Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Or more accurately, startups are a temporary organization designed to search for a scalable and repeatable business model.) There are few courses which teach aspiring entrepreneurs the skills (business models, customer and agile development, design thinking, etc.) In contrast, startups search for a business model. (Or

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2011

Any IP you need to license? We taught them theory, methodology, and practice using Customer Development and business model design. So who better to have as a surprise guest lecturer for our last class than Alexander Osterwalder himself. His lecture covered: What resources do you need to build your business?

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

He chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block, and instructed his engineers to produce a design for the engine. The design was put on paper, but the engineers agreed, every one of them, that it was simply impossible to cast an eight-cylinder gas engine block in one piece. Ford said, “Produce it anyway.”

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

After I retired, I began teaching Customer Development , a theory of how to reduce early stage risk in entrepreneurial ventures. 15,000 copies later, the horrifically bad proofreading, design and layout is now a badge of honor. Raising Money Using Customer Development……… 47.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 11, 2009

Starting with Facebook s developer program, social networks are all jumping on the apps bandwagon. And if your app is designed to drive traffic to some off-network site or product, the cost is usually prohibitive, because the traffic in your app doesnt convert any better than a traditional CPM or CPC-based ad anywhere else on the network.

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Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

You don’t need to worry about any Intellectual Property (IP) issues. The next week another team, working on a new type of solid oxide fuel cell, remarked, “Professor Blank, in our industry there’s a ton of patents and stuff and people tell us we shouldn’t be out there unless we start patent protecting all our IP.”

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. The way I do it.

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Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

In an early stage startup, instead of sales being up front, the point departments are likely to be product development and customer development. Later on in this same company’s life, sales will become the pointy end and product development moves to a supporting role.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

This would of course be in regards toa single corporation which holds all the IP and revenue.). Top 3 Ways to Fail at Customer Development. Personas for Customer Development. Customer Development (27). Recent Posts. Blame Culture: “Who Gets Shot” National Endowment for Open Source.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Customer service. Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. LiveRoad : A Great IDE for design is very helpful. Firebase : Are all your developers front-end engineers? s easier to use/develop with.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

At a certain point in IMVU’s development, we faced a difficult choice. As you can imagine, this was a lucrative customer segment. or their privileging of only certain designers featured in Showcase and promos. A customer with a legitimate grievance is not a troll, and should not be treated that way.

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