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SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent.

Steve Blank

But what I wanted was an agile marketing team capable of operating independently without day-to-day direction. We will accomplish this through demand-creation activities (advertising, PR, tradeshows, seminars, web sites, etc.), The same was true for PR. And yes, we could have built a top-down, command-and-control hierarchy.

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Going to Trade Shows Like it Matters – Part 2

Steve Blank

While one could argue that a trade show is just another demand creation activity akin to advertising or PR, trade shows are the closest eyeball-to-eyeball contact you’re company is going to have with customers, competitors and partners. Everyone should be articulate and agile in describing and demoing the products.)

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SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Reply Bill Allred , on May 1, 2009 at 10:46 am Said: This is a really common pitfall. Reply Niall Smart , on May 2, 2009 at 12:20 am Said: Great story – your point about snazzy design vs. actual impact is still relevant in the context of spending money on outsourced web graphic design.

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The Customer Development Manifesto: Reasons for the Revolution.

Steve Blank

Finally, I’ll write about how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. The PR agency helps the company understand and influence key bloggers, social networks, industry analysts, luminaries, and references.

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Elephants Can Dance – Reinventing HP « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

It was priced at $22,000 – equivalent to about $140,000 in 2009 dollars. The original Hewlett Packard which made test and measurement products was spun-out and renamed Agilent. Agilent is a $5.8 Technology changes, culture changes, customer needs change, more agile competitors emerge, etc.

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The Sharp End of the Stick « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Every marketing communication hire couldn’t wait to produce the next great ad or PR program. But without sales there is no revenue, and without revenue there is no company. Their own internal culture would tie them up in knots, and agile startups could run rings around them. Don’t let this happen to your company.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

It’s like arguing against vertical software. ALT.NET is a large sector of the.NET community that isn’t satisfied with the status quo and wants to find the best, most agile way to do things. In March 2009, they launched a Beta version and demoed it at FinovateStartup 2009.” March 26, 2011 at 9:02 am.

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