Steve Blank

JUNE 4, 2012

As the morning fog burns off the California coast, I am working with Steve Blank, preparing for the Lean LaunchPad Faculty Development Program we are running this August at U.C. The reality is that the United States is still a nation of small businesses. million) of the 15 million net new jobs created between 1993 and 2009.

Silicon Valley 305

Silicon Valley Lean Utah Customer Development 305

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Consider: in about 1993, Apple released the Apple Newton. This brings us to our last cliché which is essentially the answer to this question: you use the business plan as the filter, but you do not use the BIG, wordy, old-school business plan, you use the lean business plan. What do you think?

Lean 119

Lean Startup Business Plan Video 119

Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

“Boom and bust is our lot and we must follow the ancient advice.that Joseph gave to the Pharaoh: Put away your surplus during the years of great plenty so you will be ready for the lean years which are sure to follow.”. Governor Jerry Brown, State of the State speech, January 2014.

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San Francisco Silicon Valley California Oakland 20