Steve Blank

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The irony is that in a retrospective paper ten years later (1998), [ 2 ] the authors backed off from their claims. Just to make the point that markets are never static, Toyota, a company that sold its first car designed for the US market in 1964, is poised to surpass GM as the leader in the US market. By then it was too late.

Silicon Valley 322

Silicon Valley Differentiation United States Customer Development 322

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

But nine months after the first call was made in 1998, Iridium was in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Second, since it knew the solution, it went into a 8 -year Waterfall engineering development process. Waterfall development is a sequential way to develop a product (requirements, design, implementation, verification – ship.)

Business Plan 335

Business Plan Customer Business Model Customer Development 335

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. August 1995 – March 2000: The Dot.Com Bubble. Startups could now get a first version of a product out to customers in weeks/months rather than months/years.

Internet 335

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 335