Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

And here’s where life gets really interesting, as the reality of product development and customer input collide, the facts change so rapidly that the original well-thought-out business plan becomes irrelevant. Reply Jonathan Payne , on May 20, 2009 at 8:43 pm Said: fascinating. i’ve theorized about this myself.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

If you’re seeking funding or looking to start a business, you need a business plan. The business plan isn’t just a document you create to get investors to dish out the dough. The one thing these guides often neglect to mention is the ‘science’ behind planning, or, why it’s better to plan than not to.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Marketing , SuperMac , Technology | Tagged: Steve Blank , SuperMac « Love/Hate Business Plan Competitions Gravity Will be Turned Off » 17 Responses EricS , on May 11, 2009 at 11:05 am Said: I loved my Spigot. Reply steveblank , on May 11, 2009 at 4:07 pm Said: No.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Lucinda Cross says her first business failed because she had no business plan. Six years ago, Lucinda Cross was a single mother of two with a dream to start her own business. She started a virtual marketing assistance business and planned to make it big. She decided to jump in.

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Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

on May 26, 2009 at 6:18 am Said: [.] Reply Dmitriy , on May 26, 2009 at 6:54 pm Said: I would like to humbly suggest banning the term “vertical&# altogether. Reply steveblank11 , on May 26, 2009 at 7:57 pm Said: Dmitry, I think your comment makes my point. The next few posts will make this clear.

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2009

King James Bible, New Testament – Matthew 7:7 Filed under: Marketing , Technology , Zilog | Tagged: Entrepreneurs , Steve Blank « The Road Not Taken He’s Only in Field Service » 20 Responses Mike Paciello , on July 27, 2009 at 8:54 am Said: Thanks Steve. You’ve reinforced my own personal beliefs.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

It’s hard to imagine, but in the 20th century there were no startup blogs or books on startups to read, and business schools (the only places teaching entrepreneurship) believed the best thing they could teach startups was how to write a business plan. Not every startup ended up this way. Founders in the Driver’s Seat.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 13, 2009 Dont launch Heres a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? The problem is that customers dont read your business plan. March 13, 2009 1:50 PM dan simard said. What would you suggest for a business like this?

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Building a business from scratch is never easy. Far too many businesses – around 80% to be exact – fail within the first 18 months. Did you know that in 2009, about 550,000 small businesses opened in America, yet 660,000 of them actually closed down in the same year? It’s a shocking statistic.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2017

In the summer of 2009, my wife and I caught the entrepreneurial bug and started a company without any prior business experience. We didn’t know anything about small business accounting or finance. We didn’t even know how to write a business plan. We’d never hired anyone.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Reply Crystal Williams , on April 12, 2009 at 10:38 am said: Hi Steve! My name is Crystal Williams, and I maintain a small business blog called Babeofbusiness.com. .&# … Reply Avron Olshewsky , on June 10, 2009 at 11:03 am said: Hi Steve, Read your book “The four steps …&# and have enjoyed it and your blog.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Klout Puts Metrics Into Social Media Management - Tim Berry's Blog - Planning Startups Stories , May 21, 2010 I really like klout.com for three good reasons: 1.) You could just outspend.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Back in 2009, Cloudera placed news of its Distribution for Hadoop launch in tech blogs and reputable news sources , and reached 1.5 A steep discount may not fit with your business plan and current financial state, but make sure you find some way to compensate your initial believers. million people in 24 hours as a result.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

2009) [ii]. May 3, 2009. iv] Economist, Global Heroes: A Report on Entrepreneurship, March 14, 2009., Targets selected” figure indicates number of business plans received. [v] v] Number of business plans received. I’ve shown below some specific data from a range of VCs. Acquirer/ Investor.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2010

For the many entrepreneurs that send me cold emails asking for me to review a business plan or answer a strategic dilemma: Im much more likely to answer if youve already tried getting an answer on the mailing list. Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

The watershed moment was in 2009 when the co-founder of Netscape, Marc Andreessen, formed a venture firm and started to invest in founders with the goal to teach them how to be CEOs for the long term. Not kind of wrong but going out of business wrong. Andreessen realized that the game had changed. We now understand that’s wrong.

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Up and Running

MARCH 9, 2015

Over the past few months, with the help of my friend Jeff, from the University of Oregon, I’ve been looking at academic research on business planning—the actual science around planning and how it impacts both startups and existing businesses. See Also Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

So bowing to popular demand the 2009 blog posts are now available on Amazon on a portable device which provides instant and random access to any post and does not require power or an internet connection. This new “book,” Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost , attempts to remedy that by organizing the 2009 blog posts in a coherent fashion.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Think Again How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen How Much Stock to Ask For When Joining a Startup - Startup Professionals Musings , June 20, 2010 Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 Eight Tips To Successfully Bootstrap Your Business Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

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Up and Running

APRIL 2, 2020

Now more than ever, the answer is business planning , which right now, you might call it your emergency plan, contingency plan, disaster plan, or whatever. . From there, you’ll need to take a step back and look at the big picture of what makes up your business plan. H ow to do a sales forecast.

