Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2013

In 2006, as a new employee of the Fortune 100 provider of wireless technology and services, San Diego’s Qualcomm , I volunteered to salvage a fledging idea management system (fancy term for an online suggestion box) by turning into a comprehensive corporate entrepreneurship program. . ———-. The origin. The design challenge.

Programming 297

Programming Design Lean Seed Money 297

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Once you have assembled the right core team, I recommend prioritizing as follows: First, meet with your portfolio company management. Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe advertises that “60% of WCAS XII portfolio companies benefit from repeat management.” Customer Development. Extends network dramatically.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2013

In 2006, as a new employee of the Fortune 100 provider of wireless technology and services, San Diego’s Qualcomm , I volunteered to salvage a fledging idea management system (fancy term for an online suggestion box) by turning into a comprehensive corporate entrepreneurship program. . ———-. The origin. The design challenge.

Programming 289

Programming Design Lean Seed Money 289

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Ben Horowitz ’s book The Hard Thing About Hard Things is driving the conversation around startup management this year. Bob Sutton is a Stanford professor and the author of several best-selling books on standout management, including Scaling Up Excellence , an investigation of high-growth companies. Eric Ries will interview him.

Lean 165

Lean Fractional CTO Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE 165

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

I gave a talk last night to the Silicon Valley Product Management Association. It’s a San Francisco Bay Area forum for networking, jobs and education for over 500 Product Management professionals. product managers in a startup can either be an asset or an albatross. Filed under: Customer Development.

Silicon Valley 264

Silicon Valley Management San Francisco Product 264

Steve Blank

JANUARY 27, 2011

student of our MS&E department at Stanford ,) where they are set on being a leader in developing the management science of entrepreneurship. This startup search process is the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. The 47th (-46) Annual Business Model Competition.

Business Model 281

Business Model Utah Intellectual Property Agile 281

Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. While I had managed to persuade two great VC’s to teach the class with me ( Jon Feiber and Ann Miura-ko ), what if I was wasting their time?

Lean 303

Lean Business Model Customer Development Guinea 303

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. This engineering manager is a smart guy, and very experienced.

Software Review 164

Software Review Engineer Management Technical Review 164

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Although the class was run completely online, and even though they were suffering from Zoom fatigue, the 10 teams of 42 students collectively interviewed 1,142 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, industry partners, etc. Team Fleetwise – Vehicle Fleet Management. All the presentations are worth a watch.

Lean 410

Lean Security Asia SBIR 410

Steve Blank

JANUARY 15, 2017

And finally this bill acknowledges that networks of entrepreneurs and mentors are critical in getting technologies translated from the lab to the marketplace. It resolved partisan differences over how NSF should conduct peer review and manage research. Reauthorization bills don’t fund an agency, but they provide policy guidance.

Lean 262

Lean Technical Review Government Programming 262

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

By developing these skills, you can set yourself on the path to becoming an effective leader. Communication And Networking Skills. Good communication and networking skills are essential in any profession. Time Management Skills. One way to improve your time management skills is to keep a daily planner.

Florida 158

Florida Leadership Networking Management 158

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The growth of social networking, the spread of mobile devices, and the advances in the use of cloud computing have changed how people consume content from the news and media industry. This is made possible by the implementation of an API management layer. The interaction between these systems has to be very fast.

API 149

API Media Agile Technical Review 149

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Will Price , October 11, 2010 Georgians Should Vote No - Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby , October 28, 2010 Free Software for Managing a Lean Startup - Platforms and Networks , January 17, 2010 Purpose Driven Life - Journey of a Serial Entrepreneur , July 26, 2010 Two Decade-Defining Acquisitions?

Silicon Valley 378

Silicon Valley Startup Term Sheet Venture Capital 378

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Management 101. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 326

Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2018

On places like Facebook, where the CPM (cost to reach 1,000) is the cheapest of any ad network ever: Source. These don’t require coding skills—they’re usually visual templates that are easy to use but don’t allow for great customization (that would require technical skills). Custom development. WordPress DIY.

Entrepreneur 107

Entrepreneur Technical Review Hosting SEO 107

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

In the last decade Torch managed to break free of China’s state central planning bureaucracies. It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'

Programming 175

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 175

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc. It is the key to “customer development” that Steve Blank talks about. I felt the same way.

PR 279

PR Technical Review Portfolio Customer Development 279

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Instead, you ask neighbors or friends — your peer network — what or whom they’re using. They can do this by expanding the buyer’s network of peers who can provide trustworthy information and advice based on their own experience with the product or service. Find and leverage your customer influencers. How respected is she?

Social Media 164

Social Media Media Marketing Software Review 164

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

When Evan Rifkin of.App/Ads launched a new ad network for iPhone (and soon to be other devices) applications I knew he would have a very strong offering out of the box. He’s built two ad network companies – he knows what he’s doing. I’ll always point out when I am.). I learned the domain lesson myself.

