Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

Reply One difference between VCs and Entrepreneurs « Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog , on April 20, 2009 at 7:06 am Said: [.] Reply Reversible vs. Irreversible Decisions at Oregonstartups.com Blog , on April 26, 2009 at 4:25 pm Said: [.] Blog at WordPress.com. Great startups have a tempo of 10x a large [.]

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JUNE 11, 2009

Below we copy from Steve Blank’s blog. Blank asks a lot of the right questions in his blog post: Am I a Founder? Blog at WordPress.com. takes to be a founder or co-founder of a company, or even an early participant. When my students ask me about whether they should be a founder or cofounder of a startup I ask [.]

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

I’m at jordan.cooper@gmail.com or blogging here: jordancooper.wordpress.com Reply Alain Raynaud , on November 12, 2009 at 4:42 pm Said: Or maybe it’s just the last slide that convinced the VCs. This is my new favorite post on your blog. I am a young entrepreneur here, absolutely dying to hear the talk.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

All of this is hit upon in your book but reframing and coming back to the concepts via this blog will definitely help with clarifying the ideas and processes behind Lean Startups. Blog at WordPress.com. Reply Sean Murphy , on November 2, 2009 at 11:55 am Said: This is a common misunderstanding and one that bootstrappers trip over.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

on Cafepress, but is now literally priceless since the copyright owner put it on his blog.) Reply Pros and cons of Push and Pull product positioning and differentiation « Yet Another (ex-)VC Blog , on February 21, 2010 at 11:14 am Said: [.] Absolutely priceless. Well, it used to be $29.95

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AUGUST 7, 2017

You can find a lot of great videos, blogs and books on the Internet, but there is still no replacement for direct one-on-one mentoring. The Internet is full of great videos and blogs. Texas exports more than California and New York combined. Only California and New York have more. You can start by selling in the U.S.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2009

In the last three posts, we drew the relationship of market risk and invention risk with vertical markets and pointed out verticals where customer development would be useful. would look in each of the verticals. For example, How does sales differ from one market to another? Others you need to know when you execute the plan.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2009

Simulation to Reduce Invention Risk If you’re in a vertical where “invention risk” is dominant, then you want to do everything you can to manage and reduce those risks. When I wrote the Four Steps to the Epiphany , the Customer Development text, I hadn’t yet thought about what vertical markets it might be appropriate for.)

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Today James Hickey from San Diego, California, pitched Parallel6 , a company that does social media marketing services for brands and also has a white label mobile app that can be customized and branded for their clients' mobile and social marketing needs. In that case, the verticals of choice could be manufacturing, wholesale and retail.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

This year, with the kids grown, their choice was to fly up from Southern California and spend the holidays at our ranch. California, where even the rabbits are bigger than life! Blog at WordPress.com. Imu turkey can’t be beat if you’re trying to exceed any rational amount of salt intake.) Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Your blog post has provided a lot of useful insights for me which I’ve been implementing. Blog at WordPress.com. I have been working on getting a startup to revenue for a while, and while this is my 4th iteration and I have not yet succeeded, I’ve been learning new things every time. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Your blog is on my must read list in Google Reader, and it’s always a great read. I just started a blog here: [link]. This article is typical, very useful. I like how the tone adopted doesnt try to push stuff down my throat but at the same time disclaimers dont disclaim everything.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Reply A victim’s account of a hostile outburst by his abusive boss « eBossWatch Blog , on October 15, 2009 at 1:23 pm Said: [.] 15, 2009 Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank blogged about being on the receiving end of a hostile outburst from his “abusive boss,&# the [.] of huge losses made by Nokia.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

Reply shiftMode » Blog Archive » Nobody Cares About Your Product , on August 31, 2009 at 2:30 pm Said: [.] Reply Process for the Enterprise » Blog Archive » Why Doesn’t “Continuous Improvement&# Philosophy Apply to #BPM Vendors? , 3 , on August 31, 2009 at 12:48 pm Said: [.]

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 24, 2009

If you’re a startup raising money or just want to see your name online, there’s not a better blog on the web. His wife, about my age, could have been a poster child for the stereotypical California hippie surfer, with politics that matched her style – antiwar, anti government, antiestablishment.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Forget the Hypertext idea and come on back to California. He and his wife Gwen would found the Computer Museum, first in the lobby of DEC headquarters, then in Boston (and now as the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.) Blog at WordPress.com. The response from across the country? We’re building a supercomputer.”

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

a bit more panache and patience, they’re likely to break less furniture as they leave,&# blogs Steve Blank, serial entrepreneur and author of “The Four Steps to the [.] Blog at WordPress.com. Reply Nathan Furr , on September 24, 2009 at 9:20 am Said: Great post and wise advice. on July 9, 2010 at 12:50 pm Said: [.]

