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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. What metrics do we use to see if we learned enough in Customer Discovery ? Customer Development is unhelpful here.

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Burnout « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

I was hired as a training instructor to teach microprocessor system design for the existing Z-80 family and to write a new course for Zilog’s soon to be launched 16-bit processor, the Z-8000. So our people in the field could correct any egregious design advice I gave to customers who mattered. You created it and own it.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

In December 1941, the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, and Germany declares war on the United States. We flew these unarmed planes in and out of Germany alongside our bombers and basically built up the “radar order of battle.&# That led me back to the history of radar in World War II – and a story you may not know.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VIII: The Rise of.

Steve Blank

But unlike the majority of existing tube manufacturers in the valley who were making products for radios, Stanford Electronics Research Lab tube group had a special customer with very special needs – the U.S. So what exactly was the Electronics Research Lab designing? Air Force and its Strategic Air Command.

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Product Scorecard Stages

SVPG

Until we have this product, it doesn't make sense to spend money on sales and marketing and incremental hiring. I usually encourage this to be the sole scorecard KPI during this phase because I like the results that come from a single-minded dedication to happy, referenceable customers. Everything is hard.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Steve Blank

Smarter Intelligence One of the major differences between the war with Germany and the cold war confrontation with the Soviet Union had to do with access. Unlike Germany in World War II, the U.S. Air Force’s long range bombing arm and the designated instrument of Armageddon. The Soviet Union was a closed country.

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Startup Resources

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Whether you’re wondering what site search you should use or what is the best email marketing tool, knowledge is power. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Inbound Marketing vs Interruption marketing. Email marketing. Market Research. Customer service. Lean Methodology Sources.