Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Today it’s dominated by capital efficient software, web and mobile startups whereas 10 years ago it was dominated by semiconductor and hardware startups that consumed huge amounts of capital before their first dollar in revenue. Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Science and Industrial Policy , Venture Capital.

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Early Stage Silicon Valley Oregon Technical Review 286

Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2016

First, the shift away from desktop computers to mobile devices meant that Intel’s power-hungry x86 processors weren’t suitable. All of Intel’s resources – fabs, manufacturing strategies, and most importantly executive mindset — were geared towards large, expensive x86 processors, not low-cost mobile cores of someone else’s design.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

They taught you about customers, markets and profits. The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. Startups needed millions of dollars of funding just to get their first product out the door to customers. That requires building a company using Agile and Customer Development.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging. Twilio : Need to call/txt get a phone number from your web/mobile application?

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever. "Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?" It's the developer's turn to ask the Biz Guy. Now we turn it around. Loading.

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Developer Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder 42