Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. It’s just taking some longer than others.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2009

In the last three posts, we drew the relationship of market risk and invention risk with vertical markets and pointed out verticals where customer development would be useful. In contrast to simply executing your business plan, the Customer Development process is built on low-cost and continuous learning and iterating.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Sloan realized that the traditional centralized management structures (like General Motors had in 1920) were poor fits for the management of GM’s already diverse product lines. This time in what would become Silicon Valley. But the spirit of Billy Durant would rise again.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 17, 2009

I plan to apply these models to my own ventures, especially within new contexts separate from software and web development. The problem is that the most authentic innovators and entrepreneurs are in the Valley. I want more than anything to come to Silicon Valley after I graduate and join the vibrant ecosystem.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2010

His posts are born of tremendous research into the secret history of Silicon Valley , and if you haven’t read those essays, you should. My belief is that the root cause of the IPO shortage is that successful startup companies cannot find productive ways to invest large amounts of money to scale anymore.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

This is the simplest version of your product minus the frills and frosting. It’s a particularly popular strategy in the world of product development and is used to quickly and quantitatively test a product or a product feature. You can learn more about the agile development methodology on Version One’s site.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Especially if you aren’t from around Silicon Valley. I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product. thanks to advice like yours, people like me spent that time developing rather than begging for money. How to have good startup? [.]

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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. 1) Hire A’s.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. free, distributed source code control management system. Great for visualizing work of product development. Customer Development. Silicon Roundabout. silicon valley. Silicon Valley Bank. Silicon Wadi. Codeacademy.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

I agree that listening and communicating is a key to success, but customer development can only do so much. Loyalty is not something that people distribute to all and any that they come into contact with regardless of warrant. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever. "Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?" John Furrier , Silicon Valley is my playground - Liv.

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