Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

” She looked at bit puzzled, so I continued to explain… One of the virtues of using the Business Model Canvas as part of a Lean Startup is that it helps you frame each one of your nine critical hypotheses. Activities” is where you define the most important things your company must do to make the rest of your business model work.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MAY 31, 2010

What if a huge company with a hundred software developers and a million dollars in marketing budget decides to copy my idea? First, take a deep breath and remember that every little software company on Earth in under this threat. Answer: You're dead! No small company has ever survived competition with a large one!

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

As a startup, you’re working with limited resources and a lean business model. Now, the startup and its software solutions are both household names. Ignore these pioneering risk-takers, and say goodbye to social channels of conversion. Prioritize social networks. Startup Example: Cloudera. Strategy Adopted: Blogger Outreach.

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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? ) Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 7, 2008 Customer Development Engineering Yesterday, I had the opportunity to guest lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at the Berkeley-Columbia executive MBA program. Can this methodology be used for startups that are not exclusively about software? Expo SF (May.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Marketing , a multi-channel lifestyle agency specializing in experiential and promotional services. There is no better person to lean on while wading through uncharted waters than a guide who knows each bend and what it has to offer. Christian Jurinka is Chief Engagement Officer and Co-founder of Attack! Partner with champions.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 22, 2013

Lean Business: Office Space – A Meditation – [link]. Lean Business: Office Space – A Meditation – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Verizon Seeks to Shake Up Fees for TV Channels – [link]. Kin – [link].

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

And how thinking of a solution to this commonly used model’s failures led to a new model – the Customer Development Model – that offers a new way to approach startup activities outside the building. Product Development Diagram 1. BPM vendor (every software vendor!) before you ship. 28, 2010 ??: ??? ?? ??: ?? [.]

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. Any custom manufactured IoT device would require software development as well as hardware customization. Both of which are expensive and time-consuming.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

Present at the Creation It was early 1991 and Apple’s software development team was hard at work on QuickTime , the first multimedia framework for a computer. So SuperMac engineering also developed video compression software, called Cinepak. The software was idiot proof. There was nothing for the consumer to do.

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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.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies. family of brands), I was there to source the absolute best talent for the Product Management summer internship program in order to continue to push HomeAway’s agenda to develop a Tier 1 workforce.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Since no benchmarks existed, we enlisted our engineering department in a serious software development effort and wrote our own. press and use it to generate end user demand and then drive that demand into our sales channel. Then we were going to buy our competitors’ boards (think “secret shopper”) and compare them to ours.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 16, 2020

However, small companies and startups with lean budgets are more than likely to skip this option. With so many communication channels today, you can reach out to the same level of talent and expertise and at a reasonable cost outside the country. Where to find a skilled CTO? Locally, if financially stable with long-term goals.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. Social networking is a very important marketing channel at some startups – [link]. Lean Marketing: Facebook advertising for newbies – [link]. – [link].

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

As we have seen with the recent speed bumps at highfliers like Groupon and Zynga, taking “lean startups” from foundation to creating sustainable, scalable, profitable business models is a very rare and special task. TripAdvisor, in effect, was a model lean start-up with an engineering-driven, product-focused founder. Really hard.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 28, 2013

Lean Marketing Tips: Public Speaking – [link]. Creativity still rules, even in old channels like direct mail. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Funny video from John McAfee about uninstalling the anti-virus software he created.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Providing a legitimate alternative: A user resorting to using ad-blocking software cannot be blamed – most often he simply has no other choice. By detecting ad-blocking usage live and serving alternative ads that are beyond the blocking software’s scope, ClarityRay enables publishers to regain their lost inventory.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? The only problem is I haven’t found a problem or an industry – web, enterprise software, green tech, etc – where I feel passionate.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2012

Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 70 Awesome Letterpress Business Cards – [link].

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

And I’ve been lucky enough to watch innovation happen not only in hardware and software but in Life Sciences – in Therapeutics, Medical Devices, Diagnostics and now Digital Health. In the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s, momentum shifted to the enterprise as large businesses supported innovation in PCs, communications hardware and enterprise software.

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