Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The class was designed to teach educators (and the adjunct entrepreneurs that support them) the Lean LaunchPad approach (Business Model Design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering) for teaching entrepreneurship. Starting a business is a hands-on endeavor, and I am thrilled when my students take action and execute.

Delaware 189

Delaware Lean Entrepreneur Advisory Board 189

Steve Blank

MARCH 7, 2012

Startups are in fact only temporary organizations, organized to search –not execute–for a scalable and repeatable business model. We trying to teach students a methodology that combines customer development, agile development, business models and pivots. Yet this isn’t an incubator.

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Lean Business Model Agile United States 256

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, December 14, 2009 Business ecology and the four customer currencies Lately, I’ve been rethinking the concept of “business model&# for startups, in favor of something I call “business ecology.&# Constructing a working business model is a form of ecosystem design.

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Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

And yet, it’s not really fair to ask that the company’s money be spent without anyone bothering to build a financial model that can be used to judge success. Certainly venture-backed startups don’t have this luxury – every business plan has a model in it. Take a look and let me know what you think.

San Francisco 102

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102

Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2011

After a week of hectic customer discovery , the team further refined their new business model. Their initial customer segment were upwardly mobile professionals with $2-10K discretionary purchases/year (excluding travel,) and their revenue model was affiliate program fees. Where is the best place for your business?

South Dakota 217

South Dakota Business Model Lean United States 217

YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2014

Staying up-to-date on the market’s trends and learning from fellow business professionals ensures a well-rounded approach to a business model. Also take advantage of business seminars, workshops, and training sessions that allow attendees to hone skills, spark creativity, and make wise business decisions.

Entrepreneur 218

Entrepreneur Social Media Small Business Administration Mobile 218

Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2011

Week 3 of the class and our teams in our Stanford Lean LaunchPad class were hard at work using Customer Development to get out of the classroom and test the first key hypotheses of their business model: The Value Proposition. Filed under: Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Teaching.

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Cloud Intellectual Property Lean Customer Development 228

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Figuring this out takes time, and few entrepreneurs have the patience to wait it out, because the business plan does such a good job of explaining what customers are going to think. The problem is that customers dont read your business plan. You have to know your business model. Gattiker said.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 12, 2016

Print A Confidentiality Statement On Your Business Plan. Instead, you might want to print a confidentiality statement on your business plan. A company’s name is usually associated with the idea, so by trademarking your name , you could be adding a little extra layer of protection to your business model and plan.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Startup Security Stock 100

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

When my father had his business plan all set up, he brought it to the rabbi and got a benediction for a successful business. When he left the neighborhood, he decided that because he got a benediction from the rabbi in Crown Heights, he’d name his business (CrownTV’s parent company) Crown Heights.

Naming 48

Naming Entrepreneur LLC Software Review 48

Campus Entrepreneurship

JULY 24, 2017

Looks like July is the time to go as its Alaska Startup week and there are events throughout the state, from lean startup workshops to pitch competitions. 15-16, the online Alaska Business Model Competition Feb. 2017 is the Year of Innovation in Alaska.

Alaska 28

Alaska Startup Lean Business Model 28

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

We often tell founders that a business plan is nonsense. A business model, on the other hand, is a snapshot of your business assumptions at this moment in time. It''s that the business model is complex. This is confirmation bias, and it kills. The confusion isn''t that the results are hazy.

Analytics 167

Analytics Lean Widget Metrics 167

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2008

They need to incorporate customer feedback into the product development and business planning process. Whats needed is a disciplined methodology for understanding the needs of customers and how they combine to form a viable business model. The most common need is becoming more customer-centric. Amazon PostRank

San Francisco 128

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Agile 128

Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Four years ago, when I actually started selling my jewelry in shops, I knew very little about starting a business or about writing a business plan. To bridge this gap in my knowledge I decided to participate in Bath Spa University’s annual business planning competition. I set to work.

Management 96

Management Lean Audience Business Plan 96

Up and Running

JULY 3, 2015

Listen to Episode 7: Show notes: We debate whether you should stick to the plan or change it – (:31). Read also: Should You Stick to the Plan or Change It? Check out Tim Berry’s book, Lean Business Planning , coming soon. Check out Lara Galloway’s new book, Moms Mean Business. – (9:47).

Internet 60

Internet Marketing Lean Small Business 60

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? . -

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Silicon Valley Startup Term Sheet Venture Capital 378