Steve Blank
APRIL 16, 2020
Perhaps instead of working for the latest social media or ecommerce company or in retail or travel or hospitality, you might want to make people live healthier, longer and more productive lives. Or become an EMT , doctor or nurse. Or consider the impact remote learning has had in the pandemic.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
Without a clear explanation of why this had been done, startups, which were already being funded by ever-increasing pools of venture capital, abandoned cooperation with the Defense Department and focused on high returns on social media and commercial applications. The Pentagon can build a mindset, culture, and process to fix this.
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Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Their idea is that consumers will want a subscription service for short form entertainment (10-minute programs) for mobile rather than full length movies. Will consumers want to watch short-form mobile entertainment? Think YouTube meets Netflix). It’s an almost $2-billion-dollar bet based on a set of hypotheses.
Steve Blank
APRIL 14, 2013
The Chinese Social Media Landscape diagram below from Resonance does a great job of illustrating the players in the Chinese market. They’re used to using the web and increasingly the mobile web for everything, commerce, communication, games, etc. They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.) Unlike U.S.
Steve Blank
MARCH 31, 2014
Which brings me back to your mobile phones. It’s worth noting that everything from the Internet, to electric cars, genomic sequencing, mobile apps, and social media — were pioneered by startups, not existing companies. Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market. Apple owned 0%.
Steve Blank
APRIL 14, 2013
The Chinese Social Media Landscape diagram below from Resonance does a great job of illustrating the players in the Chinese market. They’re used to using the web and increasingly the mobile web for everything, commerce, communication, games, etc. They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.) Unlike U.S.
Steve Blank
MAY 19, 2015
They had reinvented a traditional print media category onto web and mobile devices for a new generation of users who were no longer buying magazines but reading online. Equally important their VP of Marketing had brilliantly executed a stream of social media campaigns (Facebook likes and partnerships, email campaigns, etc.)
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