California Product Development Silicon Valley Venture Capital 
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. I’ve seen the Valley grow from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara to today where it stretches from San Jose to South of Market in San Francisco.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 2, 2009
In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.) How to raise real money with a Customer Development presentation in the next post. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Order Here.
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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. So what’s wrong the product development model?
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
Finally, I’ll write about how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. Without the revenue to match its expenses, the company is in now danger of running out of money.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
It should go without saying that this post is not advice, nor is it recommendation of what you should do, it’s simply my observation of how companies using Customer Development positioned themselves to successfully raise money from venture investors. Is there a profitable business model? Can it scale?” Great post!
Steve Blank
JANUARY 14, 2013
government’s role in setting investment policy, venture capital has set the direction for what new industries attract capital. One OSRD project – the Manhattan Project which led to the development of the atomic bomb – was so secret and important that it was spun off as a separate program. Give the U.S.
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
I was consulting for the two venture capital firms who between them put $12 million into my last failed startup. (My Yet when I talked to my venture capital friends, they said, “Well, that’s just how startups work. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Order Here. Now In Print!
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