Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

We agreed that all her founding CEOs seemed to have the same set of personality traits – tenacious, passionate, relentless, resilient, agile, and comfortable operating in chaos. It’s why all of you operated so well in the unpredictable environment that all startups face.”

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Yet in our case the product, the machine as delivered from engineering, was a blank, featureless computer with just an operating system and compilers. Reply steveblank , on October 19, 2009 at 8:22 am Said: Quick fixed. Reply Chris Ryland , on October 19, 2009 at 2:24 pm Said: Yep, we did exactly that at Multiflow.

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JUNE 25, 2009

The OEM Business Convergent’s business was selling desktop computers (with our own operating system and office applications) to other computer manufacturers – most of them long gone: Burroughs, Prime, Monroe Data Systems, ADP, Mohawk, Gould, NCR, 4-Phase, AT&T.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Customer Development Manifesto , Market Types « “Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch Closure » 21 Responses Tweets that mention Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development « Steve Blank -- Topsy.com , on November 16, 2009 at 7:20 am Said: [.]

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Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

“And, oh by the way, can you write the manuals for the operators while you’re at it.&# As I poured over the system schematics, I figured out how to put together a course to teach system theory, operations and maintenance. You’re Hired, You’re Fired. Are You Single?

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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. 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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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

» 25 Responses Mark Soper , on November 30, 2009 at 6:55 am Said: Steve, I’m working on a consumer internet product concept at the customer discovery phase. Reply Brent , on December 18, 2009 at 8:50 pm Said: Mark, you hit the nail on the head. It’s an art. Customer Development is not a giant focus group.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Supercomputers With the introduction in 1976 of the Cray-1 , supercomputers were defined as the fastest vector-processing computer , one in which a single instruction performed operations on an array rather than a single number. Cray’s first customers were the U.S.

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View from Seed

MAY 31, 2023

For example, a 2009 study conducted by Paul Gompers and David Scharfstein, “Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship”, found that failed founders have the same chances of success¹ as novice founders, but prior success does increase the odds of future success. I spoke with five founders who had raised a median of $4.9M

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Not only can AI transform the way finance teams operate, it also saves them business money by spotting problems consistently and before invoices are paid. Previously he was the VP of Applications at Fujitsu America from 2009-2012, responsible for product management, and delivery of Fujitsu’s applications and infrastructure for enterprise.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

GV (formerly Google Ventures) – Started in 2009, GV is Alphabet’s venture capital fund, focused primarily on early stage in diverse fields: from life sciences and healthcare to robotics and entereprise tech. Notable portfolio companies include Uber, Slack, Jet.com, FlatIron Health, Kobalt Music Group and many others.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Mostly we got to see the team operate in stressful times and that changed my perspective on the deal. Come 2009 we felt really bullish about the future for startups because the froth was gone and so, too, were wantrapreneurs. The people left standing had a compelling vision to build companies and we backed many in 2009.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

If I look back to the beginning of the current tech boom which started around 2009, we often wrote a $3–5 million check and this was called an “A round” and 12 years later in an over-capitalized market this became known as a “Seed Round” but in truth what we do hasn’t changed much at all.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

But the team believed adding video as an integral part of an operating system and user experience (where there had only been text and still images) would be transformative. Reply justingibbs , on May 11, 2009 at 11:29 am Said: Speaking of novelty, do you think Twitter could be the same? It’s here to stay.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

The “Good” Student » 14 Responses Shane Rogers , on April 6, 2009 at 1:37 pm Said: The names of ‘secret’ customers is funny. Reply Bill , on April 7, 2009 at 12:09 pm Said: Interesting how much influence the military has had on our technology industry. If not they were Up the River w/o a Paddle.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 23, 2014

This trend will allow companies to expand into new markets, offer new services and improve operations faster than ever before. since September 2009 and its Executive Vice President of Global Markets since until August 2012. So stop trying to be two businesses. Ralph Dangelmaier serves as the Chief Executive Officer at BlueSnap Inc.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2016

This required high operational costs like round the clock staff, abundant paper supplies and couriers. percent between 2009 and 2014. Some of these benefits include the following: Reduced cost of operations. These cloud based software programs are connected and operated on extranet. VDRs protect stored data.

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Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Top Hat had an early and continuous focus on revenue; they have been operating profitably since their launch in 2009. If we’d listened to outsiders it would have been a terrible idea because they would have told us not to do it.”. They focused on revenue early on. They hustle.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

But what I wanted was an agile marketing team capable of operating independently without day-to-day direction. on April 10, 2009 at 6:58 am Said: Amazing blog. Greetings from Crete, Greece Reply Jerry Ji , on April 10, 2009 at 11:09 am Said: Simply _THE BEST_ war story I’ve read in months.