San Diego 267

San Diego Entrepreneur Philadelphia Cloud 267

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Since Mei and Bill were networking, there would be a lot to learn if they talked to the founders of startups that built products similar to theirs, but didn’t make it. CBInsights has a collection of 300+ startup failure post-mortems , and Crunchbase has a startup failure database. Both of these are required reading. And others exist.

Bandwidth 296

Bandwidth Database Venture Capital Demand 296

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

She might be a “promoter” of your firm in Net Promoter Score (NPS) surveys, a member of several associations that interest you, and an avid social media networker, he explains. Third, they have access — and want to gain more access — to influential networks that contain more buyers like them. Second, they’re eager to tell it.

Customer 154

Customer Fractional CTO Canada Technical Review 154

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Management 101. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

China 218

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 218

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Reply Gordon Shephard , on October 9, 2009 at 12:16 am Said: For those who thought the CEO was being abusive – keep in mind that he was dealing with someone who need to work with customers, and keep his cool in the face of that level of, shall we call it, “passion&# , and more. Customer development isn’t just for [.]

Silicon Valley 282

Silicon Valley RSS Customer Development California 282

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The project has launched a survey to investigate "the science of startups," lessons from which it plans to incorporate into blackbox, a new seed accelerator that was created with the merger of techVenture, Cofounder Network, Founders First and Startup School.

Software Review 157

Software Review Merger Cofounder Startup 157

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2017

Here are some of the practical and creative ways to improve your customer’s online experience: 1. Engage your customers. In this age it technology has made customer engagement quite simple. It could inversely work to draw in new clientele through existing customer networks.

Software Review 133

Software Review Technical Review Retention Channel 133

Steve Blank

JANUARY 15, 2017

And finally this bill acknowledges that networks of entrepreneurs and mentors are critical in getting technologies translated from the lab to the marketplace. It resolved partisan differences over how NSF should conduct peer review and manage research. Reauthorization bills don’t fund an agency, but they provide policy guidance.

Lean 120

Lean Technical Review Government Programming 120

David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

The objective of the research is to define a blueprint for how investors can help portfolio companies succeed through operational (non-financial) support, including but not limited to facilitating shared services, recruiting, knowledge sharing, and enhancing management skills.

Portfolio 144

Portfolio Private Equity Venture Capital Early Stage 144

ConversionXL

JANUARY 24, 2014

It’s Not A Conversion Problem, It’s A Customer Development Problem. Think About Customer Experience, Not Just Conversion Optimization. Business Development Is All About Relationships. Even though Hunter goes over this very briefly in the beginning, he talks about the different types of partnerships he manages.

Developer 104

Developer API Cofounder New Jersey 104

Version One Ventures

APRIL 20, 2021

We’re excited to announce our investment in Filebase , the first S3-compatible object storage platform powered by decentralized storage networks. Decentralized storage networks are among the most distributed and secure networks in the world, but they can also require custom development and complex integration.

API 100

API Portfolio Distribution Networking 100

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2012

What could make more sense than to leverage the enthusiasm of happy customers to convince buyers that they need your products and services? And in an increasingly social and networked world — not to mention an economy where every dollar of revenue is critical — this type of third party validation is more important than ever.

Programming 145

Programming Customer Social Media Advisory Board 145

Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2009

Berkeley Haas Business School was courageous enough to give me a forum teach the Customer Development Methodology. The arc converter basically used the negative resistance of the an electric arc to cancel the positive resistance of an LC network thereby causing it to oscillate in a pure narrow-band CW frequency (aka Q-tuning).

Silicon Valley 294

Silicon Valley RSS San Francisco Technical Review 294

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

Second, doing customer discovery via video actually increased the number of interviews the students were able to do each week. The eight teams spoke to over 945 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc.

Oakland 312

Oakland Asia Lean Video 312

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

If you don’t have customers, our articles on customer development and how to write compelling copy without customers can help you get started. Build a solid network of relevant tweeters with similar audiences to help distribute and amplify your message. Other social networks.

Acquisition 111

Acquisition Software Review PPC Analytics 111

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Instead, buyers are checking out product and service information in their own way, often through the Internet, their social network, or just plain word-of-mouth or customer reviews. It’s a myth that social networks and their technologies are creating new approaches to marketing. One is known as ‘Mr.

Marketing 234

Marketing Software Review Technical Review Social Network 234

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

This second kind of seed financing can be a double-edged sword for the entrepreneur and company if not very carefully managed. Early customer development talks are going great which keeps the team really excited. This is all a part of the normal product and customer development process,” the CEO tells the team.

Burn Rate 152

Burn Rate Equity Software Review Early Stage 152

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

What CEOs, management teams and shareholders care about is growth —revenue growth, greater user adoption, increased market share, bigger margins, etc. Big companies know how to scale—most have a lot to learn about starting (as in Lean Startup) but they know how to leverage assets, use network effects, plan and execute.

Lean 329

Lean Nepal Cofounder Customer Development 329