2007 Customer Development Lean Sales 
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 19, 2009
In short order they learned how to transition from being customers on the receiving end of a sales pitch to giving one. The team had to live in Office 2007 for Windows, running virtualized on their Macs. They knew the technology trendsetters in their fields and got us in front of them.
Feld Thoughts
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
His most recent company, Filtrbox, participated in the inaugural Techstars class (Techstars Boulder 2007) and was a win for all parties involved; Filtrbox was acquired in 2010 by Jive Software (NASDAQ: JIVE). One of them used to be a lead developer at [insert hot consumer tech company here]. There is $350k left in the bank.
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Steve Blank
MARCH 15, 2011
Our new Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. Dollar size of deals is sufficient to be profitable with direct sales strategy. Jun 2007 Baylor) Stanford Researcher Neuroscience, postdoc, BS biology from Peking University. This post is part two. Part one is here.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 6, 2012
Today, I want to introduce you to a new concept for starting and growing successful companies: Lean Planning™. Before I dive too deeply into the Lean Planning methodology, it makes sense to talk about its history and where it comes from. Lean Planning is born.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 16, 2010
First, SlideShare is a fantastic product (that I use on a regular basis) and an impressive company example of Lean Startup practices in action. Second, their story illustrates a key Lean Startup idea: proving the business in micro-scale. SlideShare, founded in 2007, started experimenting with MVPs and A/B testing this year.
Steve Blank
JUNE 22, 2009
Things Change In 1956 Hewlett Packard (HP) was a 17-year old company with $20 million in test equipment sales with 900 employees. After failing dismally at making disposable digital cameras in 2003 Pure Digital Technologies reinvented their company in 2007 to make the Flip line of camcorders. But first some background.)
ConversionXL
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
After the year was over, I landed a job as a sales person for a property portal in Dubai. I quickly proved myself and was promoted to head a small sales and marketing team (6 people) in the company. Even though I learned a huge amount on marketing, leadership and business development, the whole thing was slowly eating me from inside.
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