Steve Blank
JANUARY 22, 2014
Over the years Dino and I brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. The cloud , open-source development tools and web 2.0 as a distribution channel have vastly reduced the amount of capital a startup needs at the early stage when the risk is greatest.
Steve Blank
MAY 9, 2017
Defense and Intelligence organizations drove the pace of innovation in Silicon Valley by providing research and development dollars to universities, and defense companies built weapons systems that used the Valley’s first microwave devices and semiconductor components. and there were no books, blogs or YouTube videos about entrepreneurship.
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Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2009
Yet for every founder there are 10-20 other employees who take the near-equivalent risks in joining an early-stage company. If you’re not a founder (by choice, timing or temperament,) you may be an early employee or a later stage startup employee. Founders know they want to start something. You’re not joining a big company.
Steve Blank
APRIL 12, 2013
The first post described how China built a science and technology infrastructure to support advanced weapons systems development. The second wave of technology investors were Chinese banks, who provided the majority of the later stage investments in the Torch Program. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
Even for later-stage companies with predictable financials, the lack of liquidity, audited financials, and standardized metrics creates real challenges to scaling quantitative investing. produced this analysis of engineering representation within VC firms: Selected VCs with Highest Representation of Developers in Workforce.
Steve Blank
APRIL 12, 2013
The first post described how China built a science and technology infrastructure to support advanced weapons systems development. The second wave of technology investors were Chinese banks, who provided the majority of the later stage investments in the Torch Program. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
Bob had taken to heart the business model canvas and Customer Development lessons. After graduating he put together a prototype and had quickly marched through Customer Discovery , iterating his product with the help of CIOs and Fortune 1000 IT departments. Bob started hiring second rate developers.
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