Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
After the crash, venture capital was scarce to non-existent. This allowed startups to build Minimal Viable Products (MVPs) – incremental and iterative prototypes – and put them in front of a large number of customers to get immediate feedback. Most startups born in the bubble died in the bubble.
Steve Blank
JANUARY 30, 2013
A Proof of Concept center, which is not the same as a full-fledged incubator, would also be responsible to develop a companywide core competence in business model and open innovation design and a VC-like, staged-risk funding decision criteria for new market opportunities. Lessons Learned.
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Steve Blank
JUNE 23, 2016
Intel attempted to compete, (and actually owned an ARM license) but fell victim to a classic failure of ignoring a low-end disruptor and hobbling their own chances by deciding not cannibalize their own very profitable x86 business. Filed under: Corporate Innovation , Customer Development.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 28, 2008
Its different from selling a product, because it is not part of our regular business practice, is not something that relates to our core competence, and tends not to happen in a repeatable and scalable way. Ill exclude those non- lean startups who basically exist for the purpose of raising bigger and bigger sums of money. Expo SF (May.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
These salesmen used their insight into what their customers really needed to make the sale and then deliver something of even greater value. They are gaining valuable customer data. This approach is fundamentally non-scalable. Go on an agile diet quickly. They are closing orders. They are close to breakeven.
Steve Blank
JULY 28, 2011
government agency that supports research in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering - is changing the startup landscape for scientists and engineers. They’ll explore the best way to deliver the product to customers, the resources required, as well as competing technologies. Until today. billion U.S.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 8, 2009
When it becomes possible to build products "live" with customers, the cycle time changes and design becomes a much more dynamic process. We still struggle to create Firm software that is defect-free, and it still requires customer insight (and maybe some customer development) to discover what will Delight. Expo SF (May.
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