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A heartbreaking story about time and money.

Berkonomics

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

We’re standing 15 air miles away from the epicenter of technology innovation. I’ve seen the Valley grow from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara to today where it stretches from San Jose to South of Market in San Francisco. I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley.

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

New emerging technologies have been the key catalyst for in-demand jobs. Positions for software development and data science continue to expand throughout the industry. Vancouver has a situated tech market with a direct line to Silicon Valley. developed the Ojibway People and Language App.

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How to Set Up a Corporate Innovation Outpost That Works

Steve Blank

Read part one on the Evolution of Corporate R&D , part two on Innovation Outposts in Silicon Valley , and part three The 6 Decisions to Make Before Setting up an Innovation Outpost. Silicon Valley, Boston). Stage 1: Networking and Partnering – the Technology Connectors.

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When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars

Steve Blank

This doesn’t mean just more technology stuff, though we’ll get that. Over the last half a century, Silicon Valley has grown into the leading technology and innovation cluster for the United States and the world. What’s happening is something more profound than a change in technology. Starting now.

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The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution.

Steve Blank

After 20 years of working in startups, I decided to take a step back and look at the product development model I had been following and see why it usually failed to provide useful guidance in activities outside the building – sales, marketing and business development. So what’s wrong the product development model?

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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

How to raise real money with a Customer Development presentation in the next post. And as much as I like the startup ecosystem here it seems to me that the people cost of software development forces startups to launch half-baked products. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Order Here.

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