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. We were on the University of North Carolina campus to meet with Fred Brooks and Henry Fuchs.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Just as an aside, over my career I must have interviewed scores of business school graduates (some from the very fine universities where I now teach) who would say, “I want to do strategy.” Those were very short interviews. Now we needed to put the tactical programs in place to make this repositioning strategy happen.

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www.ere.net

JULY 15, 2012

Browse Articles by Tag. interviewing. Browse Articles by Tag. interviewing. advertising. assessments. coldcalling. corporatecareerswebsite. corporaterecruiting. economicdata. employeereferrals. financials. jobdescriptions. networking. onboarding. outsourcing. passivecandidates. recruiters. socialrecruiting. technology.

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www.readwriteweb.com

DECEMBER 9, 2011

The folks at BestVendor.com interviewed 500 developers and compiled this profile of the tools that they actually use. and tagged with. The folks at BestVendor.com interviewed 500 developers and compiled this profile of the tools that they actually use. POPULAR TAGS. Home | Features | Trends | Best of RWW | Archives.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 14, 2016

If you’re interested, you can f ind, listen, and subscribe to my long, long list of archives here. If you’re interested, you can f ind, listen, and subscribe to my long, long list of archives here. One of the best ways to drive traffic is to find and interview interesting people. 1 Guest Selection. 2 Publish Often.

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2009

I even had time to find a girlfriend who was a contractor to the company. One of her first comments was, “I didn’t know you even worked here. Where were you hiding?&# If she only knew. What’s the Worst that Can Happen? We four instructors would grumble and complain to one another about our lack of leadership.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. Dancing Around the Question Union Square Ventures was kind enough to sponsor a meetup the night before my class. It’s an impressive portfolio.

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Altgate

OCTOBER 8, 2009

The two most popular posts remain this one on term sheet negotiation and this one on venture debt , although this one on convertible debt is giving them a run for their money. Tips: $75 HOT All-Hands Team Meeting Board Management Tips For Startup CEOs Customer Support 2.0 Bookmark the permalink.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for Maples Investments Image via Wikipedia Steve Blank and I had the opportunity to create a presentation about lean startups for Maples Investments. Theyve invested in many great companies , including IMVU , Digg , Kongregate , Twitter.

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devver.wordpress.com

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Tim keeps a journal which he updates, tags, and adds ideas. The Devver Blog A Boulder startup improving the way developers work. Boulder CTO December Lunch with Tim Wolters with 5 comments The Boulder CTO Lunch meets once a month with a guest speaker and covers topics and questions that startup CTOs should find interesting.

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www.chancebarnett.com

MAY 10, 2011

Before I show you where to start, you should remember what I said in the interview- Creating a great landing page (given time) is not all about being a great copywriter or designer. Traditionally this is a headline, image or tag line. It’s also a function of being a great tester. It was farther removed than that.

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. Vaultive « Are Derivatives the Real Problem? And from my perspective as an engaged seed stage venture investor, this makes them unfundable.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Although you can watch the video archives on Justin.tv (and Paul Graham says he'll be posting the essay version of his remarks online soon), here are some of the highlights from my lecture notes: Andy Bechtolsheim: Founder, Arista Networks, Sun Microsystems. Lecture topic : Innovation. Take ownership of your innovation.".

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Software By Rob

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. The Micropreneur Spotlight is a look at a Micropreneur Academy member who has launched their product. Thanks for taking the time to appear in the Spotlight. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 5, 2009

One of the key tenets of entrepreneurship is that you start your company with insufficient resources and knowledge. Faith-based Entrepreneurship At first, entrepreneurship is a Faith-based initiative. You make several first order approximations about your business model, distribution channels, demand creation, and customer acceptance.

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thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Archives Team Badges & Banners Netsetter Directory Twitter Updates Email Updates Rss Updates Do You Need to Be a Developer to Found a Web Startup? Collis Taeed 16th March Business Models 9 Comments One of the best sources of information on startups is the obscenely talented Paul Graham who has written a wealth of essays on the subject.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

SuperMac sold our graphic boards for the Macintosh through multiple distribution channels: direct sales to major accounts, national chains, independent rep firms, etc. But the computer retail channel was a large part of our sales. Yet when I saw our retail package, I was confused.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 11, 2010

I read through your archives almost religiously before branching out to other marketers. If you want a much more detailed breakdown of this strategy, check out my interview with Adam Short , the creator of Niche Profit Classroom. It was an amazing journey. Why I Chose To Go Vertical.

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clicksend.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Click Send – Aaron Franklin's Blog From Microsoft to Startup, and Everything In-Between. Home About Contact Make It Happen: How to find a Programmer My weekly post on Seattle 2.0. The number one thing holding back new startups is funding. The number two thing is lack of a technical co-founder. Ask yourself: what do you bring to the table?

