YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Be active in online forums and takesteps to maximize your online network. Reach out to your loyal customers and offer incentives for them to write reviews and rank services. Ramp up your socialmedia strategy and utilize all appropriate networks that are beneficial foryour business.

Customer 155

Customer PPC Software Review Finance 155

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital' Technology Business Incubators (TBIs).

Programming 278

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 278

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 3, 2014

When I started with Forward Partners I went out to speak with a bunch of our target customers, entrepreneurs, and I learned a bunch of stuff which helped shape our strategy of empowering great entrepreneurs with minority stake investments and real-world useful help – but I’d have learned much more if I’d read this book first.

Customer Development 94

Customer Development Developer Customer Hosting 94

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. The Adventure Begins.

Lean 298

Lean Business Model Customer Development Guinea 298

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

He was part of the Sandbox network - a group of incredibly smart under 30 year olds.). more likely to successfully scale with product-centric startups with no network effects than with product-centric startups that have network effects. Filed under: Customer Development , Teaching , Venture Capital.

Technical Cofounder 333

Technical Cofounder Early Stage Startup Silicon Valley 333

Steve Blank

JANUARY 27, 2011

This startup search process is the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. A business model competition would emulate the “out of the building” experience of real entrepreneurs executing the customer development / business model / agile stack.

Business Model 275

Business Model Utah Intellectual Property Agile 275

Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2021

Connectors – who will help teams rapidly grow their networks to gain new insights from unique partners not yet discovered. Advisors – who will provide alternative viewpoints that will enable teams to see clearer pathways through bureaucracies.

Curation 344

Curation Technical Review Lean Australia 344

Steve Blank

APRIL 5, 2017

Today, Marketing Automation tools (customer analytics, SEO, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms) generate customer behavior history about what messages worked on which media. Filed under: Customer Development , Marketing. Communications as a Force Multiplier. Pick the media they said they read.

Marketing 310

Marketing Technical Review Audience PR 310

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Here are just a few things you might look for: Reducing risk in young companies Bringing innovation to the enterprise Designing and running experiments Customer development strategies All conference passes are on sale right now, and you can compare them here.

Lean 165

Lean Fractional CTO Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE 165

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Customer Development. A well-developed model is Andreessen Horowitz’s Executive Briefing Center. Sign up as a client for an expert network , and offer your companies access to their network. Note this model amounts to lead-generation for the expert network, so you may be able to negotiate a lower rate than normal.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital' Technology Business Incubators (TBIs).

Programming 170

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

China 323

China Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Non-Compete 323

Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2013

The bootcamp requested that participants do what entrepreneurs do before requesting seed funding – Discover, Network and Accelerate. (In Filed under: Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan , Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development , Teaching.

Programming 291

Programming Design Lean Seed Money 291

Steve Blank

JANUARY 28, 2013

The bootcamp requested that participants do what entrepreneurs do before requesting seed funding – Discover, Network and Accelerate. (In Filed under: Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan , Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development , Teaching.

Programming 283

Programming Design Lean Seed Money 283

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc. It is the key to “customer development” that Steve Blank talks about. I felt the same way.

PR 279

PR Technical Review Portfolio Customer Development 279

Steve Blank

JANUARY 15, 2017

And finally this bill acknowledges that networks of entrepreneurs and mentors are critical in getting technologies translated from the lab to the marketplace. This bipartisan legislation was crafted by senators Cory Gardner (R–CO) and Gary Peters (D–MI).

Lean 238

Lean Technical Review Government Washington 238

Steve Blank

JULY 9, 2015

All of these are easily in the “Activity” portion of the Business Model Canvas and few early-stage companies fully understand these needs, especially when working with a large IDN (integrated delivery network) like Intermountain Healthcare. Filed under: Customer Development , Life Sciences (NIH). Be empathetic to your user.

Startup 120

Startup Early Stage Azure Lean 120

Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2010

Or is it something about those locations (network effect, risk capital, nurturing network) that makes entrepreneurs in other parts of the country start small businesses or even spend their lives in a 9 to 5 job? (I’ve Filed under: Customer Development , Venture Capital. Entrepreneurs are born not made.

Silicon Valley 219

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital New York 219

Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2018

On places like Facebook, where the CPM (cost to reach 1,000) is the cheapest of any ad network ever: Source. These don’t require coding skills—they’re usually visual templates that are easy to use but don’t allow for great customization (that would require technical skills). Custom development. WordPress DIY.

Entrepreneur 107

Entrepreneur Technical Review Hosting SEO 107

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. Where did this company miss? How could I build a solution that would address those points? If you can’t hear the clip, click here. Tune in Thursday, Oct.

