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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. Tech IPO prices exploded and subsequent trading prices rose to dizzying heights as the stock prices became disconnected from the traditional metrics of revenue and profits. The Rise of the Lean Startup.

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Why are There so Many Techno-Optimists?

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Spanning from Silicon Valley to Upper Manhattan and everywhere in between, it seems this country is overflowing with tech-optimists. As you know — a techno-optimist is someone who is generally optimistic about the current state of technology and its potential future. Can Tech Destroy Us? Why is this the case?

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The End of Innocence

Steve Blank

Their national technical means of verification made the world a safer place and hastened the end of the Soviet Union and the Cold War.) Is this behavior an outlier or is it the norm in the PR industry? All of us knew who they were, understood how important this site was for our country, and proud of the work we were doing.

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SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent.

Steve Blank

We will accomplish this through demand-creation activities (advertising, PR, tradeshows, seminars, web sites, etc.), competitive analyses, channel and customer collateral (white papers, data sheets, product reviews), customer surveys, and market requirements documents. The same was true for PR. I couldn’t care less about those.

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SuperMac War Story 5: Strategy versus Relentless Tactical.

Steve Blank

We had thought really hard about “ market type ” and decided to reposition the company from a technology provider to a solutions provider. Inside the covers of these publications our customers had said that it was the product reviews that most influenced their buying decisions. Theoretically, that’s why I hired them.

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Twitter Link Roundup #111 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. Poaching Etiquette: The Right Way To Take Tech Talent – [link]. One Strike and You’re Out: In Relationship Era, Bad PR Pitches Will not Be Tolerated – [link]. – [link].

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Rocket Science 5: Who Needs Domain Experts

Steve Blank

Meanwhile our company was pouring an enormous amount of dollars into building tools and video compression technology, while also hiring a lot of high-priced Hollywood talent like art directors, and script and story editors. Bring in some outside professionals to review our progress? Was my response to stop development of the games?