1997 Customer Development Startup Technology 
Steve Blank
JANUARY 28, 2020
I remember the first time I read the Innovator’s Dilemma in 1997. His message was that existing companies are great at sustaining technologies and products but were ignoring the threat of disruption. Christensen explained it wasn’t that existing companies didn’t see the new technologies/ products/ markets. Eye Opening.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 4, 2012
I recently wrote about the 12 tips to building successful startup communities. I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. Everything I learned about startups I learned by making mistakes at my first one. 4:30 How did you come up with the idea of customer development?
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Steve Blank
APRIL 12, 2013
I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. The first post described how China built a science and technology infrastructure to support advanced weapons systems development. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China.
Steve Blank
APRIL 12, 2013
I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. The first post described how China built a science and technology infrastructure to support advanced weapons systems development. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China.
Feld Thoughts
DECEMBER 4, 2012
In 1987 when I started my first company (Feld Technologies), I wrote a business plan for a course at MIT that I was in called 15.375: New Enterprises. By 1997, when I started investing as a venture capital investor, I was no longer reading business plans. Business Model Canvas vs Lean Canvas vs One-Page Lean Startup.
K9 Ventures
AUGUST 13, 2010
In fact, at the time (1996-1997) we offered both a downloadable product, that our customers could install on their own servers, and a “hosted-offering”, which came to be known as “On-Demand”, then the “ASP” (Application Service Provider) model, and today we call it “SaaS” (Software as a Service).
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 8, 2010
These new cellular phone networks were built around two-way circuit switched technology designed to move voice calls without interruption. Unlike the circuit-switched cell phone networks, pager networks were built around digital packet-switched technology. In 1997, RIM introduced the first packet-switched messaging device.
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