Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the conversation began to get down to how much stock and salary we could offer van Dam, we left the barber to finish his work and went to a payphone to call our CEO to confirm the deal. Unlike Intel chips, MIPS chip architecture also made it possible to plug in a math co-processor. A few days later Gordon became a founder.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. As an old rule-of-thumb, startups realized that employees cost double the salaries paid, to cover office costs, health-care benefits, and workers compensation.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 1, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Joining me in SiriusXM’s studio in New York were: Nina Tandon , CEO and co-founder of EpiBone , the world’s first company growing bones for skeletal reconstruction.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

Ajay Kshatriya , co-founder and CEO of Biota Technology , which applies DNA sequencing technology to the energy industry. Steven Cohn , founder and CEO of Validately , which helps user researchers, product managers and others validate demand or usability for prototypes and live sites. Ajay Kshatriya.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

Ajay Kshatriya , co-founder and CEO of Biota Technology , which applies DNA sequencing technology to the energy industry. Steven Cohn , founder and CEO of Validately , which helps user researchers, product managers and others validate demand or usability for prototypes and live sites. Ajay Kshatriya.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

Almost all of it is in one giant fixed-cost bucket: salaries. Returning to our example of the beleaguered founder who still has the pager, before hiring an operations guy, try promoting someone from within to take on the job. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. As founders invest massive amounts of time into their start-up, how critical is it for them to come out of their “hermit caves” and network?

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2011

While I earned a good salary, I got up and went to work every day not because of the pay, but because I loved what I did. As time went on, I was a co-founder or member of the starting team for six high-tech startups…. To be honest, I would have gladly done so. With every startup came increasing responsibility.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Voluntary salary reduction program. Ive also used the voluntary salary reduction tool - its particularly useful as a way to get passionate employees who dont have a lot of personal expenses to buy into the mission of the company at a deep level. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

« Thanks but No Thanks – Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders Why is Cyber Squatter a Bad Word? Some have been as co-founder, most have been as a consultant with the possibility of becoming an paid employee, “as soon as we close our funding round.” The founder is very generous.).

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2009

A more rational career path for money-making is one that rewards effort, in the form of promotions, increased security, salary and status. A more rational career path for money-making is one that rewards effort, in the form of promotions, increased security, salary and status. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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JUNE 18, 2009

Biological Clocks After Convergent and now single again, I was a co-founder of my next two startups; MIPS and Ardent. My ideas about Customer Development started evolving around these concepts. Our circumstances were unique and your mileage will vary. Read the previous post first for context. It takes two.

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