Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

These tools—Customer Development, Agile Engineering, and Business Model design—became the lean start-up methodology , a rigorous approach to testing hypotheses and building prototypes, and, on the basis of data and evidence, adjusting or pivoting to a variant of the original hypothesis. Scaling is the crux of ambidexterity.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Cost-savings with the more affordable developer and IT project manager salary. High-quality development with talent that carries a stronger work ethic. Although you may wonder how many developers should I hire, when you find the right team, you’ll get everything you need under one roof. Better lines of communication.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last few years, there really hasn’t been a demand to innovate on top of the ecosystem that’s been built. Because salaries are cheap, startups seem to try to solve every problem by throwing bodies at it. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. New Rules for China.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last few years, there really hasn’t been a demand to innovate on top of the ecosystem that’s been built. Because salaries are cheap, startups seem to try to solve every problem by throwing bodies at it. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. New Rules for China.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 218

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

I had received my first salary, moved into a colonial house in Panama City Casco Viejo district next to the Pacific Ocean. But the salary hadn’t been transferred yet. And sometimes there’s a customer from hell you have to deal with. Key lesson learned: Take the chances you’re given. Losing the job. No replies.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 11, 2013

Before this occurs, the sales process is a craft or an art - custom-made by the founder or evangelist sales VP. You dive deep into a customer development process, working closely with a few customers who feed you requirements and are willing to trial an imperfect product that is evolving quickly.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

These traits of a software engineer are always in demand by a great number of companies. They can easily get great benefits and a six figure salary. This isn’t because technical people are flakier or inherently less entrepreneurial; it’s because by definition they have a narrower set of highly in-demand skills.

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