Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

I hate business plan competitions. I Love Business Plan Competitions I had a breakfast with a friend who has founded a few companies in Thailand and started the New Ventures Program at one of their universities. For all the reasons why business plan competitions are wonderful for students from outside the U.S.,

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Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

You’re constantly critically analyze the gaps in someone’s business plan. Business comes down to relationships and building trust, said Ajay, who is the son of Indian immigrants and grew up in Texas. If I’m hanging out with a bunch of guys in Texas, how can I connect and relate to them?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

You’re constantly critically analyze the gaps in someone’s business plan. Business comes down to relationships and building trust, said Ajay, who is the son of Indian immigrants and grew up in Texas. If I’m hanging out with a bunch of guys in Texas, how can I connect and relate to them?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

” Well, in Texas, which is where we were at the time, they couldn’t take your house. He had to write four business plans to get the OK to open his barbershop. Wayne State saw that the previous business had failed, so they said, “No, no, no. Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2011

This week they broadened the discussion with interviews with the city planner in Mariposa, Texas and the city engineer from Rapid City, South Dakota. Our teaching objective was to take engineers (with a smattering of MBA’s) and give them an immersive hands-on experience of how an idea becomes a profitable business.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Eight Business Processes Every Startup Must Have - Startup Professionals Musings , August 1, 2010 Even when your startup is a one-man show, you will soon find that you are “out of control,” unless you start organizing and writing down how and when key things need to get done. Develop your business plan. Lessons Learned.

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