Steve Blank

JUNE 4, 2012

As the morning fog burns off the California coast, I am working with Steve Blank, preparing for the Lean LaunchPad Faculty Development Program we are running this August at U.C. The reality is that the United States is still a nation of small businesses. of the ~6 million companies in the U.S. Serendipity.

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Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2011

In the 1950’s the groundwork for a culture and environment of entrepreneurship were taking shape on the east and west coasts of the United States. This all changed in 1980 with the Genentech IPO. In 1980 Genentech became the first IPO of a venture funded biotech company. Filed under: Lean LaunchPad , Venture Capital.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

If youre registered to vote in the United States, and youd like your elected representatives to know that you support the Startup Visa, you can register your support in just two minutes at [link]. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

The idea is to enable up to 10,000 people per year to enter the United States if they are here to found a company that will employ US citizens. When Dave presented this to the White House and State Department audience, he got a favorable reaction. Its actually part of a lean startup story. The Geeks are doing their part.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

The lesson for planners and economic developers is to focus on long-term, not short-term developmental trajectories. Silicon Valley was the fastest growing region in the United States during the late 1970s and early 1980s; but that growth came out of a place, not a technology. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The motivation in the mid 1950’s for these new startups was a crisis – we were in the midst of the cold war and the United States military and intelligence agencies were rearming as fast as they could. While existing companies took some of the business, often it was a graduate student or professor who started a new company.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

These IPOs meant that technology companies didn’t have to get acquired to raise money or get their founders and investors liquid. Interestingly enough, Fred Terman, Dean of Stanford Engineering was tied to all three companies. into believing it was behind the Soviet Union in innovation. More on this in the next post.

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