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Ardent 3: Supercomputer Porn

Steve Blank

Intelligence As I leafed through the Cray sales material, a glossy magazine with the headline Cray Channels jumped out of the pile. Did Cray ever publish any more of these magazines?” I looked at the cover of the magazine again and almost fell off my chair. These magazines had been published for the last seven years.

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SuperMac War Story 5: Strategy versus Relentless Tactical.

Steve Blank

Why did we believe that these magazines would care? At the time desktop publishing was one of the mainstays of the Macintosh market, and therefore the readership of these magazines reflected the demographics of the Mac. My rule was no magazine could review our boards without us present.

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Rocket Science 5: Who Needs Domain Experts

Steve Blank

Look, we’re on the cover of Wired magazine. While the Rocket Science press juggernaut moved inexorably forward, a few troubling facts kept trying to bubble up into my consciousness. Call a board meeting and say we may have a serious problem? I said, “That can’t be true! The press is saying we are the hottest super group around. Now In Print!

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SuperMac War Story 2: Facts Exist Outside the Building, Opinions.

Steve Blank

What magazines did they read? Three publications: In our market there were a myriad of magazines to read. Since this was the marketing department, I was going to be planning to spend some advertising and public relations dollars. It would be great to know how they got news and information about new products and new companies.

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Rocket Science 4: The Press is Our Best Product

Steve Blank

Judging by the ink we had gotten, we were the hottest company in the game business, with stories in Fortune, Forbes, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and the cover of Wired magazine. Yet we hadn’t shipped a single product. While it felt wonderful at the time, this was a very bad idea. To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print!

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Nathan Chan: Young Aussie Entrepreneur Turns Foundr Digital Magazine Into A Six Figure Business And Grows Instagram Following To 500,000+

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

[ Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] Several years ago, shortly after moving to Melbourne Australia, I received a message from a local named Nathan Chan. Back then it was early days for Nathan, still working a full time job and just the start of his online magazine, Foundr.