SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

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Intellectual Property 175

Intellectual Property Aggregator Startup IP 175

Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2011

Incubators : toured the TechArb , the engineering student accelerator, and the Michigan Venture Center in the University’s Tech Transfer Office. Everyone I met in this program “gets” the principles of Agile, Lean and Customer Development big time. Venture Capital ; met with the local hardware/software venture capital firm.

Michigan 307

Michigan Silicon Valley Venture Capital Incubator 307

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Every summer, they bring approximately 10 companies to Boulder for an intense "accelerator" experience (dont call it an incubator, or youll get dirty looks). And do your customer development. More recently it's skewed to software & web. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May. .

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Continuous Deployment 113

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 3, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, July 3, 2009 Lean Startup fbFund wrap-up Last week I had a real blast meeting with the companies at the fbFund incubator at Palo Alto. Use some customer development to find out. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Cofounder 60

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

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. Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 120

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 120

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Unlike other incubator-led programs, this workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn, and it does not require companies take investment or give out equity. Im working on a future post where Ill share the details of how I used customer development to shape both the content and packaging of this event, so look for that soon.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

But these VC’s aren’t Lean because they fund startups with web-based distribution models. It’s because the startups are doing something very new that make them “Lean&# : These startups embrace customer and agile development that Eric Ries has been evangelizing. Lean Angels.

Lean 258

Lean Internet Silicon Valley Venture Capital 258

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 23, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Join the lean startup discussion at Facebook on Thursday I recently agreed to join Facebook s fbFund incubator as a mentor. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

Lean 74

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 74

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. He wanted to build direct customer relationships to get product feedback but only 2% of customers would ever return their registration cards. So when he saw the browser it instantly dawned on him that this would be the greatest customer development tool ever.

Product 350

Product Tuvalu Dilution Incubator 350

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

It sounds like youre assuming that your execution will be flawless, even something to be copied by competitors, but how can you know without testing it on the customer? Ideas are worthless when theyre another spin on a web 2.0 It was yet another Web 2.0 social network/web analysis/etc. Shocking, I know. Keep iterating.

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 22, 2009

The insights on customers and deployment methodologies have been fascinating, and I would like to hear your thoughts on co-founders & their relationships playing in to the other topics (for example, do you have the same 'no lone founders' rule that many of the incubators seem to adhere to?). Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.

Lean 76

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Startup 76

Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2013

In web/mobile startups the canonical view is the founding team consists of a hacker, a hustler, and a designer. Most startups that fail over team issues fail because co-founders hadn’t dated first, (spent time together in a Startup Weekend , worked together in an incubator , etc.) Customer Development Family/Career/Culture'

Cofounder 335

Cofounder Advisory Board Customer Development Leadership 335

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

The only problem is I haven’t found a problem or an industry – web, enterprise software, green tech, etc – where I feel passionate. However, i need a technical person (web developer) who can bring my vision to life. I am in the planning (and recruiting) stage for my web start-up. What/How should I do?

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Because then you’d miss out on: Whether it’s better experience to build a complete, tiny startup or to do more in-depth customer development for a meatier problem. Sign up for AppSumo 's daily deals specifically for web geeks & entrepreneurs. Especially if you don’t normally listen to podcasts?

Widget 204

Widget Cofounder Technical Review Software Review 204

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 13, 2011

As many teams as most startup incubators.). Filed under: Customer Development , Family/Career/Culture , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching. During the last 12 months we’ve taught 42 entrepreneurial teams with 147 students at Stanford , Berkeley, Columbia and the National Science Foundation. (As Get into the Class.

Startup 324

Startup Lean Engineer Business Model 324

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

This lets them deliver a first version of the product to customers in a fraction on the time. For products that are simply “bits” delivered over the web, a first product can be shipped in weeks rather than years. Startups traditionally required millions of dollars of funding just to get their first product to customers.

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley United States Venture Capital Software Review 335

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

This lets them deliver a series of minimal viable products to customers in a fraction of the time. For products that are simply “bits” delivered over the web, a first product can be shipped in weeks rather than years. Today open source software has slashed the cost of software development from millions of dollars to thousands.

Restful 222

Restful Silicon Valley Puerto Rico San Jose 222

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Useful blogs and links for startups Click Here ————– 2.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team? More here: [link] s.com/2010/0.

Technical Review 51

Technical Review Startup CTO Hire Cofounder 51

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Amazon Web Services. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Web Tools: Hereâ??s We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging. We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53