Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

Yet at the end of the day even with all these processes 9 out of 10 of new products are failures. The flaw in this thinking is that “first customer ship&# is simply the date when engineering thinks they “finished” the 1.0 That’s a better return than having 10 out of 10 companies succeed and each return 2x our money.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). grilled) Reid to see if he still had entrepreneurial zeal, after already having some success at PayPal. round which closed in November 2003, and the pre-money valuation between $10 million and $15 million.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Only in business school case studies does progress with customers happen in a nice linear fashion.) Midas Oracle.ORG , on September 17, 2009 at 7:05 am Said: [.] Knowtu » links for 2009-09-21 , on September 21, 2009 at 6:05 pm Said: [.] When do I know (or can guess) that I am finished with one step?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

Or if you have kids, it will get asked when you’ve missed another one of their plays, soccer games or school events because you were too busy finishing that project or on yet another business trip. Friends will want you to go back to school and get more “education.&# sigh* It’s a sad thing. Reply Michael F.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

October 3rd, 2010 the Chubby Team 48 Comments. Want more entrepreneurial goodness? We love a good entrepreneurial success story – entrepreneur as protagonist overcomes obstacles and builds a thriving, successful company (and become wealthy while doing so). before finishing the new product (ACS 4.x);

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 5, 2010

How many times have you finished one of these books and thought: “Great…but what do I do now?&# The thought that kept running through my mind as I read them was: “This information would be helpful if I needed to generate a huge business plan to impress a business-school professor.&# Check out my book Like this post?

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Derek Sivers about me blog books email list contact How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen 2010-06-19 Do you have an idea for a website, online business, or application, but need a programmer to turn that idea into reality? Because you dont want them to just say, “I finished. The translator rejects or approves.

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