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Massacre at IBM

Steve Blank

Long before there was the Lean Startup, Business Model Canvas or Customer Development there was a guy in Santa Barbara California who had already figured it out. I want to tell you a story about how a team pivoted and succeeded by synchronizing product and customer development. The division was the dominant global player.

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Making Friends With Millennials: Evolving The Customer Service Story

YoungUpstarts

by Simon Tate, Area Vice President for Commercial Business – Asia, Salesforce. As the world’s first global generation, life is first and foremost about choice. According to the Connected Life report by global research consultancy TNS Singapore, Singapore’s millennials spend an average of one day a week, or 3.4

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Startup Resources

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Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. TIE UK : TiE, a not-for-profit global network of entrepreneurs and professionals, TiE is an organization of industry professionals who share the common interests of promoting and fostering entrepreneurial efforts. Benhamou Global Ventures. Customer Development.