Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Before starting CirkledIn , Reetu Gupta spent 20 years in corporate America doing internal startups as well as marketing and engineering work at Fortune 50 companies including AT&T Wireless and Honeywell. — For Reetu, coming to America from India marked a watershed moment: I always felt I was a misfit in India.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

When I told her they not only didn’t want it back, but were trying to see if they could give me more for my next company, she paused for a long while and then said in a very Russian accent, “Only in America are the streets paved with gold.” It was a long way from Ellis Island.)

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

This was followed by an 8-minute slide presentation describing their customer discovery journey over the 10-weeks. All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ) Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

customer development. Some general customer development slides click here. Called “ How to Build a Startup: The Lean LaunchPad ,” it walks you through the Business Model Canvas and an overview of the customer development process. TechStars and Startup America are partnering to provide mentors in the U.S.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Customer Development. A well-developed model is Andreessen Horowitz’s Executive Briefing Center. As a consultant to Goldman Sachs Americas Special Situations Group, he helped build Chambers Street Executive Network. For more, see Recruiting Hacks: Best Practices in Wooing and Winning the High Performers.

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Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2016

I simply wasn’t happy in corporate America. Working in corporate America, he gained enormous experience that serves him today, he says, but his heart wasn’t in working for others. Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. You can’t rely on anybody else. . I didn’t fit.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

Followed by an 8-minute slide presentation follow their customer discovery journey over the 10-weeks. All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. All the presentations are worth a watch. Team: Panacea.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Back in MacArthur’s day, fighting a conventional conflict akin to the wars America experienced in the 20th century was certainly not expected to be easy. You stand as the Nation’s war-guardian, as its lifeguard from the raging tides of international conflict.”.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Hershey plans to operate Krave as a standalone business within its Hershey North America division. Filed under: Customer Development , Teaching. Customer Development Teaching' It was Krave’s first national stocking order. Krave generated ~ $35 million in net sales over the last 12 months. Lessons Learned.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 9, 2012

If you want a preview of what I’ll be talking about, Steve Blank , the successful entrepreneur and brilliant brain behind the Customer Development idea, has an outstanding and thorough (like everything Steve does) review of Startup Communities up on his site. This is the first public session in Boulder about Startup Communities.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2016

Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or Americorps or perhaps the US Digital Service or the GSA’s 18F. And we will build a knowledge base of DOD/IC acquisition primers, customer development best practices, org charts, etc. What Surprised Us?

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

They’ll learn how to apply “lean startup” principles, (“mission model canvas,” “customer development,” and “agile engineering”) to discover and validate agency and user needs and to continually build iterative prototypes to test whether they understood the problem and solution. National Service.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

They’ll learn how to apply “lean startup” principles, (“mission model canvas,” “customer development,” and “agile engineering”) to discover and validate agency and user needs and to continually build iterative prototypes to test whether they understood the problem and solution. National Service.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 26, 2016

Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or Americorps. Filed under: Customer Development , Science and Industrial Policy , Teaching. how to use an entrepreneurial mindset and Lean Methodologies to solve national security problems. Sign up here.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Angels In America. Data from the Startup Genome project shows that startups that have helpful mentors, listen to customers, and learn from startup thought leaders raise 7x more money and have 3.5x Why do we need to wait a month to six weeks to see progress? For angel-funded startups, life is even tougher. better user growth.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 30, 2016

The short answer was no and whilst many of the businesses present had a large technology component to their company, with custom developed software etc they could not present themselves as a tech company. All lending companies need to stop being so safe, so repeatable, so traditional and dare one say it male-oriented.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 6, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, March 6, 2010 Startup Visa update As I write this, I am traveling at 30,000 feet on Virgin Americas excellent IAD->SFO nonstop, following an intense few days of conversations in Washington, DC about the Startup Visa. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2010

Without lobbyists or PACs, were getting the word out in DC and nationwide that we have an opportunity to act - this year - to create jobs right here in America by supporting entrepreneurship and innovation. My big belief in the Startup Visa Act: Entrepreneurship is very much representative and symbolic of what Americas all about."

