Steve Blank

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Why Founders Should Know How to Code

Steve Blank

And that he could identify the resources needed, (outsourced contract developers who could build it for him) and he would hire a partner to do so. Having a coder as part of the founding team is essential. A founding web/mobile team without a coder past the initial stages of Customer Discovery is not a startup. Lessons Learned.

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Why Governments Don’t Get Startups

Steve Blank

In Silicon Valley the equivalent is the journeyman coder or web designer who loves the technology, and takes coding and U/I jobs because it’s a passion. They hire local employees or family. They hire the best and the brightest. Small Business Startups: Work to Feed the Family. They are anyone who runs his/her own business.