Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

The disadvantage is that its methodology was based on the old waterfall model of product development and not the agile and lean methods that startups use today. It taught lean theory ( business model design , customer development and agile engineering) and practice. Berkeley peers got in Steve’s class.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

With an out-of-this-world business plan. First, the company bought a fleet of 15 rockets from Russia, the U.S. But Iridium’s business model assumptions were fixed like it was still 1990. No Business Plan Survives First Contact With A Customer. Business plans are the leading cause of startup death.

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Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

Next, you have to deal with the daily crisis of product development and acquiring early customers. And here’s where life gets really interesting, as the reality of product development and customer input collide, the facts change so rapidly that the original well-thought-out business plan becomes irrelevant.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

The G/SCORE measures the key milestones a company has achieved in business building along seven factors: overall concept, market opportunity, competitive risk, product development, business development, team, and business model. TEVA CEO RANKED 20TH ON FORTUNE LIST.

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