Columbus 245

Columbus Entrepreneur Cofounder Ohio 245

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

This was followed by an 8-minute slide presentation describing their customer discovery journey over the 10 weeks. While all the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ), Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, each of their journeys was unique.

Lean 385

Lean Security Asia Oakland 385

The Next Web

MAY 4, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Stefano Bernardi, who is on the founding team of Betable , where he heads Customer Development. Coming to San Francisco to network, meet interesting people, get advice on your company is a great learning opportunity and the cost is well worth it. It’s all about the network.

San Francisco 159

San Francisco Europe Technical Review Due Diligence 159

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

You build the product, then you have your banner customer and go get others. You hit your network and the road, calling twenty people at large companies, all of whom are in your potential market. make for not putting customer development before writing code. You think you have a great idea. You’re just stalling.

Customer 231

Customer Software Review IP Technical Review 231

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

By developing these skills, you can set yourself on the path to becoming an effective leader. Communication And Networking Skills. Good communication and networking skills are essential in any profession. You also need to be able to network with other entrepreneurs and build relationships with potential clients and customers.

Florida 140

Florida Leadership Networking Management 140

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

China 215

China Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Non-Compete 215

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 18, 2013

This is the fourth year of the conference, and we’re acting on feedback last year’s attendees shared with us: as Lean Startup practices have evolved, you want in-depth talks, new speakers with fresh stories, and more time for structured networking and mentoring. When you''re ready to apply, check out our short application form.

Lean 167

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 167

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Customer development isn’t just for [.] Reply Customer Development Oriented Lead Developer for Start-up – EventSession , on November 9, 2009 at 4:27 pm Said: [.] understands and groks Customer Development. Customer development isn’t just for [.]

Silicon Valley 271

Silicon Valley RSS Customer Development California 271

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The growth of social networking, the spread of mobile devices, and the advances in the use of cloud computing have changed how people consume content from the news and media industry. This can be seen from the rapid rise of media outlets such as Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube among others.

API 105

API Media Agile Technical Review 105

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Social media integration is cheap and easy to set up, helping you reach customers through social networks. A responsive website that works on all devices is essential as you need a way of connecting with desktop users as well. That and the fact that your website needs to work on all screen sizes.

Mobile 97

Mobile Australia Social Media Social Network 97

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

One of the groups I spoke to was the Australian Sports Technology Network. They realized if they could develop and promote a well-coordinated sports technologies industry, they could capture their unfair share of the $300 billon sports consumer market. Filed under: Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development.

Global 335

Global Australia Silicon Valley China 335

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The project has launched a survey to investigate "the science of startups," lessons from which it plans to incorporate into blackbox, a new seed accelerator that was created with the merger of techVenture, Cofounder Network, Founders First and Startup School.

Software Review 157

Software Review Merger Cofounder Startup 157

Steve Blank

JANUARY 15, 2017

And finally this bill acknowledges that networks of entrepreneurs and mentors are critical in getting technologies translated from the lab to the marketplace. This bipartisan legislation was crafted by senators Cory Gardner (R–CO) and Gary Peters (D–MI).

Lean 120

Lean Technical Review Government Programming 120

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

She might be a “promoter” of your firm in Net Promoter Score (NPS) surveys, a member of several associations that interest you, and an avid social media networker, he explains. Third, they have access — and want to gain more access — to influential networks that contain more buyers like them. Second, they’re eager to tell it.

Customer 154

Customer Fractional CTO Canada Technical Review 154

Version One Ventures

APRIL 20, 2021

We’re excited to announce our investment in Filebase , the first S3-compatible object storage platform powered by decentralized storage networks. Decentralized storage networks are among the most distributed and secure networks in the world, but they can also require custom development and complex integration.

API 102

API Portfolio Distribution Networking 102

David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

The company teams they work with are usually highly motivated entrepreneurs trying to engage in extensive product and customer development efforts for a product they don’t typically have a full vision of, for a customer whose needs are opaque, and for a use case which is ambiguous.

Portfolio 144

Portfolio Private Equity Venture Capital Early Stage 144

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Since Mei and Bill were networking, there would be a lot to learn if they talked to the founders of startups that built products similar to theirs, but didn’t make it. CBInsights has a collection of 300+ startup failure post-mortems , and Crunchbase has a startup failure database. Both of these are required reading. And others exist.

Bandwidth 281

Bandwidth Database Venture Capital Demand 281

Steve Blank

AUGUST 12, 2013

Since he wasn’t from Silicon Valley, he decided to use his time up here networking with other meetings with VC’s and company executives. I now have a filter for which emails get my attention, so I was curious in hearing what Jason, who I think of as pretty good at networking, was asking for when he was trying to set up meetings. “Oh,

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley Deal Flow Customer Development Stock 335