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Unintended Lessons

Steve Blank

She said, “Dad, one of the great things you and Mom did was never tell us how much things cost.” And I remember staying in everything from little motels to big hotels and resorts, from National parks in Alaska to trips in India. Now that I’m older, I’m starting to know what things cost.

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Epitaph for an Entrepreneur « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Alaska , Wyoming , Colorado , Washington , Oregon, Maine.) My ideas about Customer Development started evolving around these concepts. However, I think if I had understood the basics of Customer Development I might have done 5-6 startups rather than 8 to get to retirement. Long vacations. It takes two.