Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

Founders overestimate the value of IP before product market fit by 255%. . We found 4 different major groups of startups that all have very different behavior regarding customer acquisition, time, product, market and team. Filed under: Customer Development , Teaching , Venture Capital. Congratulations. ——-.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Customer Development We were starting Epiphany, my last company. I was out and about in Silicon Valley doing what I would now call Customer Discovery trying to understand how marketing departments in large corporations worked. He continued: “I’d like to convince my boss so our company can be your first customer.”

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ConversionXL

MARCH 4, 2020

In most cases, fixing discrepancies requires some work by developers, analytics implementation specialists, or other experts. Exclude office IP addresses using Google Analytics filters. You can also set up custom alerts in Google Analytics to spot a dramatic change in conversions. How to fix it. Image source ). How to fix it.

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Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

Intellectual Property At the next class I said, “You all ought to get out and start talking to customers on day one, and get early feedback on your idea. You don’t need to worry about any Intellectual Property (IP) issues. The products you develop in the bowling alley are there to carry your technology and get it adopted.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. Labels: customer development , lean startup 8comments: Amy said.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Doctors, researchers and Principal Investigators in this class got out of the lab and hospital talked to 2,355 customers, tested 947 hypotheses and invalidated 423 of them. Part 4: This Will Save us Years – Customer Discovery in Medical Devices. Part 5: Value proposition and customer segments in Life Sciences.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

As you might imagine, when you go to the page on Customer Development , you find the best and the latest content from people like Steve Blank and Vinicius Vacanti.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

There are few courses which teach aspiring entrepreneurs the skills (business models, customer and agile development, design thinking, etc.) If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you know I believe that: 1) a product is just a part of a startup, but understanding customers, channel, pricing, etc. to optimize this search.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

They’ve found product/market fit (what products customers want to buy). They’ve learned the best distribution channel to get the product from their company to the customer. for new product development that emphasize immediate returns. They’ve figured out the revenue model (subscription, license, direct sale, etc.)

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Customer service. s helpful to find an developer tool that allows you to write html/css and renders the view in real time, so you donâ??t Firebase : Are all your developers front-end engineers? s easier to use/develop with. Codeacademy. Lean Methodology Sources.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

There are many articles by many experts ( myself included ) extolling the virtues of listening to customers. In fact, there are so many of these propaganda pieces that this question might naturally cross your mind: if listening to customers is so great, why do we need so much propaganda? Let me give an especially painful example.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2011

Last week the teams tested their Revenue Models hypotheses: what are customers willing to pay for? Partners are the external companies whose product or service combines with your Value Proposition to create a complete customer solution or “whole product&# to satisfy customers. Any IP you need to license?

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Steve Blank is a retired serial entrepreneur, educator, thought leader and creator of the rigorous "Customer Development" methodology detailed in his book, "The Four Steps to the Epiphany." Today, in spite of the fact that the valley is crawling with IP lawyers, the tradition of helping and sharing continues.

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Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

And the same time we were also going to do all the other strategic stuff about pricing, positioning, promotion and customer discovery and validation to help engineering understand customer needs. Later on in this same company’s life, sales will become the pointy end and product development moves to a supporting role.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 27, 2011

This is lean development without any customer development. The development part is similar to a lean startup: you want to be agile. The development part is similar to a lean startup: you want to be agile. However, this will impact the value of your IP. The focus is on building. Create Buzz.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

I would say you need customer feedback or maybe expert feedback. The reason feedback - specifically from actual customers - is usually chosen is because it is more on the science side than the art side, but I surely cant knock those people and teams that can deliver product excellence due to vision, luck or art. -- arrel 215 days ago | link.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. The way I do it.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 11, 2009

This model has not translated well to the world of social networking, because customers of social networks engage sites in a different way than customers of search engines. Starting with Facebook s developer program, social networks are all jumping on the apps bandwagon. In other words, not very much.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

This would of course be in regards toa single corporation which holds all the IP and revenue.). Top 3 Ways to Fail at Customer Development. Personas for Customer Development. Customer Development (27). Recent Posts. Blame Culture: “Who Gets Shot” National Endowment for Open Source.

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