Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

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. there are almost no mergers or acquisitions in this market segment. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

Silicon Valley 271

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 271

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

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. there are almost no mergers or acquisitions in this market segment. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 163

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups. VC’s went back to basics, to focus on building companies while their founders worked on building customers. Startups could now get a first version of a product out to customers in weeks/months rather than months/years.

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Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

The size of the red bars (IPO’s) versus blue (mergers and acquisitions) illustrates that while venture-backed startups did get acquired, the IPO market was booming. In either case Customer Development provides entrepreneurs with a methodology for being capital efficient. Source: NVCA.). Free At Last. Lessons Learned.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 27, 2009

This series of posts is a brief explanation of how we’ve evolved from Product Development to Customer Development to the Lean Startup. The Product Development Diagram Emerging early in the twentieth century, this product-centric model described a process that evolved in manufacturing industries.

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Silicon Valley Product Startup Product Development 266

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Everything Seth said is absolutely spot on, except I’d encourage founders to make sure they do some customer development (even in the consumer space) in parallel to cranking out the first product. The New MacBook Air Is That Good. Will be looking forward to seeing the next piece that you do. The New MacBook Air Is That Good.

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