Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Since no benchmarks existed, we enlisted our engineering department in a serious software development effort and wrote our own. Inside the covers of these publications our customers had said that it was the product reviews that most influenced their buying decisions. Now this is worth stopping and thinking about for a second.

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AUGUST 29, 2013

Rebuilding Startup Culture for Enterprise Sales — [link]. After reviewing 300 startup applications, this is what I learned – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Why Etsy’s brave new economy is crumbling – [link].

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. The theme was "the future of software". He is a great speaker and I enjoyed the speech, but after 40mn, I was still waiting to hear about the future of software.

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

How To Write Seductive Sales Copy Like Apple | KISSmetrics Bog – [link]. How To Write Seductive Sales Copy Like Apple | KISSmetrics Bog – [link]. The Surprising Secret to Selling Yourself | Harvard Business Review – [link]. ” | Fast Code Design – [link]. .” – [link].

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). The servers are in the cloud, his advertising sales is with Google, etc. it’s also a good example of hybrid sourcing…you can draft and get outsourced review.

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MARCH 8, 2013

7 Usability Mistakes That Will Kill Your Online Sales | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. Glaser-Harvard Business Review – [link]. 7 Usability Mistakes That Will Kill Your Online Sales | KISSmetrics Blog – [link]. 7 Usability Mistakes That Will Kill Your Online Sales | KISSmetrics Blog – [link].

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

You Can’t Be a Wimp—Make the Tough Calls | Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/H4gLnT. Sales Efficiency Benchmarks for SaaS Startups – crowdspring.co/1admuzC. Sales Efficiency Benchmarks for SaaS Startups – crowdspring.co/1admuzC. The New Science of Who Sits Where at Work | WSJ - crowdspring.co/1gq3TGK.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

Five Tips To Improve Employee Performance Reviews – [link]. Five Tips To Improve Employee Performance Reviews – [link]. 20 Useful Tools, Stencils and GUI Kits for Android Developers – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link].

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Good tips for how startups can improve sales teams – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Apple to Eliminate Retail Box Software Inventory – [link]. More images are in the Other section below.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

desperation for software talent has moved even small and midsize tech companies to make acqui-hires.” – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. How to Steal Killer Sales Copy Straight from Your Prospects’ Mouths – [link].

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JUNE 8, 2011

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Amazon May Soon Need to Collect Sales Tax – [link]. Ultimate Grunge Toolbox for Web Designers – [link]. 35 Refreshing Still Liquid Textures – [link]. 33 Top T-Shirt Designs – [link].

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. BlockBuster puts itself up for sale – [link]. Graphic Design Examples Worldwide: How Nationality Reflects In Artworks – [link]. All About BIG and BOLD Typography: Tips and Inspiration – [link].

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

And so, the concept for a digital PR service was born. Using my existing skills and resources (including an old domain name), I tested a productized digital PR offer. I put together a one-page website, a list of 100 people to reach out to, and a cold email script that would make seasoned sales professionals cringe.

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Transformify

AUGUST 27, 2017

You don’t have the right people on board, you are burning cash and the work is not done, at its worst, your product is already live and you are losing clients due to software bugs and poor user experience. You will have more time to focus on the strategy and sales while looking for the right project/ product manager, etc.

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MAY 23, 2014

A Dozen Things I’ve Learned About Marketing, Distribution and Sales | 25iq – crowdspring.co/1lD0q6Y. Re/code – crowdspring.co/1hYEli4. A Dozen Things I’ve Learned About Marketing, Distribution and Sales | 25iq – crowdspring.co/1lD0q6Y. 10 Code Playgrounds for Developers – crowdspring.co/1jB2aSC.

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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Kalzumeus Software. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Mostly, I sell software. ” What does “execute arbitrary code” mean? Literally, it means that the attacker can choose to have your server execute any code they can dream up.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

4 Steps to Starting a Web Business Without Knowing Coding | The Next Web – crowdspring.co/1ep8F6R. Amazon is surprisingly quiet/inactive when it comes to acquisitions | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1dhwOrm. 4 Steps to Starting a Web Business Without Knowing Coding – crowdspring.co/1ep8F6R. – crowdspring.co/1fkwYB1.

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JULY 19, 2013

MIT Technology Review – [link]. Increase Your Team’s Curiosity | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Can you Crowdsource Your Employee Reviews? The Dinosaurs of Cannes | by John Winsor, Harvard Business Review – [link]. Top 10 Websites to Learn Coding (Interactively) Online – [link].

