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SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent.

Steve Blank

To do that we will create end-user demand and drive it into the sales channel, educate the channel and customers about why our products are superior, and help Engineering understand customer needs and desires. We will accomplish this through demand-creation activities (advertising, PR, tradeshows, seminars, web sites, etc.),

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SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

He had teamed up with a former product manager at P&G to deliver seminars on just this subject. And the final lesson was that we were keeping score on our packaging with the wrong metrics – it wasn’t about awards, it was about sales in the retail channel.

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A large batch of videos, slides, and audio

Startup Lessons Learned

My Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Seminar courtesy of Stanford Ecorner (audio podcast only for now, video coming soon): if youd like to follow along with slides, they are here: 2009 09 29 The Lean Startup At Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Seminar View more presentations from Eric Ries.

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Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (and a request for help)

Startup Lessons Learned

This Wednesday, Ive been invited to give a lecture as part of Stanford Universitys Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar. This Wednesday, Ive been invited to give a lecture as part of Stanford Universitys Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar. In order to make those events the best they can be, Id like to ask for your help.

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International tour about to begin

Startup Lessons Learned

I then head back to the USA for a free and open-to-the-public lecture at Stanford University for their Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar on September 30. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Come join us if you can. Next up is a second swing through Europe.