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

Angels In America. Data from the Startup Genome project shows that startups that have helpful mentors, listen to customers, and learn from startup thought leaders raise 7x more money and have 3.5x Why do we need to wait a month to six weeks to see progress? For angel-funded startups, life is even tougher. better user growth.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2016

He also co-founded three companies: a broadcasting network, Air America Media, a solar energy company, Atenergy and a branding agency, Brand Maestro. Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. Javier explained how the SBA helps drive entrepreneurship in the U.S.:

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2016

There’s almost $2 billion spent in North America on paying to play basketball. Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. What we really found that our client was essentially the basketball league, and we could throw ourselves in the middle of the transaction.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2016

Look at the history of America and what has been the role models or the examples of a way out for a lot of underrepresented entrepreneurs minorities? Send an email to terri@kandsranch.com describing your entrepreneurial journey, Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. And it’s a culture issue. .

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. ► May (3) Thank you Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

In America, I think it’s money; if you can make money from your illness, then you are deemed a genius. . Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. Also I have to work, to execute on that imagination, just so that I know I’m not suffering from the same illness, that if I execute then it’s real.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 8, 2010

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. ► May (3) Thank you Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

LSC: Tell us about the customer development you did for your book: Alistair: We''ve been thrilled at how Lean Analytics seemed to resonate with founders. We''ve done some work with the folks at Code for America. LSC: What''s an example of one metric, other than revenue, that you might look at for a non-tech product?

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

Fourth , would the same Lean Startup methodology (business model design, customer development and agile engineering) used in the Lean LaunchPad and NSF I-Corps class work here? Multiple teams have been engaged by government, prime contractor and VC firms for follow-on discussions/engagements. Result: Hell yes.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 1, 2016

Fourth , would the same Lean Startup methodology (business model design, customer development and agile engineering) used in the Lean LaunchPad and NSF I-Corps class work here? Multiple teams have been engaged by government, prime contractor and VC firms for follow-on discussions/engagements. Result: Hell yes.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Im not offering extensive studies or research to support this conclusion; the evidence from my peers right here in the innovation capital of America, Silicon Valley, is absolutely overwhelming. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? They are nerds.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2011

Steve Blank is a retired serial entrepreneur, educator, thought leader and creator of the rigorous "Customer Development" methodology that helps startups optimize their chances for success while reducing risk. Angels In America. Silicon Valley, New York). Here's how. Why do we need to wait a month to six weeks to see progress?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2009

Do you mean the Culinary Institute of America? And you’d like me to do my talk on Customer Development and startups?” “No, we’re the other CIA.” Steve my name is Donald xx, and I’m the head of external affairs of the CIA’s venture capital firm and we’d like you to keynote our conference.”

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2012

Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Technology. The combination of government, researchers in academia and risk capital make a powerful accelerator for technology commercialization. There’s at least one congressman who understands it.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The car had become part of your personal identity while it became a symbol of 20th Century America. Nothing super new here, but a well put together lessons on industries, marketing, and customer development. Each had its particular cachet, status and admirers. People had heated arguments about who made the best brand.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or Americorps or perhaps the US Digital Service or the GSA’s 18F. Each of their slide presentation follow their customer discovery journey. Filed under: Customer Development , Hacking For Defense , Lean LaunchPad.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Using mTurk to interview 100 customers (in 4 hours) | Customer Development Labs - [link]. Small Business and Startups: Slice & Dice Your Customer Service Data | crowdSPRING Blog - [link]. The Ten Most Innovative Companies In America | Forbes – [link]. ” - [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 13, 2009

Team New Zealand designed the yacht that won the Americas Cup. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? It does this by compressing the time between cause and effect. When this time is short, there are fewer extraneous signals that can introduce noise into our experiment.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

After quitting my job and starting Sorced , I spent a few months validating my business concept by creating the product mockups and doing customer development. Commits To International Growth, Enters Latin America With Ellas 2.0. The Alchemist Series: Customer Development and Metrics. Startup Weekend. Recent Posts.

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