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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 2: Business Model Hypotheses

Steve Blank

Our new Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. what’s the product? Come up with ways to test each of the 9 business model canvas hypotheses. Their business was a robot lawn mower. Mike Dorsey ( MBA/MSE, Jun 2011) B.S. Syllabus here.

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It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem

ConversionXL

Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, developed a methodology for creating businesses that runs in parallel with the traditional product development process. The core idea behind customer development is that the assumptions you make about a target market are only guesses. Pivot the product entirely.

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Convergent Technologies: War Story 1 – Selling with Sports Scores.

Steve Blank

They couldn’t keep up with the fast product development times that were enabled by using standard microprocessors. So their management teams were insisting that they OEM (buy from someone else) these products. Memorex is turning 50 years old in 2011. Convergent Technologies was one of those OEM suppliers.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

Clearly it'd be more accurate to say "sometime in Q1 2011." few years ago I also started following Alexander Osterwalder in his blog about his Business Model Generation -mantra. If nothing changes, when will you run out of money? Sometimes fear is a good motivator. Maybe you could get v1.0 same as the old boss.

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It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem

conversionxl.com

Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, developed a methodology for creating businesses that runs in parallel with the traditional product development process. The core idea behind customer development is that the assumptions you make about a target market are only guesses. Pivot the product entirely.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. Please, where do i start?

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90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies

betashop.com

As the questions came in, I realized that my 2010 list was great for what I had learned as of 2 years ago, but it also was in desperate need of an update to include what I’ve learned more recently, especially as we’ve pivoted from fabulis to Fab in 2011 and then scaled Fab to more than 7.5 So, here goes. Don’t do this by committee.