Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

I believe it is the best introduction to Customer Development you can buy. As all of you know, Steve Blank is the progenitor of Customer Development and author of The Four Steps to the Epiphany. This new volume also tackles examples from the Internet and wireless startups of today, both B2B and B2C.

Customer Development 166

Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

The Next Web

JUNE 8, 2014

Developing an enterprise-grade SaaS product is not easy. The keys are maintaining capital efficiency, launching early versions to the SMB market and constantly applying customer development methods. This story continues at The Next Web. And more importantly, B2B companies. Design & Dev Entrepreneur Analysis and Opinion'

B2C 132

B2C B2B IP Technical Review 132

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

B2C vs. B2B is not a meaningful segmentation of Internet startups anymore because the Internet has changed the rules of business. We found 4 different major groups of startups that all have very different behavior regarding customer acquisition, time, product, market and team. And they’re just getting started. Congratulations.

Technical Cofounder 334

Technical Cofounder Early Stage Startup Silicon Valley 334

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

The response so far has been nothing short of overwhelming, and I want to especially thank those of you who participated in the survey and customer validation exercise that helped shape this event. We attempted to use Waterfall and market ourselves as B2C. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. It was a disaster.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2009

This is especially useful in situations, like most B2B businesses, where the total number of customers is likely to be small. This case study illustrates one company’s attempt to do customer development by testing their vision with customers before writing a single line of code. It is borderline embarrassing.

San Francisco 144

San Francisco Customer Wiki Lean 144

www.rocketwatcher.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I’ve seen online B2C startups use Dave McClure’s Startup Metrics for Pirates as a starting point for measuring what marketing is doing. One other basic metric I’d add is “Cost per channel&# (web, print, tradeshow, etc…) and tie in how many each channel is generating, so you get a ROI by channel as well.

B2B 42

B2B Metrics Marketing Startup 42

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Useful blogs and links for startups Click Here ————– 2.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110