VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2015

So-called after the California Gold Rush where the purveyors of picks and shovels made a killing (whereas the outcome for prospectors was mixed), the picks and shovels of machine intelligence are hardware, data feeds, and (arguably) the algorithms themselves. It’s not uncharted territory?—?if Pick and Shovel’ plays.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

Core Values Even after we had Mission and Intent down pat, one of the things that still drove me crazy was when we failed to deliver a project for sales on time or we missed a media deadline, everyone in my department had an excuse. Blog at WordPress.com.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

New Century, New Channels For many of you reading this, boxes sitting on a retail shelf may seem hopelessly outdated, but the same marketing lessons hold for “award winning&# web sites or social media. Worry about the sales results. Blog at WordPress.com.

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2009

I’ve been blogging, commenting, emailing, and all over social media searching for folks to buy in to my pitch, smart personalized web software (to aid pasive search -Dave winer calls it two way, and relevant ads). On a more serious note, any tips on attracting founders? Blog at WordPress.com.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Media Temple. Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Videos/presentations. Use us to power any video chat applications (talkshow, education apps, collaboration, etc). Camera, video, and most of the APIs described above for web Tools). Windows Azure.

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Steve Blank

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? I think he was saying that politicians and the media are trying to promote entreprenuership as the salvation of the nation, is that correct?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

And half our clubs were in the state of California in 2008, so was a very interesting time to be a CEO and learned a lot. And the truth is that's yesterday and you don't really have the ability to change what you did yesterday, but what you do have the ability today, is to lean into this. You're usually your own worst critic.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Media & Marketing. Media Agencies. When youve bootstrapped a business where youre not drawing a salary and depleting whatever savings you have, thats one of the very difficult things to do," says Toby Stuart, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Harley Goes Lean to Build Hogs.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

Writing, Social Media, Graphics, Editing content, research, etc. I keep an art easel in the closet at the office so the kids have something of their own when they come. We try to keep the families aware of what is going on and often ask for their involvement. Blog at WordPress.com.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

I might have pursued a humanities education at a “ kumbaya college ” in California, but it’s only human to be at least a little bit selfish! customers, other employees, books, blogs, social media, news?—?and Video chat?) SO, WHAT EXACTLY IS A PRODUCT MANAGER? Once you get the job, know that the hard work has just begun.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2010

I also did a very short video on the topic. [if One person who doesn’t waste this opportunity is Sam Jones of Formation Media. You can’t help but lean forward and want to hear what the next line is. I run a company called Formation Media. We set up Formation Media to bring that experience to the Internet.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2019

That’s the story of Zima Media, and the co-founders, Michael Zima and Damien Bouvier. We had a chance to interview Michael Zima and asked about their story, how they started their business and the future of Zima Media. Finally, we use video screenshare recordings as our unique communication internally and externally with clients.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2009

I was positioning the company as the second coming of the video games businesses at the intersection of “ Hollywood Meets Silicon Valley.” We were sitting in the conference room of a large well-respected media firm when their CEO breezed in to give us an overview of who they were and how forward thinking their firm was.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2009

weeks ago, positioning it as a tool designed to help small businesses effectively manage their social media efforts. Make A New Market If you are creating a new market, I’d start by watching a few instructional videos. The problem is that our messaging on the home page shouts “Write Once, Publish Everywhere&#. Order Here.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2009

Reply Quote of the Day | Bronte Media , on April 7, 2009 at 7:28 pm Said: [.] Reply Maurice Karnaugh , on April 7, 2009 at 6:57 pm Said: It seems to me that the most creative and motivated students will get excellent grades in subjects that interest them but sometimes mediocre grades in other subjects. Blog at WordPress.com.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. But Ive definitely had to lean on Dave. Why customers watch videos. Recruitment Manager Job Description. It should have been a cause for celebration.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2009

