Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I would discover that there was a more effective alternative in building a marketing department than hiring traditional marketers with MBA’s. .&# I would discover that there was a more effective alternative in building a marketing department than hiring traditional marketers with MBA’s. Context here.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Another way to learn more about who’s speaking is to sort the conference program by category and find people addressing specific topics. Experienced entrepreneurs We’ve got speakers who are justifiably respected by a lot of entrepreneurs. Now he’s VP of engineering at Dropbox , where he’s seeing similar growth.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Along the way I also learned yet another way entrepreneurs see the world differently from their investors. One of the first potential advisors I reached out to was someone who 10 years earlier tried to hire me as the VP of Marketing of his new division at Sun Microsystems. Great entrepreneurs see opportunities before others do.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

My ex-boss was going to be the VP of Engineering and I would report to the CEO whose marketing acumen and sales instincts seemed at the time to be telepathic and sense of theater was legend. The culture and work ethic of Convergent had earned it the title “the Marine Corps of Silicon Valley”.

North Carolina 125

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Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

Their engineering teams didn’t have the expertise using off-the-shelf microprocessors (back then “real” computer companies designed their own instruction sets and operating systems.) They couldn’t keep up with the fast product development times that were enabled by using standard microprocessors. Their engineers hated us.

Technology 138

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

But Feinleib has a valid point and many of the best entrepreneurs know it. Maybe they don’t hire fast enough or they’re too short-tempered to attract top talent. In one way or another, someone on your board has been indicating to you that it’s time to ramp it up well before the ultimate conversation ever takes place.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

But Feinleib has a valid point and many of the best entrepreneurs know it. Maybe they don’t hire fast enough or they’re too short-tempered to attract top talent. In one way or another, someone on your board has been indicating to you that it’s time to ramp it up well before the ultimate conversation ever takes place.

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