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Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder

Startup Lessons Learned

And for those of you who are in Colorado but dont know what my speaking events are like, please take a look at some previous posts. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Read the rest. Weve got slides , video , audio and twitter commentary.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 14: Matthew Wallenstein and Jason Young

Steve Blank

Knowing your customers is the single biggest driver of startup success, and there’s no substitute for getting out of the building to learn about their problems and needs. Jason Young , co-founder of MindBlown Labs , which makes mobile social games to teach young adults about personal finance. Get out of the building.

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Fall speaking tour starts tomorrow

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, August 18, 2009 Fall speaking tour starts tomorrow Tomorrow morning, I hop on a plane to Boulder, Colorado to kick off the largest speaking tour Ive ever attempted. After Colorado, in September Ill be in DC for Gov 2.0 Ill continue to post updates, slides, and video as I get them.

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Epitaph for an Entrepreneur « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Biological Clocks After Convergent and now single again, I was a co-founder of my next two startups; MIPS and Ardent. Alaska , Wyoming , Colorado , Washington , Oregon, Maine.) My ideas about Customer Development started evolving around these concepts. Our circumstances were unique and your mileage will vary.

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Learning from Obama: maneuver warfare on the campaign trail

Startup Lessons Learned

But nothing Ive read so far really does justice to what I witnessed in Colorado and Nevada. In the small field office that I volunteered at in Colorado, here was the rhythm of our daily existence. Democrats didnt have a great voter database to start with, because Colorado had only recently become part of their electoral strategy.