Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
This post describes how following the traditional product development can lead to a “startup death spiral.&# In the next posts that follow, I’ll describe how this model’s failures led to the Customer Development Model – offering a new way to approach startup sales and marketing activities. Now the company is in crisis mode.
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
Eighty some pages later I realized that a) I had some great war stories as a good marketeer and failed CEO, b) I’d have to pay my wife and kids to read them, c) the three of them were probably the entire total available market, and d) when I looked at what I had done and what other entrepreneurs had done at their startups, that there was a pattern.
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crowdSPRING Blog
DECEMBER 27, 2010
So I considered resources that I use on a regular basis, that provide real value to me in my own life as a startup co-Founder and that I think others will benefit from. A really nice travel rewards program is vital for startups on limited budgets. This is what I get when I read Paul Graham.
YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 5, 2013
Real-time points and mileage redemption appeared at the POS, first introduced over a decade ago and now going mainstream. I have been involved in many of these innovations, mainly through my last startup venture, a company that became the world’s leading provider of credit card loyalty solutions with bank customers in 30 countries.
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 20, 2015
The most glorious media story arc is rags to riches to rags with redemption back to riches. If suddenly I’m needed for something, or get an assignment from the CEO or anyone else on the leadership team, I get after it. Great startup communities work the same way. Most of all, I want to provide leadership through doing.
crowdSPRING Blog
OCTOBER 19, 2015
Violence followed by confession leads to redemption right? Photo, Wikimedia: Sodium amytal – the “truth serum” Related posts: Small Business and Startups: Cultivate Trust and Nurture Loyalty. Small Business and Startups: What Type of Boss Are You? Telling the truth conjures images of cherry trees and axes.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 30, 2015
I’ve been lucky enough to screw up by both funding my startup too early and too late. I then signed off on an ugly redemption clause without analyzing the waterfall in an average exit scenario. See Also: How to Pick the Right Attorney for Your Startup. See Also: 10 Ways to Develop Your Leadership Team.
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