Customer Development Marketing Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder 
Steve Blank
JULY 7, 2015
Eric was the very first practitioner of my Customer Development methodology which became the core of the the Lean methodology. He later co-founded and served as CTO of IMVU and then authored The Lean Startup. Listen to my entire chat with Eric: If you can’t hear the interview, click here. Taking My Class.
Steve Blank
MAY 29, 2011
But he left to work on what he told me he came to do - crack the innovation code of Silicon Valley and share it with the rest of the world. They also over-invest in solo founders and founding teams without technical cofounders despite indicators that show that these teams have a much lower probability of success.
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Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2009
Posted on June 11, 2009 by steveblank When my students ask me about whether they should be a founder or cofounder of a startup I ask them to take a walk around the block and ask themselves: Are you comfortable with: Chaos – startups are disorganized Uncertainty – startups never go per plan Are you: Resilient – at times you will fail – badly.
Steve Blank
MAY 11, 2009
The Cinepak codec was written by the engineer who would become my cofounder at Rocket Science Games.) This is the first way to get video into a computer, we’re going to sell and market this board like there’s no tomorrow. People who aren’t current customers of our graphics boards will get to know our company and brand.
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
Post launch, if you gain traction, is where the business person will help take the load off of the technical folks. The business person can take all the meetings while the technical folks work on making the product better. Especially if you aren’t from around Silicon Valley. I look forward to your next update!
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JANUARY 16, 2011
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