Steve Blank

JULY 7, 2009

luck… and as one of Steve Blank’s posts today mentioned, you can’t test hypotheses from within your building.

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ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

JULY 11, 2012

The implementation and architecture can also suffer if the team under or over invests engineering time, implementation of standards, or testing discipline in the wrong areas. The bottom of this axis is not "low" value - if we knew something had low value, then chances are we would choose not to invest in it. 2) The agile "happy place".

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

2) They don’t care about your profitibility and ultimately, your staying power. While I completely agree with this notion, the signals might be more important (when you might fire them): 1) You don’t have a bi-directional (respectful) relationship. 3) Managing the relationship is more consumptive than the rewards.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

They gave us input on 1) features our system needed, 2) what applications we needed to have, and 3) how to sell to people just like them. Reply steveblank , on October 19, 2009 at 2:27 pm Said: [link] Jose Diaz-Gonzalez , on October 19, 2009 at 11:25 am Said: I wholeheartedly agree with your advice.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Picking Ventures: Part 2. " We all have heard/repeated the investment mantra about "big, growing markets" with "unfair advantage IP" position. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Picking Ventures: Part 2 : Comments. Picking Ventures: Part 2. Categories. Enter your Email.

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Steve Blank

MAY 28, 2009

But then, because there might be entrenched competitors and your concept is radically new, you still need to invest in the customer development process to learn how to get design wins from companies who may be happy with their existing vendors. find a different business (seriously) or 2. A good case study here is most iPhone apps.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

Jacob Webb Everyday Entrepreneurship [link] Reply Keenan , on April 20, 2009 at 2:12 pm Said: Steve, Your Hueristics are at the core. The problem is that you can check the pool’s thermostat all day long but you’re never going to know just how warm the pool is until you take the plunge. Would you be interested in guest posting?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I gave my boilerplate answer, “I’m a product guy and I tend to invest and look at deals that have measurable revenue metrics. Union Square Ventures The next morning I got to spend time with Brad Burnham , partner at Union Square Ventures talking about their investment strategy and insights about web-based businesses.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

  But details in each category vary dramatically.   Here it only means that no debt service is required in the near term, or perhaps at all, but an agreed method for repayment will almost certainly be involved in the investment agreements.). 2]   Aligning interests in structure: cost and risk. five years.).

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy » 24 Responses Tweets that mention Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My Slides?! Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My Slides?! This post was mentioned on Twitter by steve blank, Tina Seelig.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

Reply Raj , on August 14, 2009 at 2:45 am Said: Steve, This post has probably triggered a paradigm shift in the way that I’ve been approaching my startup. I have an idea for how to connect user social web conversations to 2-way search and contextual advertising. Maybe they just want to work with a start-up.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team. thank You steve blank!!

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

  One of the dangers of taking investment from individual angels, rather than through an angel group or investment firm, is that they have less reputation to protect.    Angels who only invest occasionally may not know what terms they want.  Startups and angels: Along the way to success.   Amen.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Home Books for Startups Secret History-Bibliography Steve Blank Startup Resources Steve Blank Entries RSS | Comments RSS Categories Air Force (9) Ardent (9) Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan (29) California Coastal Commission (3) Conservation (2) Convergent Technologies (1) Customer Development (98) Customer Development Manifesto (..)

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Steve Blank

APRIL 27, 2009

Each allied bombing mission lost 2-20% of their planes. Radar engineers had observed if you cut a strip of aluminum foil to 1/2 the wavelength of a radar transmitter and throw it in front of the radars antenna, the radar signal would reflect perfectly. And the German night fighters had their own on-board radar. No kidding.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Reply steveblank , on June 14, 2009 at 2:22 pm Said: Actually this is the mistake most startup entrepreneurs make – particularly in tough economic times. steve Charlie , on June 21, 2009 at 2:09 am Said: This is an excellent rundown. VentureStart , on November 2, 2009 at 8:50 am Said: [.] Get customers first.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Home Books for Startups Secret History-Bibliography Steve Blank Startup Resources Steve Blank Entries RSS | Comments RSS Categories Air Force (9) Ardent (9) Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan (29) California Coastal Commission (3) Conservation (2) Convergent Technologies (1) Customer Development (98) Customer Development Manifesto (..)

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

So if youre new, consider not paying any attention to the rest of this post, and just diving into the archives, if you havent already. In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. Would love to get in touch.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

Instead of focusing on “technical specs&# like the rest of the category, we are redefining to Information Delivery as the category with time/cost to Actionable Info as the metric, which is something we can compete on very well. I am starting to execute an eerily similar approach in the Big Data analytics market.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Reply steveblank , on October 5, 2009 at 2:08 pm Said: Chris, Ben was the founding VP of Engineering at Ardent. I liked the fact that you linked to the wikipedia page for a payphone — nice touch Reply Chris Ryland , on October 5, 2009 at 12:06 pm Said: Where did Ben Wegbreit fit in the Convergent picture?

