Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

Over my career as a serial entrepreneur I observed that since the late 1990s, no early-stage Silicon Valley investor had used business plans to screen investments. Done informally as part of an accelerator, yes, but not with a framework based on a clear process and clear pedagogy. Even those who asked for them never read them.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

While we were going to teach theory and frameworks, these students were going to get a hands-on experience in how to start a new company. It will be an improvement over mammography by detecting abnormal cells in an early stage, is radiation-free, and is 2-5 times less expensive than mammographs. to get hard-earned information.

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Steve Blank

JULY 1, 2014

While the posts were theory I was a bit surprised when John Selep , an early-stage investor, approached me and said he was actually using the Investment Readiness Level (IRL) in practice. The Investment Readiness Level makes the stages of development for the business very tangible. Here’s John’s story. But the ‘ah-hah!’

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

The first time a few brave corporate innovators tried to overlay the Lean tools and techniques that work in early-stage startups in an existing corporation, the result was chaos, confusion, frustration and ultimately, failure. They also realize that operating at all three horizons will require them to tolerate and resolve conflicts.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 2, 2011

Yet even with all these tools, early stage startups still need to physically meet with advisors and investors. We propose that early stage startups communicate in a way that didn’t exist in the 20 th century – online – collaboratively through blogs. That’s great if you can get it. for a business model.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

One can even make the case that getting Market Type right is the most valuable thing a marketer can do to add value and affect success in an early stage venture. as well as a potential revenue model (why not start with a framework for revenue?). This a hard concept and even harder to implement.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

And even more importantly, was there any way to reduce risk in early stage ventures? guiado por um framework comum e pouco questionado na indústria. Steve chama esse framework de Product Development Model. This product development diagram had become part of the DNA of Silicon Valley.

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