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Up and Running

JULY 23, 2014

That usually means talking, in the pitch and in the business plan, about how similar companies in similar markets have been able to exit via selling out to a larger company. The more sophisticated plans and pitches will mention recent exits and offer information about how the companies that exited were valued when they were bought.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Most likely, your business plan is loaded with opinions and guesses, sprinkled with a dash of vision and hope. March 14, 2009 8:34 AM Can Sar said. April 11, 2009 1:22 AM CeeTee said. Thanks I get a copy for myself for xmas December 10, 2009 7:28 PM Jamie Flinchbaugh said. Very well written article. Great post.

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www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

It used to be that a techie needed a business person to get a business plan together and then use that to raise money. Not only are there rafts and rafts of books to help someone cobble together a rudimentary business plan, any quality VC values execution over ideas. December 2009 (3). November 2009 (3).

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Altgate

APRIL 12, 2010

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship , Startups , Venture Capital and tagged Boston , HBS student business plan contest , startup. Apparently there are 12 semifinalists (listed below). The finals judging is later this month. Bookmark the permalink.

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kenegozi.com

APRIL 24, 2012

As for the "Hollywood is not a place for startups" - well probably yCombinator is currently only suited for the valley, however a startup that already has a seed investment, and has a reasonably crafted business plan, does not *have* to be in the "meet all the dudes in the coffee shops" scene. Dec, 2009 (5). Oct, 2009 (3).

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

For example, one of the common tools for teaching entrepreneurship at the business school level is the business plan competition. The problem is that these competitions seldom produce massively successful businesses.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

For example, one of the common tools for teaching entrepreneurship at the business school level is the business plan competition. The problem is that these competitions seldom produce massively successful businesses.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2015

She left journalism in 2009 seeking a way to bridge the education and technology spaces, and went on to co-found EdSurge. Steve : You mean no business plan survives first contact with customers? And I took a deep breath and said the only way I’m going to figure this out is if I really set aside time to do it. .

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Up and Running

MAY 4, 2016

Her business is driven by her passion to educate clients to pay attention to their bodies for optimal function, not just follow fitness fads and trends that often end up being harmful to the body in the long run. In 2009, Marcela Xavier, the owner of Bread and Yoga, saw a need for a yoga studio in the Inwood community in upper Manhattan.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, January 2, 2009 Lessons Learned on Mashable today I had the good fortune to be asked to write a guest post over at Mashable , which is running today, called HOW TO: Raise Money in a Down Economy. January 2, 2009 11:54 AM Daniel Davie said. January 2, 2009 4:48 PM Chris Desouza said.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Why Use a Consulting CTO A consulting CTO can help you complete a business plan by estimating costs and timelines for the company’s technology development and deployment. Reply What To Do When There’s No Venture Capital « Web Startup Help says: January 13, 2009 at 10:42 pm [.] Blog at WordPress.com.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Concept and Seed Stage In the Concept and Seed Stage, founders capture their passion and vision for the new company and turn them into a set of key ideas, which quickly becomes a business plan, sometimes on the back of the proverbial napkin. Thirty years later we now realize that its one the causes of early startup failure.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, June 5, 2009 It’s a startup, not a spreadsheet Some people, when they start to realize the power of using data to inform their decisions, become obsessed with optimization. Certainly venture-backed startups don’t have this luxury – every business plan has a model in it.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

This post describes how the traditional product development model distorts startup sales, marketing and business development. While these objectives provide an illusion of progress, in reality they do little to validate the business plan hypotheses about customers and what they will buy. What plan says that?

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chrischandler.name

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Starting a business is no small feat and you will certainly need all the help you can get to bring your idea to life. Be prepared with your business plan, term sheet, and probably a beer. Reply squanderingtime says: August 11, 2009 at 05:03 That was largely why I put it together :-). So when is equity OK?

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www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Ben Hron: Five signs it’s time to get your business organized. Submitted by Jason Evanish on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 8:31am. ” Transitioning from partners in an informal collaboration to co-owners of an actual business may seem like a big step, but it is a necessary one that every successful startup eventually must take.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

One occurrence of this was in Q1/Q2 2009. In August/September 2009, the founders and I agreed to work together to raise a round of financing for the company. They had a small amount of cash in the bank from having won two business plan competitions that they used to finance the company to date.

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