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. The video is only 16 minutes long and it is well worth the time. prefer instead to divide it according to the mindset of users: whether or not they are actively looking to purchase something (i.e.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

4- Celebrating small wins Photo Credit: Nebojsa Savicic Passion for whatever you do is important, but there is no better incentive for hard work than a reward. When the going gets rough in business, you’ll need the motivation to keep moving. Here are the various ways entrepreneurs and business owners stay motivated in business. #1-

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Unfortunately in early stage startups the drive for financing hijacks the corporate DNA and becomes the raison d’etre of the company. The goal of their startup in this stage becomes “getting funded.” Just as a refresher. If not, you don’t have enough data for a VC presentation.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 28, 2018

A 5-minute consultation can save you from a bad grade. Here’re a couple of hacks: Find out from senior students what kind of questions they were asked on a particular exam. College students often have the bad habit of leaving their assignments undone until the last minute. Mistake #4: Gaps in methodology. Mistake #1.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

In Out of the Crisis #4, I talk with Carl Liebert. 4:22) Carl experiences running the northeast division of Circuit City after 9/11 and the company's crisis response and relief efforts for first responders. (7:01) This approach has made him the person many companies are calling for advice during the pandemic.

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Steve Blank

MAY 2, 2016

We just held our fifth week of the Hacking for Defense class. Before the first class, each team has already spoken to 10 customers, and they are challenged to present their mission model canvases within 20 minutes of walking through the classroom door. This week the teams passed the half way mark in the class.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

I caught my breath and thought about it for a minute and said, “How about I go talk to the new training manager. You’re Hired, You’re Fired. My first job in Silicon Valley: I was hired as a lab technician at ESL to support the training department. Driving across the U.S. is an adventure everyone ought to do. I was stunned.

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Steve Blank

MAY 2, 2016

We just held our fifth week of the Hacking for Defense class. Before the first class, each team has already spoken to 10 customers, and they are challenged to present their mission model canvases within 20 minutes of walking through the classroom door. This week the teams passed the half way mark in the class.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Creating and showing constant momentum through personal portfolio projects and volunteering is a powerful means of landing a new job as a product manager, especially if one has never officially held the professional title “Product Manager.” Tailor resumes and cover letters for product manager job applications to each specific role.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

We are already past the midway mark in our new Hacking for Diplomacy course at Stanford, and for both students and instructors, it’s an intellectually and emotionally charged period. Time flies. Some teams have produced surprising and delightful minimum viable products (MVPs) — one is a simple T-shirt, another is an app.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

We are already past the midway mark in our new Hacking for Diplomacy course at Stanford, and for both students and instructors, it’s an intellectually and emotionally charged period. Time flies. Some teams have produced surprising and delightful minimum viable products (MVPs) — one is a simple T-shirt, another is an app.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 10, 2014

In this article, let’s explore the process and mindset necessary to create a killer value propositions in crowded markets. According to business development firm Ernst & Young , the top 4 most popular categories for online purchases are: Computer Related Products (40%). What can you do? The reasons why people buy online. &

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

Three academic types—Evan Korth, Hilary Mason, and Chris Wiggins, got together with a student, Trevor Owens, and decided that more students should be hacking on real projects, and be better connected to the innovation community at large. ” It’s true. Step #2: Pitch investors. Step #2: Pitch investors.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 24, 2021

We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless battle against distraction; and we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient, and “life hacks” to optimize our days. I chatted with some incredible guests on the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast over this past year.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Useful blogs and links for startups Click Here ————– 2.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

Freemium was a going out of business strategy. When a reporter asked, “Your kids must think you’re the coolest dad in the world,” I couldn’t answer the question, because I realized that I hadn’t seen my kids in three weeks. I learned that making a complicated thing look easy is extremely hard. Ryan Smith.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

