Steve Blank

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Large companies have a habit of hiring outside agencies to do market research and customer discovery. You can’t hire outside professionals to test and learn from customer interactions and make decisions for you. Remedy: For radically new ideas you should defer hiring outside agencies until you’ve found product/market fit.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Large companies have a habit of hiring outside agencies to do market research and customer discovery. You can’t hire outside professionals to test and learn from customer interactions and make decisions for you. Remedy: For radically new ideas you should defer hiring outside agencies until you’ve found product/market fit.

Non-Compete 120

Non-Compete Agile Business Model San Francisco 120

Steve Blank

JANUARY 29, 2016

In 2011, she served as a as a US Delegate to the APEC Women in Business Summit in San Francisco. And people would hire me to put on these events with the idea that if I captured enough rich people, that would do it. She was the 2012 National Women in Business Champion for the Small Business Administration.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Monaco San Francisco Cofounder 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 5, 2017

Everyone in San Francisco? Founders ask me all the time whether they should hire a PR agency. Hiring a PR agency too early is a sign that the CEO is treating this as someone else’s problem. Select the messenger you want to carry your message. Step 1: Who’s the Audience(s)? Is it all the people on earth?

Marketing 310

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2009

I was hired as a training instructor to teach microprocessor system design for the existing Z-80 family and to write a new course for Zilog’s soon to be launched 16-bit processor, the Z-8000. Two Jobs at Once When I was hired at Zilog part of the deal was that I could consult for the first six months for my last employer, ESL.

Silicon Valley 175

Silicon Valley Chad RSS San Francisco 175

Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2021

I knew I’d never wait for another taxi in San Francisco again. Even if the first MVP isn’t a hit, you’ll be building the muscle needed for the company such as making key hires. The faster and more simply your product can prove its worth, the higher rate of conversion from tire-kickers to retained customers.

Product 436

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2009

In ten years, from the early 1950′s to the early 1960′s, the valley went through a hiring frenzy as jobs in microwave companies went from 700 to 7,000. Poulsen Wireless was later bought by Federal Telegraph of San Francisco. Poulsen Wireless Telephone and Telegraph Company was founded in Palo Alto in 1909.

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