Steve Blank

APRIL 27, 2009

—————- The next piece of the Secret History of Silicon Valley puzzle came together when Tom Byers , Tina Selig and Mark Leslie invited me to teach entrepreneurship in the Stanford Technology Ventures Program ( STVP ) in Stanford’s School of Engineering. What Does WWII Have to Do with Silicon Valley?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2009

If it was a very big mistake, I blamed the VP of Sales. “This marketing campaign didn’t work? Reply Customer Development Gut Checks « Market By Numbers - Brant Cooper , on April 28, 2009 at 11:38 am Said: [.] The only variable was how big the screw-up was – that made a difference in whom I blamed.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

Most publishers are still caught up in an outdated “vision vs. metrics&# argument, which is already obsolete here in Silicon Valley. Each new campaign is a startup where Lean principals can be applied to maximum effect. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

PS1- I run a small software startup in Brazil and just found out about Customer Development and your blog (I’ve been reading and listening to everything I can get my hands on online, like Venturehacks and Ries’ blog). Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Order Here. Now In Print!

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

The worst news : The worse news was what wasn’t said, less than 10% of our existing customers bought because of some proactive marketing campaign. The percentage of marketing departments to live in the ivory tower rather than get out to meet with customers has got to be staggeringly high. Order Here. Now In Print!

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Reply steveblank , on September 16, 2009 at 7:00 pm said: Greg, The Google Group “Lean Startup Circle&# at [link] is a wonderful repository of Customer Development/Lean Startup success and failure. It’s more reference material. Thus, these pages. I’ll add more as time goes on.

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