Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2012

It was great to watch him embrace the spirit and practice of customer development. Tossing their agile development process and at times their entire business model in the air, the company would go into fire-drill mode and engineering would start working on whatever his latest insight was. We’re building the wrong product!”

Founder 316

Founder Cofounder Advisory Board Burn Rate 316

The Startup Magazine

MAY 28, 2019

We talked to the founders of Embargo a while ago and wanted to catch-up to see how the platform has developed. They see it as a tool to drive their business instead of sharing their revenues with us.’. Embargo has just started generating revenues from two streams. What will the business model look like moving forward?

Advisory Board 91

Advisory Board Angel Investor Startup Cofounder 91

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The class was designed to teach educators (and the adjunct entrepreneurs that support them) the Lean LaunchPad approach (Business Model Design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering) for teaching entrepreneurship. Additionally, meeting with speakers grants students an opportunity to develop networking skills.

Delaware 297

Delaware Lean Entrepreneur Advisory Board 297

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Entrepreneurs who are looking to attract investors need to develop and pitch a plan -- preferably written -- that answers every potential investor question about your startup before it is asked. How does your business model make money? Include advisory board member qualifications and key industry connections.

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Advisory Board Liquidity Event Startup 120

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 19, 2018

Apptronik Systems specializes in developing robotic systems that can live and work with humans to make our lives safer, more productive and easier. We have two primary systems currently in development. We have been revenue positive since day one. Tell us more about what Apptronik does? . What is your secret sauce? Our people!

Texas 74

Texas Advisory Board Startup Angel Investor 74

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The class was designed to teach educators (and the adjunct entrepreneurs that support them) the Lean LaunchPad approach (Business Model Design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering) for teaching entrepreneurship. Additionally, meeting with speakers grants students an opportunity to develop networking skills.

Delaware 189

Delaware Lean Entrepreneur Advisory Board 189

Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2010

The role of a founding CEO in a startup searching for a business model is radically different than a CEO building and growing a company. Do they “get&# Customer Development ? These VC’s are skilled in helping you search for the business model. Your potential business model? Lean Startups

Founder 231

Founder Vesting Later Stage Early Stage 231

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their daily, weekly, quartely or yearly goals around their business. It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, where setting goals presents a fresh opportunity to achieve different objectives. Continuing that publishing company for other books.

Papua New Guinea 64

Papua New Guinea Hawaii Advisory Board Churn Rate 64

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 20, 2012

Here’s how: Develop the Product for the Few, Not the Many. Instead, successful startups solve this conundrum by focusing development and selling efforts on a very small group of early customers who have bought into the startup’s vision. Moreover, they can be potential advisory board candidates.

Customer 119

Customer Advisory Board Engineer Cofounder 119

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

I firmly believe that in this age where the product development life-cycle is so short and user feedback comes so quickly, you will know within a year whether you are focusing on a worthwhile one thing. But, you can iterate and iterate on features, but you cannot iterate your way to a business model. Don’t do this by committee.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

Army Signal Corps advisory board, and the Army was going to acquire their first computer for research. We Changed Our Mind In 1966, 10 years after Hewlett’s memo, Hewlett Packard’s revenue and headcount had grown ten fold; $200 million and 11,000 employees – all from test and measurement equipment.

Silicon Valley 164

Silicon Valley RSS California Agile 164