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Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – The Startup Genome Project

Steve Blank

The email continued, &# The problem I’m working on is that many founders are either making uninformed decisions or inefficiently learning the new skills they need. The solution I’m exploring is a just in time learning methodology that accelerates founders’ learning curve by aggregating relevant content, peers and mentors.&#.

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How to find that first big customer

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Maybe you worked there or a co-founder or investor has some juice). The contract says you retain the IP and are allowed to sell a product like this to other companies. make for not putting customer development before writing code. You land a contract to build them the solution. You’re just stalling.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process.

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StartupRoar - Great Content for Startups

SoCal CTO

As you might imagine, when you go to the page on Customer Development , you find the best and the latest content from people like Steve Blank and Vinicius Vacanti. Or looking at issues around Founders you find the great post from Ben Yoskovitz on Founder DNA – How Investors Evaluate Startup Founders.

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Lesson Learned in Medical Devices

Steve Blank

Basil Ayish , MBA, Business Development. Clare Pak , Business Development. Allan May founder of Life Science Angels was the Medical Device cohort instructor. The Knox team was a great mix of hands-on device engineers and business development. In medical devices, understanding reimbursement, regulation and IP is critical.

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Fear of Failure and Lack of Speed In a Large Corporation

Steve Blank

Bob looked wistful, “Our founders built a company known for taking risks and moving fast. Filed under: Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan , Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development. Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan Business Model versus Business Plan Customer Development'

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The Pay-It-Forward Culture: Silicon Valley's Practical Generosity

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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." In 1975, a young unknown, wannabe entrepreneur called the Founder/CEO of Intel, Bob Noyce and asked for advice.