ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford's Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. Steve Blank is a retired serial entrepreneur, educator, thought leader and creator of the rigorous "Customer Development" methodology detailed in his book, "The Four Steps to the Epiphany."

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

When Customer Development and the Lean Startup were just a sketch on the napkin, Dino Vendetti, a VC at Bay Partners, was one of the first venture capitalists I shared my ideas with. Dino and I kept in touch as he moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Entrepreneurs in Bend.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Olin College Foundry Program. link] – Not a meetup, but a great mentorship program started by serial CTO Sean Lindsay. Startup Institute – Practical training program to prepare you to join a startup. Lean Startup Circle Boston – Meetup dedicated to the lean startup and customer development methodology.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Your most powerful growth engine is your existing customer. Short, well-told customer story videos proved most powerful, exponentially increasing engagement and lead generation for Intel. Community marketing is the best way to leverage Rock Star customers. That’s right.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

Weve got a new scholarship program up and running. Each part of the program is organized around one phase of the Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop and begins with a keynote address from a heavy hitter: Steve Blank on Customer Development, Randy Komisar on "Getting to Plan B" and - a third person, not-yet-announced-but-extremely-cool-trust-me.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

If you are a practitioner of Customer Development, ESL was doing it before most us were born. The Army offered Fred Terman, the Dean of Engineering at Stanford, a $5M contract to build an electronics countermeasures lab. HP had an ethical culture, entrepreneurial spirit, and deep Stanford engineering department connections.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward. We were mostly selling our product to engineers. A lot of them do not have the engineering talent that companies in the Valley do.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward. We were mostly selling our product to engineers. A lot of them do not have the engineering talent that companies in the Valley do.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Hacking for Diplomacy is a new course from the Management Science and Engineering department in Stanford’s Engineering school and Stanford’s International Policy Studies program that will be first offered in the Fall of 2016. Advance democracy, human rights, and other global interests. Support U.S.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. – The Torch Program. In size, scale and commercial results China’s Torch Program from MOST (the Ministry of Science and Technology) is the most successful entrepreneurial program in the world. government’s SBIR and STTR programs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

The human tendency to moralize about debt affects engineers, too. This reverses the standard intuition about what engineering activities add value, which usually concludes that test coverage is a form of necessary waste but a refactoring is value-added work. From this holistic viewpoint, we can optimize accordingly.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

When I first encountered customer development , it was considered pure lunacy by mainstream entrepreneurs and VCs. Entrepreneurship is the life-blood of our global civilization. When I first encountered customer development , it was considered pure lunacy by mainstream entrepreneurs and VCs. We all owe you.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Hacking for Diplomacy is a new course from the Management Science and Engineering department in Stanford’s Engineering school and Stanford’s International Policy Studies program that will be first offered in the Fall of 2016. Advance democracy, human rights, and other global interests. Support U.S.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

— I just watched a very smart company try to manage innovation by hiring a global consulting firm to offload engineering from “distractions.” This was a very large and established tech company; its engineering organization developed the core day-to-day capabilities of the organization. There’s a much better way.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. – The Torch Program. In size, scale and commercial results China’s Torch Program from MOST (the Ministry of Science and Technology) is the most successful entrepreneurial program in the world. government’s SBIR and STTR programs.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

And in comes the Google App Engine as Google's offering in this context. Well, it turns out that to port long tail productivity apps to Google's App Engine is a somewhat cumbersome job, and requires a lot of custom development. Building new apps is also not as simple. Enter OrangeScape. Multi Angular Force Generator.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 23, 2009

Priority will be given to employees of companies participating in the fbFund REV program, but I am confident that there will be room for members of the general public who want to attend. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? If youd like to reserve a spot, please RSVP.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Exact dates for all events arent yet pinned down, but heres what Im working on so far: October 28 for a TBA event in Paris, November 2-7 for a series of events in Malmo, Sweden including Øredev , and ending with a workshop at the Martti Ahtisaari Institute of Global Business and Economics at the University of Oulu. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I spent last week at a global Fortune 50 company offsite watching them grapple with disruption. Currently a market leader, they’re watching a new and relentless competitor with more money, more people and more advanced technology appear seemingly out of nowhere, attempting to grab customers and gain market share.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

After quitting my job and starting Sorced , I spent a few months validating my business concept by creating the product mockups and doing customer development. Consequently, I either needed a tech co-founder or to pay someone to develop the product. Given those criteria, where are the watering holes to find these engineers?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

So heres my simple question: What do folks in Washington need to know about the global community of entrepreneurs? Id like to see if we can come up with policy suggestions, concerns, or questions that might promote entrepreneurship generally - and globally. You can see the design of the program here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

You cant make these global efficiency improvements until you get clear about the goal of your development process. That leads to a seemingly-obvious question: what is progress in software development? Labels: agile , continuous deployment , lean startup , product development , Test-driven development 4comments: Nivi said.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Do some Customer Development instead. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Again, its critical to focus your marketing launch on those publications, venues, and channels that your potential partners are paying attention to. Help you raise money. But dont be too sure.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 4, 2013

That includes Monday talks like Eric Ries on the state of the startup; Kimberly Bryant of Black Girls Code on accomplishing a lot with limited resources; Dan Milstein on balancing risk, information, time and money; Kent Beck on Jazz Engineering; plus meaty interviews with Mutt Mullenweg and Reid Hoffman.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

If you’re looking for a designer, engineer, or biz marketing guy – go to meetups / conferences that those people would go to. With that live, you’ll be able to show other smart engineers and advisors that you’re willing to take some risk and build something. I’m learning how to program. Should I require and NDA?

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 6, 2008

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Amazon PostRank

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 24, 2014

Dino Vendetti a VC at Bay Partners, moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Over the years Dino and I brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Part 3: Engineering a Regional Tech Cluster. Is it creating a job works program?

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

In addition, if you’re an early stage startup and you’re still doing customer development , it’s too early for MVT. The faster you move, the faster you can get to the next value as well, also increasing the outcome of your program. However, makes sure your priorities align with your testing program. Does it matter?

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 22, 2010

Like other industries -- from publishing to automobiles -- entrepreneurship is in the process of being disrupted by globalization. We will not lose on their products -- after all, most of them are global. Like other industries -- from publishing to automobiles -- entrepreneurship is in the process of being disrupted by globalization.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2010

In a forthcoming article Ive written advocating for the Startup Visa , I wrote this: Like other industries – from publishing to automobiles – entrepreneurship is in the process of being disrupted by globalization. The Lean Startup Cohort program. The Lean Startup Cohort program. Heres a preview of what Im working on.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

They pay expenses in a formal 3-month program while a startup builds something impressive enough to raise money on a larger scale. The globalization of entrepreneurship means the worldwide pool of potential startups has increased at least ten fold since the turn of this century. or Euro-centric phenomenon. Happy Thanksgiving.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Firebase : Are all your developers front-end engineers? Google Custom Search Engine. Google App Engine. Search Engine Optimization Tools. usability testing for designers and developers. Google App Engine â?? Codeacademy. Steve Blank.

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