Steve Blank
AUGUST 17, 2009
In some cases, branches of the military contracted directly with Stanford which worked with local contractors in Silicon Valley to build these components or systems for the military. The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part X: Stanford Crosses the Rubicon (steveblank.com) [.] on August 18, 2009 at 4:39 am Said: [.]
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 19, 2009
Other advisors provided marketing with industry-specific advice in our initial vertical markets (computational fluid dynamics, computational chemistry, finite element analysis, and petroleum engineering). Back in the 1960’s and 70’s no sane MBA’s would work for a Silicon Valley startup.) Update: Fixed a second time.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 7, 2013
If you want to understand my thesis behind Maker you can read this article that outlines the trend , but in summary: People watch 5.3 If you want to read some other articles I have written on the topic of online video and what I believe will shape the future, there are linked below. Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley and Who Will Win.
Steve Blank
MAY 11, 2021
Mrinal and Jeff’s article below explains how startups can adapt and thrive while working with the Defense Department. This article previously appeared in Fast Company. ai entered the defense market having already built a successful commercial business in the energy vertical. Jeff is an Army Second Ranger Battalion veteran.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 7, 2009
I was out and about in Silicon Valley doing what I would now call Customer Discovery trying to understand how marketing departments in large corporations worked. I remember presenting our ideas for Marketing Automation to one VP of Marketing in a large Silicon Valley company. It’s just a story about what happened to me.
Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2009
Un très bon article qui revient sur les traits de caractères nécessaires pour rejoindre une startup, suivant son profil : fondateurs, tous premiers employés et employés qui arrivent lorsque la société est déjà bien lancée. [.] Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. But make sure it fits who you are. Order Here.
Austin Startup
MARCH 3, 2020
A recent IDEO article, “ 4 Common Missteps on the Road to Innovation ” by David Aycan, illuminated me to the concept of being “blinded by purpose,” where teams grow inflexible in their thinking by becoming too dogmatic and diminish their ability to truly listen to their customers and interpret data in an unbiased way.
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