Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. All the usual caveats apply.

Programming 278

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 278

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. All the usual caveats apply.

Programming 170

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). ”Copying, adopting and adapting,” is not the same as ”competing, innovating and creating” in a global market.

China 323

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 323

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). ”Copying, adopting and adapting,” is not the same as ”competing, innovating and creating” in a global market.

China 215

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. All the usual caveats apply.

Silicon Valley 267

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. All the usual caveats apply.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

For example, I’ve talked often about our belief that an instant messaging add-on product would allow IMVU to take advantage of a network effects strategy. Unfortunately, customers hated that initial product. Unfortunately, when we realized the product design was not what customers wanted, we had to pivot to a new product.

Technical Review 168

Technical Review Software Review San Francisco Lean 168