September 11, 2015 1 18 minutes read. The 20+ years that you spend building your brand can be destroyed in five minutes. 4 – Time for a Business Risk. DIGITAL MARKETING. FREE TRIAL. LOG IN / REGISTER. MEMBERS ONLY. MASTERMIND. Inspiration. Storytelling. Entrepreneur. Biographies. MASTERMIND. NEWSLETTER. GUEST POSTS.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

Freemium was a going out of business strategy. When a reporter asked, “Your kids must think you’re the coolest dad in the world,” I couldn’t answer the question, because I realized that I hadn’t seen my kids in three weeks. I learned that making a complicated thing look easy is extremely hard. Ryan Smith.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 5, 2016

The long-awaited 2016 Olympics are upon us, and with them our own musings of what it takes to cultivate a winning mindset. What sort of mindset do you need in order to achieve the extraordinary? Cultivate a growth mindset. Dweck says, “Those with a fixed mindset believe that their talents and abilities are simply fixed.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2020

What worked in SEO, content, and growth just a few months ago may not be effective today. Making things even more challenging, there’s so much noise. Is that top-ranked content on Google actually the best thing out there? Or is it the same “me too” content? We identified top marketers based on some good-but-imperfect criteria (e.g., Image source ).

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ConversionXL

MAY 17, 2017

This small shift in mindset has forever changed the way I think about and approach marketing. Tell me none of these sound familiar… 101 growth hacks to try right now. After about two years, today is my very last day doing content and growth at CXL. Process is everything. I knew a little bit about a lot of things.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

4:04] What is credibility marketing? [5:35] 15:01] Are you starting to see that this is a tactic that can actually work for people that might have the mindset that no one would want to read a book by them? [16:03] Why Publishing A Book Helps Build Your Credibility written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2009

Being in a startup and having a successful relationship and family was very hard work. But entrepreneurs can be great spouses and parents. This post is not advice, nor is it recommendation of what you should do, it’s simply what my wife and I did to raise our kids in the middle of starting multiple companies.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

"I really like that resilience word," Robert Rhinehart told me in our conversation about his new organization, The Corona Initiative. You may know him as the founder of Soylent, the nutrition company he started in his kitchen and scaled nationwide. I've been so focused on electronics hardware. What I really need is better food.'"

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Tuesday midnight edit : After >500 comments, >1000 tweets, and >1000 Facebook likes, I’m closing comments on this thread so we can all get back to work. The very last comment takes the cake, however, and is a fitting close. Thanks ez, whoever you are! As you might know, we’re hiring the best programmers in the world.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

4:27] The big premise of using the weed metaphor is really to tap into what you’re calling a weed mindset — can you unpack that idea for us? [5:32] 5:32] What are the unfair advantages that you think adopting this weed mindset gives a business? [7:39] He lives on a beautiful island in Puget Sound, Washington. I mean, why

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

I won’t sugar-coat this: it is one of the most difficult and frustrating aspects of building a company online. There are many articles by many experts ( myself included ) extolling the virtues of listening to customers. After all, people rarely say they are mad because they are not being heard. Let me give an especially painful example.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2018

The first time we met we talked for 4 hours straight. Steph is also a female realtor and investor. She’s somebody I’m SO happy to have met this past summer…via instagram. You know when you meet somebody you click with and everything in the universe just seems to align?? It just felt right. SO, continue to go out and meet people?—?those

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

4:10] What are you finding that not listening in the way is costing people? [4:10] 4:10] What are you finding that not listening in the way is costing people? [5:34] In a recent episode called Quick Hacks to Personalize Your outreach, he speaks with Ethan Parker about how to personalize your outreach in a more repeatable way.

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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? Many of my friends have been in the same position, so heres my best advice , below. Be succinct. What happens next?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2021

How I Shifted from Just Counting Calories to Supercharging My Fitness Workouts This is part of a weight loss and fitness improvement series that I’m writing to share how I went from 222 pounds and unable to bike more than 20 minutes on a Peloton to 153 pounds and running 8–12 miles / day in just 18 months. Mountain biking in Arizona.

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