Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. (And 2009 – Back to The Future The bad news is that since the bubble most VC firms haven’t made a profit. So what’s left?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2013

“People and machines are producing valuable information that could enrich our lives in so many ways, from pinpoint accuracy in predicting severe weather to developing customized treatments for terminal diseases, says Boyd Davis, vice president and general manager of Intel ‘s Datacenter Software Division.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

The company’s VP of Business Development & International Matt Cooper, with whom I spoke a few days before the IDCEE conference where he came to give a talk, is not really concerned with the rivals’ numbers though. Every part of our organization has members of the team that are distributed all over the world. million jobs.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2020

It’s during the rise of this revenue model; banks found a way to increase their presence by pushing development in online payment gateways like Paypal, VISA, etc. By 2009, the success of this ecommerce model was more evident. Furthermore, this was the time Amazon became more popular in the market. Marketing Channels.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 1, 2008 Test-Driven Development as andon cord You cannot control what you cannot see, and the hardest part of managing software projects is that the final product is so intangible. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 24, 2009 Marching through quicksand I have been spending a lot of time lately talking to people in various media companies: editors and agents, executives, journalists, producers and directors. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry.

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Then go to hacker events and developer meetups. The development community is a friendly one (for the most part) and you’ll often find many people eager to help you out. You can earn the trust of other developers fairly easily if they see you willing to do this. Learn to write code yourself. startupcto

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2014

An increasing number of big companies are hiring small businesses to help them develop innovative products, processes and procedures. One recent development has been that larger companies are now looking at small innovative companies in a new light — as potential partners in developing new products, processes and services.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

SuperMac sold our graphic boards for the Macintosh through multiple distribution channels: direct sales to major accounts, national chains, independent rep firms, etc. Reply Bill Allred , on May 1, 2009 at 10:46 am Said: This is a really common pitfall. That’s 10x what many websites convert.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. Labels: customer development , lean startup 8comments: Amy said.

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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 Regardless of the social networks you identify as worthy of prioritizing, longer-form blogs likely generate much of the content your audience eventually shares. million people in 24 hours as a result.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology (DLT) wherein all network participants can have separate copies of the entire record of transactions on the network. According to research from JP Morgan, revenues from investment banking peaked in 2009 at $207.7 Morgan Stanley predicts that Robo Advisors will manage $6.5 Compliance.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

the version that would facilitate the investment of real money) was planned for late-2009. They were interested in the tools and new distribution medium kaChing provided. the version that would facilitate the investment of real money) was planned for late-2009. The result? The result?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2016

percent between 2009 and 2014. This in turn led to the creation of online repository sites that enabled the distribution and storage of information by multiple parties. CDRs are constantly growing and developing into highly secure sites that are popularly used by many corporations globally.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

When Ive asked mentors of mine who have worked in big companies about the role of the CTO, they usually talk about the importance of being the external face of the companys technology platform; an evangelist to developers, customers, and employees. Labels: product development 15comments: mukund said. What made them exceptional?

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Steve Blank

MAY 22, 2009

Everyone should have a chance to walk the floor looking for deals, technology, distribution, customers, etc. Reply steveblank , on May 22, 2009 at 2:39 pm Said: Morteza, The comments about “ignore this post&# were meant that if your sales channel is the web you rarely go to trade shows. Honestly, I didn’t get that!

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) program pairs top innovators from the private sector, non-profits, and academia with top innovators in government to collaborate during focused 6-12 month “tours of duty” to develop solutions that can save lives, save taxpayer money, and fuel job creation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? And what of the product development team? Because they have no presence in the market, they have to find distribution channels to bring in customers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. Joel said it: "Top notch development teams dont torture their programmers."

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

After all, the worst kind of waste in software development is code to support a use case that never materializes. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Its inspired by the classic OODA Loop and is really just a simplified version of that concept, applied specifically to creating a software product development team. Were trying to put some of these "its the system, stupid" ideas into practice on NileGuide (www.nileguide.com) April 28, 2009 9:19 PM Jake Faris said. Great points Eric.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 23, 2013

As the “ Wealth Inequality in America “ video describes, a Harvard business professor and economist asked over 5000 Americans how they thought wealth was distributed in the U.S, which was about $54 trillion in 2009. Then he compared those results with the reality for 311 million Americans.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

It is becoming easier and cheaper for companies to bring products to market, leveraging free and open source software , cloud computing, open social data (Facebook, OpenSocial ), and open distribution (AdWords, SEO). Agile software development. Customer development. February 13, 2009 4:05 AM Eric said. Excellent ideas!

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

It seems that four different models of "discussion creation" have occurred: Organice Discussion - someone posts something interesting, lots of bloggers post on the topic, distributed discussion ensues. Tag Memes - Someone posts a question and "Tags" five people to give their response. See Five Things Meme as an example.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now A great checklist of techniques and tools for making your development more agile, written from a Rail perspective.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The goal is to have split-testing be a continuous part of our development process, so much so that it is considered a completely routine part of developing a new feature. I had the opportunity to pioneer this approach to funnel analysis at IMVU, where it became a core part of our customer development process.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 17, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0 Thanks Hazem March 18, 2009 6:34 PM Anonymoussaid. March 19, 2009 6:11 PM Anonymoussaid. March 19, 2009 9:03 PM Anonymoussaid. March 19, 2009 9:34 PM Chris Morgan said. Chris March 22, 2009 7:38 PM Aandariansaid.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2010

In management jobs related to operations – that is, the people tasked with actually making and distributing physical products – this kind of thinking is now considered ludicrous, thanks to a century of progress. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

Or something. ”Yes, but… ” Those who have spent much time in the developing world are likely accustomed to dealing with this sort of frustration on a daily basis. The risk-reward tradeoff in finance should hold true in developing and unstable regions as well. Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.)

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

This series of posts is a brief explanation of how we’ve evolved from Product Development to Customer Development to the Lean Startup. The Product Development Diagram Emerging early in the twentieth century, this product-centric model described a process that evolved in manufacturing industries.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

September 25, 2009 5:23 PM jchunter said. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Towards a new entrepreneurship ► 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica. Thanks Eric, your blog has many golden nuggets!!!

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ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2017

These pitfalls are not limited to product development. Recall that after nearly a year of operation, the Facebook growth team ceased all experimentation and for a full month, January of 2009, invested in improving their analytics tracking, which allowed them to perform more refined and powerful data analyses. Swimming with Sharks.

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www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Some techies have business sense; most generally don’t have a highly developed one. The most salient one for business people looking for a technical co-founder is this one: Are you looking for an iPhone developer? If you already have an iPhone developer on staff, they can lead the discussion. development.

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www.redmonk.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

One of the hottest trends in tech right now is NoSQL (If you’re a software developer get acquainted with it). A 59% increase in bobs since January 2009? The enterprise side is stagnant, yet there are cool ideas bubbling up from developers that evetually will land there anyway. So the cool kids aren’t using Java.

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