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

MyTab Next, Heddi Cundle from San Francisco, California, discussed MyTab , an online gift-registry of sorts to raise money for travel. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, she writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

No internet, no blogs, no books on startups, no entrepreneurship departments in universities, etc. Blog at WordPress.com. It took me 8 startups and 21 years to get it right, (and one can argue success was due to the Internet bubble rather then any brilliance.) Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Said from Orange County, California, pitched MapWide.com , which is supposed to be a collection of sites like MapDentist.com, MapDoctors.com, etc. However, the mistake Said has made is to go "spray and pray" and build numerous different verticals without really fleshing out the business strategy for any of them. MapWide.com.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 6, 2011

Much like my career, in the last two years this blog has traveled a serendipitous path. Fourth, as a public official in the State of California , to offer a window on how public policy on California Coastal protection gets made. The Coastal stories are going to have to wait until I’m no longer a public official.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Reply SV New Tech Meetup « startupSQUARE's blog , on December 2, 2009 at 12:42 am Said: [.] Reply My take on Customer Development and the Lean Startup | Recess Mobile Blog , on January 9, 2010 at 5:29 am Said: [.] bands take their built in audience and then branch into their own material. Then WHAT it IS?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2009

Reply DodaPedia » Blog Archive » How to decide where to live , on June 21, 2009 at 7:18 am Said: [.] Blog at WordPress.com. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance I always had been curious about how Silicon Valley, a place I had lived and worked in, came to be. I’ll stop channeling James Burke now. to do that.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2009

Crammed into Silicon Valley along with millions of people around the San Francisco Bay it’s hard to fathom that 15 air miles away was a stretch of California coast that was still rural. At the end of two days I realized, This was the first full weekend I had taken off since I had moved to California 3 years ago. How did I miss that?

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Steve Blank

JULY 16, 2009

Great blog setup by the way, enjoying the narrative/play by play including ignoring your nagging (rational) fears. Reply Richard Burns , on August 6, 2009 at 5:58 pm Said: Li Kramer gave me the link to your blog. As I work with a startup, this blog is very helpful. Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Order Here.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 20, 2009

Darcy Murphy , on March 21, 2009 at 9:46 pm Said: I’m really impressed with your stories – in fact, that’s what I like about this blog the most, you’re writing stories. I’ve never said this before on a blog, but I can’t wait for your next post. i have your book, but stopped at the 4th chapter.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

I packed up my life in Michigan and spent five days driving to California to start work. Reply SVJ , on June 30, 2009 at 3:21 am Said: Hi Steve: I have become a recent regular reader of your blog. No internet, no blogs, no books [.] You’re Hired, You’re Fired. Driving across the U.S. Thanks Steve, Great insight.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Blog at WordPress.com. Reply Hmm , on October 12, 2009 at 3:50 pm Said: This is incredible and EXACTLY what I’ve been doing. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

PS1- I run a small software startup in Brazil and just found out about Customer Development and your blog (I’ve been reading and listening to everything I can get my hands on online, like Venturehacks and Ries’ blog). Reply Daily Review #21 | The Queue Blog , on November 9, 2009 at 8:06 pm Said: [.]

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

I forget that other people actually read this blog. I think that one of the good themes of this blog is that years != “dog years&# in deep industries. To Steve B: thanks for a great blog, and connecting so many outlying or just plain uncorrelated dots. Say that gives 15 years in business. I’m not quite 40.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

EE Reply My take on Customer Development and the Lean Startup | Recess Mobile Blog , on January 9, 2010 at 5:30 am Said: [.] Blog at WordPress.com. What a sly dog you are (wink) having set your “competitor&# up for failure. Good read and thanks to the comments on this post. Good stuff too.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Finally, since no one would believe a set of benchmarks named after our company, we needed a façade of independence, so we named them after the street the company was headquartered on in Sunnyvale California – they became known as the Potrero Benchmarks. Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

Glad to see you blogging! thanks Reply Denis , on March 27, 2009 at 7:05 pm Said: Steve, is this blog in addition to the book or instead of it? What part of this blog should I read if I am also reading the book? Steve Blank has started a blog. A key lesson is that as an entrepreneur, you get to choose your segment.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

on April 10, 2009 at 6:58 am Said: Amazing blog. Reply Process for the Enterprise » Blog Archive » People, Staffing, and Steve Blank’s SuperMac Series , on April 17, 2009 at 11:40 am Said: [.] Blog at WordPress.com. Thanks so much for sharing such stories. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2009

Unfortunately most startups learn this by going through the “Fire the first Sales VP&# drill: You start your company with a list of potential customers reading like a “who’s who&# of whatever vertical market you’re in (or the Fortune 1000 list.) Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2009

Not everybody knows somebody who knows a VC… Reply Flow » Blog Archive » Daily Digest for July 15th - The zeitgeist daily , on July 14, 2009 at 8:39 pm Said: [.] Blog at WordPress.com. I talked a bit about it here [link] and will have more to say in later posts. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

Flow » Blog Archive » Daily Digest for June 16th - The zeitgeist daily , on June 15, 2009 at 8:11 pm Said: [.] Because it is so true Reply Siddharth Chawla , on June 16, 2009 at 5:37 am Said: I am always expecting another nugget of wisdom from this blog and eager to know what you are going to post!

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