Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. The first class was an introduction to the concepts of business model design and customer development.

Lean 300

Lean Business Model Customer Development Guinea 300

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

Intellectual Property 175

Intellectual Property Aggregator Startup IP 175

Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

It’s because the startups are doing something very new that make them “Lean&# : These startups embrace customer and agile development that Eric Ries has been evangelizing. Quickly iterate the product in front of customers. Lean VC’s are expert in on-line distribution, Agile and Customer Development.

Lean 260

Lean Internet Silicon Valley Venture Capital 260

Steve Blank

MAY 16, 2016

Now with over 750 interviews of beneficiaries (users, program managers, stakeholders, etc.) This results not in innovation, but in Innovation Theater – lots of coffee cups, press releases, incubators and false hopes, but no real disruptive changes. In a company you know you’ve been successful when you generate revenue and profit.

San Diego 143

San Diego Metrics Indonesia Silicon Valley 143

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. Users would know exactly how much was paid for each click. He created GoTo.com (later renamed Overture) out of a frustration with search. I think this makes no sense.

Product 350

Product Tuvalu Dilution Incubator 350

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

It sounds like youre assuming that your execution will be flawless, even something to be copied by competitors, but how can you know without testing it on the customer? flavor of a question-and-answer, poll-your-friends site with a distant revenue model and no user acquisition strategy. It was yet another Web 2.0

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

Steve Blank

JUNE 5, 2018

Is your organization full of Hackathons, Shark Tanks, Incubators and other innovation programs, but none have changed the trajectory of your company/agency? Some examples of innovation tools are Customer Development, Design Thinking, User-Centric Design, Business Model Canvas, Storytelling, etc.

Programming 322

Programming Incubator Leadership Silicon Valley 322