Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital. It may just be that the message of building companies that have predictable revenue and profit models hasn’t percolated through the VC business model. Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.)

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Steve Blank is a retired serial entrepreneur, educator, thought leader and creator of the rigorous "Customer Development" methodology detailed in his book, "The Four Steps to the Epiphany." It's hard enough to pick which existing companies with known business models to aid.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 7, 2015

Steve Blank gave us this now famous definition of a startup: A startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. We think the best next step is to find a point of emotional connection with customers. We have gone a step further. we re-join Blank).

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 15, 2011

Startups now understand what they should be doing in their early formative days is search for a business model. The process they use to guide that search is "Customer Development" ; and to track their progress startups now have a scorecard to document their week-by-week changes – the business model canvas.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

” I believe that by this he means they want cash rather than equity. “Business people” and “software people” are misnomers. That’s because business people cover a wider range of skills and responsibilities; the work they do is more varied. I absolutely want cofounders when the time comes.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

equity debate. Alarming IT data points - deal architect , August 25, 2010 I am grateful for plenty of positive coverage my book has received. The coverage, though, has focused mostly on all the innovators I profile in the book. As most, if not all, of the games on social networks use the freemium business model (i.e.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. I've also read his book The Four Steps to the Epiphany, where he outlines this in great detail. It may be that all the doomsayers are right.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2013

I couldn’t write a single line of code, and I didn’t have any clue how to start a business. Luckily for me, I found some books that enlightened my path. For me, these books were great guides. Any investor who knew anything about books, didn’t invest. They probably thought it was the wrong time too. Screw the haters.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Books, mentors, advisors, entrepreneurial friends, conferences, dinners, meetups, etc and it’s usually real time meaning you learn what you need today to solve your biggest challenges. Read great books / especially business biographies. Talk to your customers. Can you recommend any books? The way I do it.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

If I collect all that together and call that all small business, which is a little unfair because of course they are different in how you’d get after them and so on, but for now, if I collect all that and say small business and organizations, is that what you want to target? Or do you not want those customers?

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

He hasn’t read the final pages of his book yet. The books say its easy to learn/do, but there are so many variables, and they all (prog. However, my two initial co-founders were not technical and couldn’t contribute significantly during the initial year plus of development. So, the guy is BS-ting you, people.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

automatic links to generated images Rietveld - asynchronous code reviews on changesets Tech*if*er0*urs – blog on roadmap for learning rails Best free programming books Project Management Basecamp - web-based project management and collaboration tool. WebSequenceDiagrams - sketch sequence diagrams.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" Saul Klein • Nov 16, 2010 I think the important part of the under-appreciation of the distribution part is the lack of formal structure in business activities and the lack of proper communication arising from it. are just emerging for business people (customer development, business model generation,).

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Clear Books. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. model legal documents. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section. Legal, Equity, etc. s leading practice that is dedicated to providing full assistance with business planning.

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