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 13, 2022

How to improve A/B test results How to prioritize A/B test hypotheses How long to run A/B tests How to set up A/B tests How to analyze A/B test results How to archive past A/B tests A/B testing statistics How to do A/B testing: tools and resources. A/B split testing is a new term for an old technique — controlled experimentation.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

In future posts I’ll describe how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. While that’s not true, it is a fact that entrepreneurs only have one word for “startup.” They never understood Market Type.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

This post describes a solution – the Customer Development Model. In future posts I’ll describe how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provide the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. A few successful ones do all these things.

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Altgate

JANUARY 27, 2009

Came across this gem of an interview with KPCB partner Randy Komisar. Anyway, there is a great quote toward the end of this interview where Randy says, “You can learn from someone else’s failure, but the only way to really get your money’s worth is to fail yourself.&# Randy is an excellent speaker. Randy Komisar [.]

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

This post describes how the traditional product development model distorts startup sales, marketing and business development. In the next few posts that follow, I’ll describe how thinking of a solution to this model’s failures led to the Customer Development Model – that offers a new way to approach startup sales and marketing activities.

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www.readwriteweb.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

In an interview today on the Cloudscaling blog, Netflix Cloud Architect Adrian Cockcroft discusses why Netflix moved to AWS. Cloudscaling CEO Randy Bias conducted the interview. The interview is part of a series Bias is doing with cloud computing innovators. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. Business is accelerating.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, April 29, 2010 Video update on the Startup Visa Act The Startup Visa Act continues to gain momentum on Capitol Hill, thanks to grassroots support of all of you. On our most recent trip to DC, the Startup Visa team produced two new videos to encapsulate our work to date, and hopefully inspire future action.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Nicola Corzine of the Band of Angels Acorn Fund discusses this at length in our interview with her. Nicola Corzine of the Band of Angels Acorn Fund discusses this at length in our interview with her. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. process in detail.

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www.subelsky.com

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Mike Subelskys Blog Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Lean startup tools for Rails apps A few months ago I was invited to dinner with the Geeks on a Plane crew when they stopped in Washington, and had the opportunity to meet one of my heroes, Eric Ries , author of the Startup Lessons Learned blog. To monitor exceptions, we use the excellent Hoptoad app.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Nicola Corzine of the Band of Angels Acorn Fund discusses this at length in our interview with her. Nicola Corzine of the Band of Angels Acorn Fund discusses this at length in our interview with her. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. process in detail.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

Thirty years later we now realize that its one the causes of early startup failure. This series of posts is a brief explanation of how we’ve evolved from Product Development to Customer Development to the Lean Startup. It has become an integral part of startup culture. It has become an integral part of startup culture.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Unfortunately in early stage startups the drive for financing hijacks the corporate DNA and becomes the raison d’etre of the company. Chasing funding versus chasing customers and a repeatable and scalable business model, is one reason startups fail. The goal of their startup in this stage becomes “getting funded.” How many are there?

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Or, if youd prefer to do it by video, you can upload to YouTube - just use the "startup visa" tag. Whether youre a US citizen or an immigrant, entrepreneur or investor, founder or employee, theres something you can do. This is especially true if you live outside the echo chamber of Silicon Valley. There are four ways to get involved below.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

You will find here a list of tools you can use during the customer discovery phase. Survey and Feedback tools Although people tend to think of Survey Monkey or Survey Gizmo when I mention Survey, I actually think that Google Forms is very good already, and it is free. The answers are saved in a spreadsheet.

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Altgate

MARCH 17, 2009

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Global Nuances of Startup Compensation Obama Shoots Down 90% Tax Bracket → Popular Posts Posted on March 17, 2009 by fnazeeri Once again, here is a list of some of the more popular posts on this blog.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JULY 1, 2010

You will find here a list of tools you can use during the customer discovery phase. Survey and Feedback tools Although people tend to think of Survey Monkey or Survey Gizmo when I mention Survey, I actually think that Google Forms is very good already, and it is free. The answers are saved in a spreadsheet.

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Altgate

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Today I was interviewed on background by an author who’s writing a book on entrepreneurship and we discussed this topic in some detail. The interviewer asked the question that begs to be asked, i.e. “what is market timing skill?&# I wish I knew the answer to this. Basically everything looking inward.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 31, 2008

I haven’t met founder Jason Fried but reading interviews and stories about him, he’s clearly the real deal. At least not yet. But that’s my prediction for 2009. Outrageous, huh? There are three elements of this prediction; let me address them in turn. I’m a huge fan of Basecamp. development framework and write a book.

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