To understand our potential markets, we started by analyzing the marketing literature from Cray Research then crisscrossed the country talking to prospective customers – scientists and researchers in advanced corporate R&D centers and universities – to understand their needs. Blog at WordPress.com.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Thank you to all of you who joined me for Lean Startup Week 2016 ! I wanted to share a video with you, which contains my opening remarks from the conference. I've pasted a transcript of my that part of the speech below the video. I mean I grew up in San Diego California as a middle-class white American.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Wello connects trainers with clients by live online video sessions. Proof that social media will continue to play a big role in politics after the election, the White House has been encouraging people to use the hashtag #my2k as it urges Congress to preserve tax cuts for the middle class. Pando Daily. PandoMonthly. PandoDigest.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Sponsored Links His start-up Viddy, launched in early 2011, created a smartphone app that allows people to capture, enhance and share video and already has 40 million registered users. Theres also eHow parent Demand Media, streaming video site Hulu, car-shopping site TrueCar and one dominant player from Silicon Valley: Google.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I’d been around the web long enough to remember the dozens of companies before YouTube that tried to create crowdsourced video sites and failed. New York, California different toilet, same s#@t. This should not deter you. This doesn’t make sense. This post is my reflection on what is different and what remains the same. So what gives?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2009

More here: [link] Video: [link] Reply Justin Wickett , on March 23, 2009 at 5:44 pm Said: Pretty impressive how much knowledge can be extracted from natural processes. Air travel, media that conducts waves, velocity, acceleration. Goes to show the importance of being able to observe and listen. .&# Blog at WordPress.com.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

But one more question about your “lessons learned&# , as the option is not there: what happens when: i) the founder is still around ii) you’ve got a business in the middle of a huge transition (think media in present times) and iii) you’ve also got the “new guys with the fresh vision&# on the management team.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 22, 2015

In the last year alone, several have opened across the United States, with cafes in New York City, Oakland, California, and soon, Portland Oregon. Then, in October of 2014, she was sent a video on Facebook of a cat cafe in Paris. Starting a Business cat cafe lean planning' An entrepreneurial epiphany.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

“Boom and bust is our lot and we must follow the ancient advice.that Joseph gave to the Pharaoh: Put away your surplus during the years of great plenty so you will be ready for the lean years which are sure to follow.”. Governor Jerry Brown, State of the State speech, January 2014. percent over the past year, three times the national average.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

While some claim to learn how to be a farmer through YouTube videos or books (and those can be excellent tools), it’s very important to get some hands-on training. Even if you do somehow manage to find affordable transport to get your goods to California, what if you then learn that locally-grown passion fruit is all the rage?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

So yes – companies spend ALL that money to get traffic to their site via SEO, PPC, social media and what not. Are you familiar with the Lean Startup methodology? They call it Lean Startup, but it’s also essentially conversion optimization. Lean Analytics (book, mainly for startup folk, but good primer for all).

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Gone are the days of advertising to everyone in San Francisco, California. Common characteristics of social traffic… Could be high or low intent / level of motivation, but likely leaning towards low. Commission a few user testing videos and watch as real people perform tasks on your site. Needs to be persuaded.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

You need to start showing up on all the things, on social, get video out there—all of it. So no matter what my political leanings might be, I have a minimum bar for experience that I’m requiring for my vote—especially when the devil is really in the details. Yeah, I know.” “No, People need to know who you are.” “So So come help.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

One of my favorite examples from the book is a restaurant in Sacramento, California called Skip’s Kitchen. They’re taking patty melt selfies, and they’re calling their mom, and there’s all kinds of social media, and a high school marching band plays. I’ll give you a quick example if I may. Jay Baer: Yes.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

But since he talks about it in the video I’ll spill the beans. We discussed all of this and more in the video. 23:00 Discussion of California’s social media privacy laws. His latest passion? It is company 500px who has a beautiful product and a burgeoning community on the iPad and web. 500px is in Toronto.

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

billion users (watching 6 billion hours of videos!). I believe that every human with time to spare, and a connection to the web, should be on social media. Do the big gigantic numbers imply that your business should use these social media channels? Facebook, at last count, has 1.5 billion monthly active users. YouTube has 1.2

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Most were on paper and video; 20 were invited to pitch in person. That’s @MeganBerry to you, blogger and social media expert, marketing manager of Klout.com. should have leaned on them a lot more, but I didn't, or at least not in the right ways. California Milk Processor Board) – 1993. Make it unique. at a $2.5M

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