Steve Blank

JANUARY 24, 2014

Over the years Dino and I brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Entrepreneurs need to understand and believe the reasons why they should want to cluster in your region given there are other alternatives (nationally Silicon Valley or New York; regionally Seattle and Bellevue, Portland and Bend).

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

When Customer Development and the Lean Startup were just a sketch on the napkin, Dino Vendetti, a VC at Bay Partners, was one of the first venture capitalists I shared my ideas with. Over the years we brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Silicon Valley Transplants. Founders Pad.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 17, 2015

We’re huge fans of the lean startup methodology here at Palo Alto Software, so The Lean Startup is definitely a good place to start, as is The Art of the Start. Pick up some beans from your local roaster (is my Portland showing yet?) Design-it-yourself button down shirts. For entrepreneurs who want to learn more.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

A new system might be subject to delays, especially if demand from other breweries is high, but you’ll be able to design to your needs and specifications, and you’ll have support when issues arise (and they will). Running a business or Lean Plan review meeting that also covers your financials is a great way to hold yourself accountable.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 14, 2016

For AWS users, a network optimization tool such as Datapath.io Likewise, for non-AWS sites, Peep’s number one “low hanging fruit for improving site speed” is “start using a CDN (Content Delivery Network).” Lastly, the golden rule of simplicity is to add plenty of whitespace to every design. seconds to 1.6. Specificity. 
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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Here in Oregon, we’ve got some in Portland that are really great and then this article talks about some here in Eugene, Oregon which are doing well but fairly new. We were going to do to this fund thing that people can design T-shirts and people vote on it and then whichever one won, it’s like, “Someone has now done that.”

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 25, 2017

If they were very slouchy on their chair he would get that way, if they were very direct and leaning forward, he would do that and there was a feeling that this kind of modeling made him more likable because it made him more like them. Is there any truth in that? Vanessa Van Edwards: [00:09:52] Yeah, very much. Where do I stand?

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