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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. The Rise of the Lean Startup. The idea of the Lean Startup was built on top of the rubble of the 2000 Dot-Com crash. Lean started from the observation that you cannot ask a question that you have no words for. But NewTV doesn’t plan on testing these hypotheses. And it may work.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Filed under: Customer Development , Venture Capital | Tagged: Entrepreneurs « Customer Development Manifesto: Market Type (part 4) Customer Development Manifesto: The Path of Warriors and Winners (part 5) » 16 Responses Jon Ziskind , on September 14, 2009 at 9:19 am Said: Steve – Great post and really great advice.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

Lean Startups/Back to Basics (2000-2010): No IPO’s, limited VC cash, lack of confidence and funding fuels “lean startup” era with limited M&A and even less IPO activity. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. During the the Lean Startup era, the advice was clear; focus on building the company and avoid hype.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 24: Drew Silverstein and Craig Kanarick

Steve Blank

After leaving Razorfish in 2001, Craig spent a year immersed in food, including a stint as a prep cook at Babbo, Mario Batali’s flagship restaurant. Customer input shaped Amper’s product: One of the things that was really important to us was using Lean methodology. ” If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 35: Jessica Mah and Peggy Burke

Steve Blank

Jessica ran things as lean as she could for the next few months while figuring out what to do. Especially difficult were the days after the Internet bubble burst: 2001 was a staggering blow to technology. Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere – Show No. 16: Wayne Sutton and Dave Kashen

Steve Blank

We were probably a little bit arrogant in our thinking of what we could create and how we could lead developers to create these ideas that we have. The features didn’t match what ultimately the customers would buy or wanted. ” This was around 2001. I was like, “… It’s going to be big.