Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. IPOs dried up. Some have labeled this period as irrational exuberance. Then one day it was over.
SoCal CTO
AUGUST 3, 2010
Welcome to the Lost Decade (for Entrepreneurs, IPO’s and VC’s) - Steve Blank , July 15, 2010 If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn’t the decade to do it. Customer Validation needs to have the CEO actively involved.
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Steve Blank
APRIL 13, 2013
Facebook was too frightening to Chinese censors, so Renren is the leading social media player. Liquidity for most Internet startups happens via IPO’s. 70% of exits in China are via IPO (in the U.S. Beijing’s VC’s primarily invest in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications segment.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 14, 2009
The response so far has been nothing short of overwhelming, and I want to especially thank those of you who participated in the survey and customer validation exercise that helped shape this event. Twitter about it or post it to a social media site? For now, Id like to ask a favor.
Steve Blank
APRIL 13, 2013
Facebook was too frightening to Chinese censors, so Renren is the leading social media player. Liquidity for most Internet startups happens via IPO’s. 70% of exits in China are via IPO (in the U.S. Beijing’s VC’s primarily invest in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications segment.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 16, 2010
It requires separating the product launch from the marketing launch (see Dont Launch ) as well as other staple Lean Startup tactics: minimum viable product, split-testing, customer development and the pivot. SlideShare asked customers what they had expected in the product; the responses were often literal descriptions.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 24, 2009
The key tools of this new marketing are: targeting, filtering, and customer insight. Mass blasts of information are ineffective, because the broadcast channels are suffering from information overload (even in social media). The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?
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