Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

For Alex at Origin , a scheduling and booking platform for outdoor guiding companies, he soon realized that for the company to grow exponentially, they’d need thousands of customers because of how fragmented the market is. Go lean with your planning. A startup is about execution and speed, so you need to start lean.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Ian Hathaway and I are hard at work on a book called The Startup Community Way, which is modeled after Eric Ries’ evolution of The Lean Startup to his recent book The Startup Way. One of my approaches to writing a book is to blog a lot of early content and get reactions to it.

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Up and Running

MAY 18, 2016

Below, you will find a list of books recommended by serial entrepreneur David S. In this book, Michael Gerber walks you through the entire process, dispelling the myths as he goes. The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. Not so much. B y Michael E.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2011

I am no longer writing a book. The Lean Startup Book is done. The finished book will come out on September 13, featuring an amazing cover designed by my IMVU co-founder Marcus Gosling and refined and tested by so many of you. The book contains tons of case studies. But the book is much more than just stories.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? What Does this Mean for a Venture Capital Firm?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. What Do VC’s Do?

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

Now with a new infusion of $8 million dollars of venture capital, SuperMac had been resurrected from the dead and was attempting to restart. Yet two smart VC firms, Sigma and Matrix Partners, realized that somewhere in this mess there was value. Their guess was that they would find value in the high margin graphics business.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

No internet, no blogs, no books on startups, no entrepreneurship departments in universities, etc. Customer Development/Lean Startups In hindsight startups and the venture capital community left out the most important first step any startup ought to be doing – hypothesis testing in front of customers- from day one.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

I was consulting for the two venture capital firms who between them put $12 million into my last failed startup. (My Yet when I talked to my venture capital friends, they said, “Well, that’s just how startups work. My mother kept asking if they were going to make me pay the money back.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

Finally, I’ll write about how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. Greg Boutin Founder, Growthroute Ventures, [link] Reply TO REVENUE » Talking on Techie-Biz Divide at Communitech Guelph on Sept.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

However the Customer Development Model and the Lean Startup work equally well for startups on the web. Union Square Ventures The next morning I got to spend time with Brad Burnham , partner at Union Square Ventures talking about their investment strategy and insights about web-based businesses.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 13, 2017

In 1999 when I started in venture capital there were no blogs and very few business books that were useful for entrepreneurs. Thus it was that Eric Ries both extended Blank’s work and made it more accessible with the publication of The Lean Startup in 2011. They had hit a local maxima.

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JULY 7, 2009

Home Books for Startups Secret History-Bibliography Steve Blank Startup Resources Steve Blank Entries RSS | Comments RSS Categories Air Force (9) Ardent (9) Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan (29) California Coastal Commission (3) Conservation (2) Convergent Technologies (1) Customer Development (98) Customer Development Manifesto (..)

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Finally, I’ll write about how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Sunset BoulevardBOOTY SHAKE CONTEST GONE [.]

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2016

There was nothing special about it; you could just book appointments on it. A marketplace would have worked (like this:) if you book a house cleaner through Pencil You In, we could have taken a percentage of that fee. … I tried to charge for that and nobody wanted to pay for it. If you can’t hear the clip, click here. Clay : Yeah.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

And finally, in Darwinian fashion, competition for market share amongst the venture capitalists as a result of increased numbers of angel investment syndicates will clear the decks of the low-value add venture capital dollars. All of these attributes will effectively benefit the entrepreneurial community.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 ” Stay lean and only raise a big round if you DO find product / market fit and which point you want to loosen the belt quickly and raise the capital to do so. On the other hand, exits at lower prices are easier with these providers of capital.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has worked as a consultant to a number of startups, companies, and venture capital firms. Looking forward for your future posts.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2017

There are a number of ways you can do this, including performing general Google searches, speaking to people already working in your target industry, reading books by people from your industry, researching key people, reading relevant news sites and industry magazines and taking a class or two (if this is possible). Commercial (banks).

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Up and Running

MARCH 27, 2014

Have you ever heard of the book The Lean Startup by Eric Ries? And usually, when people are talking about this book, they’re talking about it like it only applies to big Silicon Valley tech companies. But I really believe that there are lessons in The Lean Startup for all businesses, big and small—including my own.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

Home Books for Startups Secret History-Bibliography Steve Blank Startup Resources Steve Blank Entries RSS | Comments RSS Categories Air Force (9) Ardent (9) Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan (29) California Coastal Commission (3) Conservation (2) Convergent Technologies (1) Customer Development (98) Customer Development Manifesto (..)

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

I place them roughly in this order: Movies > Television > Books > Music > Magazines > Radio > Newspapers Each industry is watching the one in front of it sink into the quicksand. When I reviewed a recent product development book, it immediately shot up to Amazon sales rank 300. My blog has over 14000 subscribers, for example.

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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: [.] This is the pivot, a crucial tactical maneuver for the lean startup [.] But one thing just occurred to me, it has been 5 years since you last wrote your book.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

So no post today on entrepreneurship, Secret History of Silicon Valley, Customer Development, Lean Startups, etc. Our friends who run the state park surrounding our ranch will join all of us for Thanksgiving dinner. Just a reflection on my family and hopes for our children.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. Over its lifetime a Lean Startup may spend less money than a traditional startup. Lets see why.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2012

Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. What I learned from raising venture capital – [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. – [link].

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The presentation didn’t have a single word about Lean Startups or Customer Development. Brendan McManus said: “Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch [link] #startup #advice [.] Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch « Steve Blank (tags: presentations presuation vc startup) [.]

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Reply Karma in the Lean Startup Era , on January 28, 2010 at 5:26 pm Said: [.] Reply Relentless – The Difference Between Motion And Action « Steve Blank , on November 9, 2009 at 6:02 am Said: [.] to move their applications to our unique machine architecture.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2014

Henry Chesbrough is known as the father of Open Innovation and wrote the book that defined the practice. For those who don’t know, I wrote the book Open Innovation in 2003, and followed it with Open Business Models in 2006, and Open Services Innovation in 2011. Berkeley in the Haas Business School.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

There were plenty of books for what to do as a startup, and lots of advice of what to do if I was running a large public company, but there’s nothing that describes how to deal with the issues of growing a company. Filed under: Family/Career/Culture , Lean LaunchPad , Venture Capital. The problem is where’s the playbook?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Reply Nathan Furr , on September 24, 2009 at 9:20 am Said: Great post and wise advice. I wonder if the greater challenge for many CEOs is recognizing that customers need to be fired at all.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

He’ll be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference , and also has a new book (for which I very happily wrote a short foreword) coming out next month: Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It. What is venture capital, really? And what does a venture capital firm do?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 10, 2012

We’ve compiled this list to share what we believe to be some of the most important books for startups of any kind. If you’re stuck in a corporate job you hate, Pamela Slim’s book offers some encouragement for breaking free and creating your own startup. Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Timmons’ classic book “New Venture Creation” and the course ended with the submission of a written business plan. By 1997, when I started investing as a venture capital investor, I was no longer reading business plans. Business Model Canvas vs Lean Canvas vs One-Page Lean Startup.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

You’ll make mistakes when starting a company, no matter how many articles and books you read, but you’ll make fewer of them if you learn from those who came before you. Running a lean startup takes major budgeting skills. Here are seven essentials I’ve come to realize are must-dos before starting a company of any kind. Market research.

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Steve Blank

MAY 28, 2009

be prepared to be the most lean business in the sector (which is only possible where economy of scale does not create huge entry barriers). In particular, you will likely have to do without venture funding becuase it is costly. A good case study here is most iPhone apps. In this situation one must make a choice: 1.

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