archive tag learn-that-name 
Steve Blank
AUGUST 31, 2009
The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.) So what’s wrong the product development model? release of the product.
ConversionXL
MARCH 29, 2017
Some secret growth hack or silver bullet that skyrocketed them to household names. High-growth companies simply have something most companies don’t, right? The truth is, they simply had a solid growth marketing process. Growth Process > Growth Hacks. Growth experts largely believe the same. via CXL Live). via Growth Tribe).
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Steve Blank
DECEMBER 7, 2009
By now we had found a few customers and learned a lot more about the market from them and other prospects. By now we had found a few customers and learned a lot more about the market from them and other prospects. In Customer Discovery we were learning as much from them as they did from us. Are These Your Slides?
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 5, 2009
A Phone Call After I left MIPS Computers I was in New York tagging along with a friend (a computer architect whose products at Apple a decade later would change the shape of personal computing) who was consulting for a voice recognition startup. It would be the company where I actually earned the title.
Steve Blank
JUNE 25, 2009
These companies would take our computers and put their name on them and resell them to their customers. He even remembered the names of their wives and kids and some details about schools or events. (I They couldn’t keep up with the fast product development times that were enabled by using standard microprocessors.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. There’s lots of lore, emotion, and misconceptions of what VC’s do or don’t do for entrepreneurs. The reality is that VC’s have one goal – to maximize the amount of money they return to their investors.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 16, 2015
I don’t have children yet but when I do, I know I’m going to want to make sure they’re intelligent, creative, compassionate, and self-confident—probably what every non-parent hopes for, right? Wishful thinking aside, I do still want to raise children who feel the world is their oyster. This cash register is a bestseller on Amazon. Bring it on.
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