Customer Development, Distribution and Internet

Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Given Verizon just shut down Go90 , its short form content video service, it will be interesting to see if Verizon distributes Katzenberg’s offerings.). Will these third parties produce something people will watch? But NewTV doesn’t plan on testing these hypotheses.

Lean

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO

Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

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. Its a nice complement on the product engineering side to his customer development methodology.

Customer Development

Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer

How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, September 18, 2008 How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of iPhone-related companies lately. There are other models, in other distribution channels. On Facebook, viral distribution has proved decisive. I havent found any yet.

Distribution

Distribution San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment

New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

We’re now in the second Internet bubble. The goal was to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share – because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits. Carpe Diem.

Internet

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile

How to Manage Supply Chain Planning Like a Pro

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Transportation partners play an enormous role in the supply chain as they bring products into distribution centers and sometimes directly to customers. Develop Relationships with Supply Chain Partners. Develop relationships with each of your supply chain partners and make communication a top priority.

Management

Management Forecast Los Angeles San Francisco

Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Last night I had the great privilege to interview Bill Gross , one of the Internet’s true pioneers. He took out an ad in the Yellow Pages (it was the early 80′s, pre Internet), which cost him $1,000 / month for a half-page ad. If it worked in the Yellow Pages, why not on the Internet? Overture was sold to Yahoo!

Product

Product Tuvalu Dilution Incubator

The Rise of the Lean VC – Consumer Internet Gets Its Own Investors

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. I think you can blame Customer and Agile Development for a small part of it. The Rise of the “Lean VC’s” – Consumer Internet Gets Funded. Here’s why.

Lean

Lean Internet Silicon Valley Venture Capital

Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

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. The Customer Development process (and the Lean Startup) is one way to do that.

Lean

Lean Silicon Valley Startup RSS

Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 17: Tiffani Bell and Clay Hebert

Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2016

It ultimately failed because she was focused on engineering the product, but didn’t validate the rest of her business model (product/market fit, distribution channel, customer acquisition, etc.). Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. Chase that idea, stop hiding, carve out the time you need. …

Detroit

Detroit Baltimore Entrepreneur Cofounder

Why The Movie Industry Can’t Innovate and the Result is SOPA

Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2012

1940’s – movie studios had to divest their distribution channel – they owned over 50% of the movie theaters in the U.S. With a new channel of distribution, home movie rentals surpassed movie theater tickets. 2006 - broadcasters sued Cablevision (and lost) to prevent the launch of a cloud-based DVR to its customers.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley Distribution Washington Channel

A new field guide for entrepreneurs of all stripes

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

TLDR: Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits , authors of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development are back with a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur. It took the idea of Customer Development and made it accessible to a whole new audience. Illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK. You can pre-order it starting today.

Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur Lean Southern California San Diego

Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Venture Capitalists on your board developed the expertise to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital

Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process.

Lean

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment

Twitter Link Roundup #170 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

The chart above shows age distribution within major social networks and online communities. Bad Customer Development Questions and How to Avoid My Mistakes – [link]. Bad Customer Development Questions and How to Avoid My Mistakes – [link]. Crowdsourced Workforces Rising | Xconomy – [link].

Social Media

Social Media Small Business Design Media

This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

They bought distribution and engineering talent. You go onto the Internet and can control what people hear on terrestrial radio. It offers Internet radio targeted advertising and is growing really well. My take was that this follows three trends: a) customer involvement in product design, b) mass customization [e.g.

Venture Capital

Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco

Rocket Science 5: Who Needs Domain Experts

Steve Blank

JULY 16, 2009

Go spend some time outside the building talking to potential distribution partners. Steve I have to tell you some bad news, I just showed our potential channel partners and customers a few completed pieces of the games we had. Think of the Microprocessor, Personal Computer, Internet, Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, Google, the iPhone.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley RSS Video San Diego

Towards a new entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, January 2, 2010 Towards a new entrepreneurship When I started writing about the lean startup , my aspiration was to do more than just share a handful of tips and tricks that work for consumer internet startups. This belief led me to the lean startup, and to an amazing 2009.

Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Lessons Learned: Customer Development Engineering

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How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

The Rise of the Lean VC – Consumer Internet Gets Its Own Investors

Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 17: Tiffani Bell and Clay Hebert

Why The Movie Industry Can’t Innovate and the Result is SOPA

A new field guide for entrepreneurs of all stripes

Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Twitter Link Roundup #170 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Rocket Science 5: Who Needs Domain Experts

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Marching through quicksand

Lessons Learned: Just-In-Time Scalability

Lessons Learned: Great open source scalability tools from Danga

The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post)

Lessons Learned: Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for.

Your Computer May Already be Hacked – NSA Inside?

Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Smarticus — 10 things you could be doing to your code right now

Andrew Chen: Growing renewable audiences

Lessons Learned: SEM on five dollars a day

Lessons Learned: Ideas. Code. Data. Implement. Measure. Learn

How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot

Lessons Learned: The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the time

Founder personalities and the “first-class man” theory of management

Lessons Learned: Product development leverage

Good enough never is (or is it?)

Startup Tools

On deployment

Lessons Learned: Greasemonkey compiler

Not crossing the chasm

Lessons Learned: Test-Driven Development as andon cord

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

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