes in WWII, won the contract and set up its Electronic Defense Lab (EDL) in Mountain View California in the middle of an orchard. The Army offered Fred Terman, the Dean of Engineering at Stanford, a $5M contract to build an electronics countermeasures lab.

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APRIL 27, 2009

This post makes a lot more sense if you look at the earlier posts as well as the video and slides. My first business trip to the valley was to visit California Microwave. My first job out of RPI was as an engineer on the EF-111, an electronic counter measures laden derivative of the original F-111 swing-wing fighter / bomber.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

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MAY 28, 2009

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MARCH 20, 2009

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JUNE 25, 2009

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

BTW, the definition of entrepreneurship I describe at 2:50 into the video is described in detail in the post “ You’re Not a Real Entrepreneur.&# the video skipped or something? Here’s a 6 minute excerpt from the talk. Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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AUGUST 31, 2009

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they drawn to Texas or moving away from California? Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019. Only California and New York have a few more, and maybe not for long. It is the tech hub of Texas and has the most local venture capital and attracts the most venture capital.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

The video below was my presentation to the group. The slides below go with the video. Just click through them as you watch the video. Reply Joe , on November 23, 2009 at 4:39 pm Said: This is an awesome post and I really appreciate the availability of the slides as well as the video. Blog at WordPress.com.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

My only excuse is that this week I’m doing public service in my role as a California Coastal Commissioner. Long days, lots of items on the calendar , dedicated staff, very bright fellow commissioners. Greatest hits here. Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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JULY 30, 2009

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MARCH 25, 2009

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Steve Blank

MAY 1, 2009

It starts at ~40:30 in the video. Reply Excellent video for tech startups…by Eric Ries , on May 23, 2009 at 2:16 pm Said: [.] Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 The slides are here. If you’ve never seen Eric’s Lean Startup presentation, take a few minutes to at least watch his part. Blog at WordPress.com.

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APRIL 30, 2009

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MAY 22, 2009

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AUGUST 17, 2009

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FEBRUARY 23, 2009

In hindsight it appeared clear that startups that survive the first few tough years do not follow the traditional product-centric launch model espoused by product managers or the venture capital community. Through trial and error, hiring and firing, successful startups all invented a parallel process to product development.

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AUGUST 7, 2009

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APRIL 22, 2009

He had just filmed the second of a series of videos called, Speaking to the Big Dogs: How mid-level managers can communicate effectively with C-level executives (CEO, VP’s, General Managers, etc.) And that he might want to think about aligning all his video and Internet products under that name.

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Steve Blank

JULY 9, 2009

Unfortunately, while I had gone through phases of video game addiction in my life, in no way could I be described as even a “moderate hard-core gamer,” which ruled me out as a domain expert. But people didn’t buy video games on features and they weren’t looking to solve a problem. I was in the entertainment business.

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JUNE 22, 2009

And venture capital and entrepreneurship has made life even tougher for the modern corporation. Over the last 35 years venture capital has funded nimble new entrants (on a scale never imagined by Schumpeter ) who exist to exploit discontinuities in technology or customer behavior. on June 24, 2009 at 4:31 pm Said: [.]

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MARCH 22, 2009

Steve my name is Donald xx, and I’m the head of external affairs of the CIA’s venture capital firm and we’d like you to keynote our conference.” So I gave my “ The Secret History of Silicon Valley ” talk as the keynote to the CIA’s venture capital conference. Do you mean the Culinary Institute of America?

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