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Nokia as “He Who Must Not Be Named” and the Helsinki Spring

Steve Blank

I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. You find early stage employees expecting to work normal hours, to get paid a regular salary, and not asking or expecting equity. Thanks to Kristo Ovaska and team for the fabulous logistics!)

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

Though they’re familiar with technology in the valley, I picked up some important cultural difference from students and startup engineers I talked to. I heard from a few investors that as the startup ecosystem is relatively new, there’s a battle for experienced engineering talent and lack of experienced C-level execs.

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Affordable and Efficient App Development

The Startup Magazine

In order to bring the most value to your business, it’s important you explore ways to enhance your customer experience. While app development can be very beneficial, that’s only true if it’s done the right way. As the technology industry continues to grow, the tech talent pool has expanded exponentially. Source: Pexels.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

Though they’re familiar with technology in the valley, I picked up some important cultural difference from students and startup engineers I talked to. I heard from a few investors that as the startup ecosystem is relatively new, there’s a battle for experienced engineering talent and lack of experienced C-level execs.

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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times Ardent would be my third technology company as a VP of Marketing (Convergent Technologies and MIPS Computers were the other two.) It was my ex boss from Convergent Technologies, “Steve we’ve all just resigned from Convergent and we’re starting a new company.

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Ask and It Shall be Given « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

And I understood engineering since I interacted with them almost daily. I also knew our customers. And finally, I had a great working relationship with our engineers who designed the chips. As part of the sales organization, I thought I kind of figured out what the function of the sales department was. (In

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 23: Nina Tandon and Brandon McNaughton

Steve Blank

And just having cool technology doesn’t make a successful business. Brandon McNaughton , co-founder and CEO of Akadeum Life Sciences cell sorting technology company. She is an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Cooper Union. He also founded and served as chief technology officer of Life Magnetics.

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