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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

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. More than 1,600 VC investments in TMT have been made since 2007, with a record high of 436 in 2011. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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Lessons Learned: About the author

Startup Lessons Learned

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

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. More than 1,600 VC investments in TMT have been made since 2007, with a record high of 436 in 2011. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

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. In 2007 the Ministries of Science and Finance raised the stakes to get VC’s focused on funneling more VC money into growing startups – they set up a Venture Guiding Fund. All the usual caveats apply.

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Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium

Startup Lessons Learned

It requires separating the product launch from the marketing launch (see Dont Launch ) as well as other staple Lean Startup tactics: minimum viable product, split-testing, customer development and the pivot. SlideShare, founded in 2007, started experimenting with MVPs and A/B testing this year. That is customer development.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

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. In 2007 the Ministries of Science and Finance raised the stakes to get VC’s focused on funneling more VC money into growing startups – they set up a Venture Guiding Fund. All the usual caveats apply.

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10 years of entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

Im confident of that last statement, because I made the same mistake again a few years later, when I won an award in 2007. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? BusinessWeek named me one of the top young entrepreneurs in tech , based on my work at IMVU.