Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. And without revenue how do we know if we achieved product/market fit to exit Customer Validation?”
David Teten
APRIL 1, 2021
Similarly, customer introductions are invaluable in the early days, but become less valuable once a company has a fully-formed go to market function.”. A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. Organize events in your vertical. Customer Development.
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Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
This post describes how the traditional product development model distorts startup sales, marketing and business development. This post describes how the traditional product development model distorts startup sales, marketing and business development.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 26, 2009
So no post today on entrepreneurship, Secret History of Silicon Valley, Customer Development, Lean Startups, etc. The size of the story grows directly proportional to the number of years removed from the event.) Our friends who run the state park surrounding our ranch will join all of us for Thanksgiving dinner.
Steve Blank
JUNE 25, 2009
We shook hands with the customers, but instead of launching into a product pitch (or better, letting me launch into the pitch) he started asking how their families were. He even remembered the names of their wives and kids and some details about schools or events. (I what Market Type is your startup?
Steve Blank
AUGUST 17, 2009
Pitching the idea to the President of Stanford, Terman enthusiastically said, “In the event of all-out war , Stanford would become one of the giant electronic research centers…&# (A bit optimistic about the outcome perhaps, given that both the U.S. Stanford had a Customer Development loop going on inside their own lab.
Steve Blank
JULY 27, 2009
I’ve built my company using the Customer Development Model from Day One. I recently completed the Validation step (less the industry analyst presentations) and am ready to move on to Customer Creation. On your serious note, there’s an event tonight (Thursday 20 July) in Palo Alto sponsored by Startup2Startup.
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