Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2009

In the first part, they talk about the problem of bias that comes with doing analysis from any static mindset and they give plenty of examples of how a mindset acts as a filter that EXCLUDES ALL INFORMATION that doesn’t fit (Pearl Harbor, Cuban missile crisis, India’s nuclear testing, etc.).

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

And I remember staying in everything from little motels to big hotels and resorts, from National parks in Alaska to trips in India. She said, “Dad what I meant was that growing up we loved when we traveled. And as kids we never had any idea which was cheap and which was expensive. Now that I’m older, I’m starting to know what things cost.

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Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

In this admittedly very unscientific survey I’ve found that between a quarter and half of the students I consider “hard-core&# entrepreneurs/founders (working passionately to found a company,) self-identified as coming from a less than benign upbringing. I’ve been surprised at the data. Comments and brickbats welcomed.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

But over the years I realized his comment was actually an astute observation about the mental mindset of an entrepreneur, and therein lies the purpose of this post. In fact using uncertainty as your path is an advantage entrepreneurs share. You’re Hired, You’re Fired. I wore it as a badge of honor.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 10, 2010

Who is an entrepreneur really? It turns out that there are four distinct types of entrepreneurial organizations; s mall businesses , scalable startups , large companies and social entrepreneurs. Yet entrepreneurs in one class think that the others aren’t the “real” entrepreneurs. They all engage in entrepreneurship.

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Steve Blank

MAY 13, 2009

Reply subbu arumugam , on May 16, 2009 at 7:26 am Said: my dad did something like this when he was a med student in india – 1960s – not at the scale that mr blanks played his joke, however. Gravity Will be Turned Off « Steve Blank (tags: humor) Comments (0) [.]

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2009

But entrepreneurs can be great spouses and parents. When the kids got older our adventures took us to Mexico, Ecuador , India, Africa and Europe. As a single entrepreneur I had a philosophy of, “ I live to work ” – nothing was more exciting or important than my job. Alaska , Wyoming , Colorado , Washington , Oregon, Maine.)

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2015

I spoke with Steve about innovation in the movie industry, and to Venk about his journey from bureaucrat in India to entrepreneur here in the U.S., and his work helping other Indian entrepreneurs through TiE, the Indus Entrepreneur network. So I said OK, I’ll work here for a while, pay off the loan and then go to India.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

By the 1950’s Shumpeter observed that in-house R&D had replaced the inventor-entrepreneur. Our hyperconnected world is amplifying the effects of these companies and enabling them to have global impact, as seen with companies from Israel, India, China, and Brazil.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Risk capital has emerged in China, India and other countries where risk taking, innovation and liquidity is encouraged, on a scale previously only seen in the U.S. Over the last ten years, entrepreneurs began to understand that startups were not simply smaller versions of large companies. or Euro-centric phenomenon.

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MAY 9, 2017

Risk capital has emerged in China, India and other countries where risk taking, innovation and liquidity are encouraged, on a scale previously only seen in the U.S. Until then investors and entrepreneurs acted like startups were simply smaller versions of large companies. First, Venture Capital and angel investing is no longer a U.S.

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