Customer Development Forecast Lean Management 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. Given the stock market was buying “the story and vision” of anything internet, inflated expectations were more important than traditional metrics like customers, growth, revenue, or heaven forbid, profits. The Rise of the Lean Startup. But NewTV doesn’t plan on testing these hypotheses.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
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. And without revenue how do we know if we achieved product/market fit to exit Customer Validation?” It’s an impressive portfolio.
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Steve Blank
JUNE 18, 2013
The Lean LaunchPad entrepreneurship curriculum has caught fire. I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. I read a ton of existing literature and came up with a formal methodology for search I called Customer Development. It’s called the Lean Startup. Victor Hugo.
Steve Blank
MAY 23, 2016
And there are more to come: your first job, getting married, buying a house, having a child, becoming a manager, starting a company, retirement – and eventually commencement speaker. Over the last decade I’ve watched the Lean Startup approach to entrepreneurship take off. In 33% of the commencement speeches this year, 2.8
Steve Blank
JUNE 18, 2013
The Lean LaunchPad entrepreneurship curriculum has caught fire. I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. I read a ton of existing literature and came up with a formal methodology for search I called Customer Development. It’s called the Lean Startup. Victor Hugo.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 7, 2010
This Stanford class will introduce management tools for entrepreneurs. We’ll build the class around the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. Finally, you’ll see how agile development can help you rapidly iterate your product to build something customers will use and buy.
Startup Lessons Learned
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
Last May, I shared the news that long-time Lean Startup advocates Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits were working on a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur featuring illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK. LitMotors approach to using Lean Startup to create a new vehicle category. That new book is about to hit bookstores everywhere.
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