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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. You might feel like a bit of a wet blanket when you start pushing people to hire a lawyer and write up contracts or an operating agreement. We’d never hired anyone. For example, what defined completion?

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 10, 2015

His experience and expertise in small and medium companies focuses on strategy, growth and operational efficiency, resulting in more than $80MM in successful investor outcomes. He was also Cofounder & CEO of Redbeacon, which allowed consumers to request bids for home services.

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Steve Blank

MAY 15, 2009

Reply Andrew Warner , on May 15, 2009 at 9:53 am Said: I had a similar thing happen to me. Reply Michael Pryor , on May 15, 2009 at 10:33 am Said: I won’t dispute your anecdote, but I would like to add that life should be lived not in hopes of a better future. Sorry about the long comment Steve.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, July 13, 2009 The Principles of Product Development Flow If youve ever wondered why agile or lean development techniques work, The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. Executives coming to my product development classes report operating at 98.5

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 28, 2014

The firm was founded in 2009 and they just announced the closing of their fourth fund at $1.5bn. They are one of the firms that inspires us here at Forward Partners , particularly for their operational model which we have adapted and extended so it works for early stage in the UK.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

It wasn’t until I found the extremely obscure Lanchester Strategy for market share that I realized that these ratios had their basis in operations research and the Lanchester’s Laws.) Our company’s graphics boards were designed to speed up a key part of the Macintosh graphics operating system called QuickDraw.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The combination of services and infrastructure traditionally housed under one roof – underwriting, research, sales & trading, supported by large back office operations, and monitored by compliance systems – will remain at the sector’s core. At least for investment banks the answer is not so clear cut.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, February 20, 2009 Work in small batches Software should be designed, written, and deployed in small batches. Similar results apply in product management, design, testing, and even operations. When operating with continuous deployment, its almost impossible to have integration conflicts.

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K9 Ventures

JULY 24, 2014

I was relatively new to the investing world at the time having started K9 Ventures just a year before in April 2009. I believe this was in April 2010 and if memory serves me correct it was an event hosted at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos by Sand Hill Angels , where Vinod Khosla gave a talk.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 27, 2009

All the radar operator would see was noise, rather than airplanes. Wall 85: Squint « 365 Wallpapers , on April 27, 2009 at 8:29 am Said: [.] Reply rohit sharma , on April 27, 2009 at 9:47 am Said: in addition to his WWII contributions, Terman also helped educate a generation of engineers or two with his excellent text.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 23, 2012

In 2009, 27,000 smart phone applications were downloaded a half-billion times. And, as the operating systems for mobile devices become more sophisticated and powerful, the sky is truly the limit for game designers, animators and developers. In deed, in 2009,World of Warcraft alone represented 10% of global online gaming revenues.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 25, 2020

By 2009, the success of this ecommerce model was more evident. Brands started working towards creating their online portals to push for sales online while continuing their brick and mortar operations. According to big stats, Amazon’s ecommerce portal had started pulling about 6.1 million annual customers.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 15, 2009 Why Continuous Deployment? For example, imagine a team operating in a traditional waterfall development system, without continuous deployment, test-driven development, or continuous integration. June 15, 2009 7:41 AM William Pietri said. June 15, 2009 8:24 AM Stevesaid.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 12, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, January 12, 2009 Why PHP won When I first learned to program on the web, Perl + CGI was the dominant platform. January 16, 2009 2:54 AM DROCKsaid. Also, PHP is the new BLACK [link] January 16, 2009 9:24 AM Anonymoussaid. January 16, 2009 12:25 PM Anonymoussaid. You should try Python.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

Over the years, I’ve come to believe with moral certainty that everyone needs DevOps now, especially software startups where the successful execution of Development and IT Operations preordain success or failure. Act I begins with IT Operations, where we’re supporting a large, complex revenue generating application. It wasn’t a fluke.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

No one was actually quite that good, but some VCs had “golden guts” for these kinds of operating issues. I was between my 7th and 8th and final startup; licking my wounds from Rocket Science, the company I had cratered as my first and last attempt as a startup CEO. “Oh Oh yes, company X, they’re having problem 343. Blog at WordPress.com.

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

1: SendGrid (2009). The three founders (Isaac, Tim, and Jose) were based in the Los Angeles area when they moved the company to Boulder for the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2009. 2: Uber (2009). 3: Twilio (2009). The company is based in San Francisco, with significant operations in Africa and elsewhere. #5:

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2014

The United States is not uniform in its friendliness toward small businesses, and some states make operating a business easier than others. For technologically inclined businesses, Texas has increased its STEM (Science, technology, engineering and mathematics) workforce by 34,000 since 2009.

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