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www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

2) You’re hiring employees. Rather than risk having your car repossessed, you should run the loan or investment through the company. Blog Categories. Monthly archive. Greenhorn Weekly Countdown October 2 - October 8. CATEGORIES. 3) You’re signing contracts with other companies. October 2011. (1)

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Instead of just listing off the talents you’ll need to instill in your children to encourage them to become the good entrepreneurs of the future, I’ve sourced a number of gift ideas that fit within these categories. 2 toys to teach d elegation: If you’ve got this skill, you’re able to recognize that you can’t do everything yourself.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

Reply Process for the Enterprise » Blog Archive » People, Staffing, and Steve Blank’s SuperMac Series , on April 17, 2009 at 11:40 am Said: [.] I feel that I’ve derived as much value from this post as I would from reading 2 or 3 lengthy books on the topic. Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

When you’re company is growing >10x year over year, I suppose if management didn’t invest a lot in continued growth their board directors would line them up against the wall. Filing Date: initial filing June 2, 2011. 2010 Net Income: -$389M (net loss) (2). Groupon, Inc. Founding Date: 2009. to the merchant.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 20, 2009

Reply Ex Back , on April 9, 2009 at 2:45 am Said: Not that I’m impressed a lot, but this is a lot more than I expected when I found a link on SU telling that the info here is awesome. Facts are the rock on which you build your strategy and tactics In a startup second-hand facts are almost as useless as opinions.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Reply Dave Goulden , on April 2, 2009 at 9:55 am Said: Thanks for the great stories! Reply Brant Cooper , on April 2, 2009 at 10:05 am Said: When we found a subset of the tests on which we did worse than our competition, we … hmm, somehow that never happened. The numbers were in. What a surprise.) Go ahead and spill the beans!

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Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

Investing effort in getting to know the customer is an important aspect of developing a business relationship. Reply Jerry Sheridan , on November 6, 2009 at 2:12 pm Said: Steve, I don’t think you and I overlapped at CT (I was there from 87-91), but your picture looks familiar.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

But no one from the traditional CE business would invest the money to build such a product, that is until apple did about 4 years later. Reply Rocket Science 2: Drinking the Kool-Aid « Steve Blank , on July 2, 2009 at 6:02 am Said: [.] Reply El efecto novedad « Ludosofía , on May 2, 2010 at 10:05 pm Said: [.]

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

To be fair, the Day 1 categories were primarily infrastructure companies (Enterprise, Cloud and Mobile). Day 2 featured the consumer and social media, which were more interesting for me and much of the audience. Day 2 was much more interesting. Im anti check-in and have been a conscienious objector in the whole category.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2020

While it’s technically possible to start podcasting with a smartphone for free, investing in the proper hardware and software is highly recommended. Consider, for example, archiving your podcasts for free via YouTube. One element podcasters typically don’t spend much time thinking about is the show category. Podcast promotion.

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2009

Reply steveblank , on July 27, 2009 at 2:46 pm Said: John, You’d be surprised how many people don’t. OK, done.) “Steve, I would really appreciate it if you could review my business plan and forward it to Mike Maples at Maples Investments. One of those is: “Always ask for the order.&#

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

Reply Niall Smart , on May 2, 2009 at 12:20 am Said: Great story – your point about snazzy design vs. actual impact is still relevant in the context of spending money on outsourced web graphic design. Maybe the core of what you talk about in getting companies to success lies in the answer to these 2 questions.

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2009

Reply Terence Pua , on July 30, 2009 at 9:27 am Said: Steve, I’ve read and re-read that section in Chapter 2 re: market types and I still don’t fully comprehend. He was looking for a communications chip that could cut parts cost to build an innovative new type of computer – which turned out to be the Mac.

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Tim Keane

MAY 22, 2006

  Tomorrow, you're going to close your first professional investment with "Fred," a wealthy individual you met at a networking event.    This is great if you know the person investing or you know their reputation. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. Pick Your Investor With Care.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

In addition, in silo’d teams or with limited budgets, there can be tradeoffs and decisions to be made between investing in CRO or SEO. Again, it’s important to keep your test assets, at least in the case of archiving and learning. Finally, a lot depends on execution – how you test and optimize your website matters.

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www.scottporad.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

In fact, that’s exactly how I ended up at Cheezburger—a friend of a friend introduced me to one of the angels who had invested, who then introduced me to the founder (who needed a CTO). See: Part 1) 2) What information would I need to prepare to properly recruit a [.] Mark 15 Nov 10 at 3:11 pm [.] to help him develop the idea.

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