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DECEMBER 6, 2013

When Marketing Is Strategy | Harvard Business Review - crowdspring.co/1jtztSC. Proof That Online Search Ads Can Boost Offline Store Sales - crowdspring.co/18UW2hI. PR spam is as real and annoying as advertising spam - crowdspring.co/1ic7T0V. GoldieBlox, fair use, and the cult of disruption | by Felix Salmon - crowdspring.co/IqHX0I.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2011

One Strike and You’re Out: In Relationship Era, Bad PR Pitches Will not Be Tolerated – [link]. How He Made $19,000 on the App Store While Learning to Code – [link]. One Strike and You’re Out: In Relationship Era, Bad PR Pitches Will not Be Tolerated – [link]. Beer Package Designs – [link].

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JANUARY 13, 2012

When Reviewing A New Idea, Never Forget Its First Impression – [link]. Why do we pay sales commissions? PR to come to grips with Data (or not) – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. – [link].

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Startup Sales – Why Hiring Seasoned Sales Reps May Not Work – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Five Useful Design Techniques and Coding Solutions For Web Designers – [link]. Steve Jobs’s Strategy?

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JULY 25, 2013

Book Review: Ctrl Alt Delete, by Mitch Joel – [link]. Inside the Development Process of Our My Analytics App | KISSmetrics – [link]. Create a Crowd Competition That Works | Harvard Business Review – [link]. The Right Way to Hire Your Customers | Bill Lee – Harvard Business Review – [link].

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APRIL 12, 2013

7 Sales Secrets From My Best Sales Day Ever | by Chris Brogan – [link]. Bonnstetter-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Bonnstetter-Harvard Business Review – [link]. The 48 Types of VP Sales. You don’t understand sales. The video above is a fun look at home animals eat their food.

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APRIL 26, 2013

Don’t Use Social to Generate Sales; Make Selling Social | Advertising Age – [link]. Don’t Use Social to Generate Sales; Make Selling Social | Advertising Age – [link]. 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2013 | MIT Technology Review – [link]. ” – [link]. Great data – [link].

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Five “Old School” (copywriting) Tactics That Could Ruin Your Sales Page – [link]. Take This Test – Harvard Business Review – [link]. SEO Copywriting For Beginners – [link].

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FEBRUARY 22, 2013

How should one go about pricing their software product? Misfit Entrepreneurs | Dan Pallotta-Harvard Business Review – [link]. How should one go about pricing their software product? Is crowdsourcing a threat or opportunity for PR agencies? A 3-D Printing Pen Wows Kickstarter | MIT Technology Review – [link].

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APRIL 21, 2010

Breaking Down And Reviewing Important Blog Design Elements – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Creating Urgency in Your Sales Copy – [link]. 4 reasons why PR firms are taking over social media – [link].

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JUNE 28, 2013

An Initial Sales Rep Comp Plan to Lower Your Stress Level, Increase Cash, and Make Everyone Money – [link]. An Initial Sales Rep Comp Plan to Lower Your Stress Level, Increase Cash, and Make Everyone Money – [link]. NASA is crowdsourcing Asteroid Detection | The National Law Review – [link].

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

How to Build Trust in a Virtual Workplace | Harvard Business Review – [link]. 1 Enemy of Creativity: Fear of Failure | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Neal Sales-Griffin ( @ nealsales ): Solving problems, making things and having fun – [link]. What Happened to Diaspora, the ‘Facebook Killer’? – [link].

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JULY 28, 2010

Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics and Old Spice (sales have increased) – [link]. Best Practices for Preventing Design and Code Theft – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 50 Newest Creative Package Designs – [link].

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JULY 28, 2010

Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics and Old Spice (sales have increased) – [link]. Best Practices for Preventing Design and Code Theft – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 50 Newest Creative Package Designs – [link].

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

PR is mostly ineffective when companies step on social media landmines – [link]. PR is mostly ineffective when companies step on social media landmines – [link]. PR is mostly ineffective when companies step on social media landmines – [link]. Don’t Give Your Users Shit Work – [link]. – [link].

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MARCH 16, 2012

Twitter’s Ad Sales Are Booming, Says Gawker – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Crosses The Line – [link]. Why You Need Marketing Analytics, Not Web Analytics – [link]. How Three Germans Are Cloning the Web – [link].

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MAY 25, 2012

Proof That Pinterest Drives Sales, And Its Fans Spend Big – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Sorry, But This Whining And Umbrage About Facebook’s IPO Is Ridiculous – [link]. – [link].

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APRIL 20, 2011

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. E-book sales triple in February to surpass paper – [link]. The evolution of typographic technology and the nature of digital fonts - [link]. Inspiration: art in a cup of coffee - [link].

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. Full discloure, I am a former PHP, Perl, ColdFusion, ActionScript, VB.NET, ASP.NET and C# developer.

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