Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. Though they’re familiar with technology in the valley, I picked up some important cultural difference from students and startup engineers I talked to. They are the signs of a leadership frightened not by external enemies but by their own people.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. Though they’re familiar with technology in the valley, I picked up some important cultural difference from students and startup engineers I talked to. They are the signs of a leadership frightened not by external enemies but by their own people.

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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. Large companies were acquiring technology startups just to get in the game at the same absurd prices.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2009

Resegmentation means these startups are trying to lure some of the current or potential customers away from incumbents by either offering a lower cost product, or by offering features that appealed to a specific niche or subset of the existing users. Do you know the archetype of their customers? Me – “Have you used Company x’s product?

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

That data is completely consonant with the people I know who are successful technologists today, and similar patterns are documented in each recent wave of technology innovation. We also learned that law is code , and that leadership was needed to build thriving communities in a digital age. Its this second point I want to emphasize.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

I want to especially recognize Vivek Wadhwa and Brad Feld for their leadership.) Two others – that each team member give their input independently and that the results be objectively aggregated – are also key parts of building a meritocracy. I want to especially recognize Vivek Wadhwa and Brad Feld for their leadership.)

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Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2009

But what I remind them is that great grades and successful founders/technology entrepreneurs have at best a zero correlation (and anecdotal evidence suggests that the correlation may actually be negative.) There’s a big difference between being an employee at a great technology company and having the guts to start one. I love Google.

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