Steve Blank

MAY 13, 2013

I grew up in New York City and for a few years heaven on earth for me was going to Boy Scout camp in the summer near the Delaware River. In the last 20 years 3 billion people have gained access to the web. The web is not a benign environment. And it’s just going to get worse. I think we’re missing something.

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Security Intellectual Property New York City Delaware 152

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Joining me in SiriusXM’s studio in New York were: Carmen Medina , former director of the Center for the Study of Intelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency and co-author of Rebels at Work. Intellipedia helped show the way for many other “Web 2.0” Don Burke , digital architect for the Central Intelligence Agency.

Wiki 120

Wiki Entrepreneur Cofounder Government 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Silicon Valley, New York). Rather than invent a new form of corporate governance, venture investors adopted the traditional board meeting structure from large corporations. Angel investments in mobile and web apps today are approaching the “throw it against the wall and see if it sticks” strategy. Here’s how.

Silicon Valley 290

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

This was a modern city in a hurry to make a first impression – think of what Rome looked like in the time of the empire or New York in the 1920’s – now it’s Beijing announcing that China has arrived. First, I was amazed by the physical impact of the city itself. The numbers of mobile subscribers are staggering – 1.18

Silicon Valley 267

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Silicon Valley, New York). Rather than invent a new form of corporate governance, venture investors adopted the traditional board meeting structure from large corporations. Angel investments in mobile and web apps today are approaching the “throw it against the wall and see if it sticks” strategy. Here’s how.

Silicon Valley 258

Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 258

Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2013

Military Academy at West Point in New York, founded in 1802 to educate Army officers. The Coast Guard Academy opened in New London Connecticut in 1876. The Air Force Academy is one of the four U.S. military service academies (academy is a fancy word for 4-year college.) The oldest is the Army’s U.S.

Silicon Valley 255

Silicon Valley Colorado Lean Connecticut 255

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Joining me in SiriusXM’s studio in New York were: Kathy Ku , executive director of Stanford University’s Office of Technology Licensing. Prior to joining Columbia, Orin spent seven years with the Boston Consulting Group’s New York office. Orin Herskowitz , executive director of Columbia Technology Ventures.

Government 120

Government Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Silicon Valley 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

This was a modern city in a hurry to make a first impression – think of what Rome looked like in the time of the empire or New York in the 1920’s – now it’s Beijing announcing that China has arrived. First, I was amazed by the physical impact of the city itself. The numbers of mobile subscribers are staggering – 1.18

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

Steve Blank

APRIL 29, 2013

Military Academy at West Point in New York, founded in 1802 to educate Army officers. The Coast Guard Academy opened in New London Connecticut in 1876. The Air Force Academy is one of the four U.S. military service academies (academy is a fancy word for 4-year college.) The oldest is the Army’s U.S.

Silicon Valley 151

Silicon Valley Colorado Lean Connecticut 151

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

In Silicon Valley the equivalent is the journeyman coder or web designer who loves the technology, and takes coding and U/I jobs because it’s a passion. Scalable startups tend to group together in innovation clusters (Silicon Valley, Shanghai, New York, Boston, Israel, etc.) Small Business Startups: Work to Feed the Family.

Government 335

Government Silicon Valley Startup Venture Capital 335

Steve Blank

JUNE 10, 2014

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave…when first we practice to deceive.”. Last week I got an email last week from a New York VC asking for advice about building a house in the California Coastal Zone. As a new commissioner I learned quickly what developers would do to bypass those requirements. Walter Scott, Marmion.

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Southern California Developer California Los Angeles 315

Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

My daughter, now 14, has her own company, doing web design and PHP and CSS and who knows what else. Frank Serpico was the first police officer in the history of the New York police department to step forward to report and subsequently testify openly about widespread, systemic corruption payoffs amounting to millions of dollars.

Entrepreneur 276

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS 276

Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2012

Look at the first wave of the web/mobile/cloud startups that have done just that: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Match.com, Pandora, Zynga, WordPress, LinkedIn.). This week I’m in New York teaching a 5-day version of my Lean LaunchPad class at Columbia University. It’s your turn. Hard-wired.

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Steve Blank

JULY 6, 2016

Blinken practiced law in New York and Paris. He has been a reporter for The New Republic; has written about foreign policy for numerous publications; and is the author of Ally Versus Ally: America, Europe and the Siberian Pipeline Crisis. Prior to joining the Clinton Administration, Sec.

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North Korea SEC Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 132

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

For products that are simply “bits” delivered over the web, a first product can be shipped in weeks rather than years. Today, we take for granted new mobile apps and consumer devices appearing seemingly overnight, reaching tens of millions of users – and just as quickly falling out of favor. Founders Need to Run the Company Longer.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

the failure rate of new ventures (startups had no formal rules and were a hit or miss proposition), the slow adoption rate of new technologies by the government and large companies. For products that are simply “bits” delivered over the web, a first product can be shipped in weeks rather than years.

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley United States Venture Capital Software Review 335