Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. There’s lots of lore, emotion, and misconceptions of what VC’s do or don’t do for entrepreneurs. In this time, building a successful business meant building a company that had paying customers quarter after quarter.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Companies all over the world are stepping up to the plate and pivoting from their normal business model towards one that emphasizes assistance and relief for COVID-19. Founded in 2001, VisionSpring’s mission has always been to provide eyewear to the 2.5 Any advice you would give to entrepreneurs and business owners?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Experienced and serial entrepreneurs in the content management space. Consumer approach to software for business users. Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. Page 4: Business Model.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter. For VC’s and entrepreneurs the gold rush to liquidity was on. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. 1970 – 1995: The Golden Age.

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Mucker Lab

DECEMBER 2, 2015

However, the rise of the Internet equalized if not flipped the ratio as the web (and mobile) created a new product category and distribution platform. For the first time, entrepreneurs could build consumer services AND distribute them at scale with almost no physical middle men and inventory costs. Is that too much to ask?

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The Next Web

AUGUST 6, 2013

WebVan went bankrupt in 2001 after burning through $1 billion on warehouses, inventory systems and fleet delivery trucks. They didn’t validate their business model before investing so much in it and under-estimated the “last mile” problem. Entrepreneur Insider tnwcontributors' Real world example: WebVan vs Zappos.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Facebook and Google would be obvious choices for this, but so much has been written about each of them and they represent such special business models, I worried that it would be both hard for entrepreneurs to relate and hard for me to develop new insights. The first one I’ll focus on is Akamai. Akamai: The Present.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

Corner Piece Productions doesn’t have its own website currently, but here’s the site for West of Her, which picked up five Best Narrative Feature awards over our festival tour this summer, along with rave review from critics across the country, and is set for wide video on demand distribution this year. Image Credit: Janet Wu.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

The first time was just for a couple years, from 2001-2003, before I went to grad school. We want to treat the entrepreneur's project or company not as a deal but as if it is our own life's work as well. Then above that is business model power—so, how do you make money? I've been in venture now twice.

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