Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Today’s topic was Organizational Design and Modern War. Organization Design. And Finals Prep.

Technical Review 361

Technical Review Taiwan Technology Design 361

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Thanks from switzerland, Nice story! We’ve had a supportive board and encouraging metrics and a helpful climate for our community news notion (now 51 sites in 3 states). Is it a case of just design it, code it, build it, deploy it, trademark it, copywright it and then go for funding? . Ps check mypicasso.com. Thanks Lee.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Occam's Razor

MAY 4, 2010

I would change the entire site design. If you want data for a international site use Google Trends for Websites (here's H M V's data , and here's data for people from Switzerland who read the French newspaper LeMonde ). This is a very very hard temptation to resist. I don't like the colors. Not your boss.

Web 112

Web Non-Compete Analytics SEO 112

The Next Web

OCTOBER 28, 2013

A study conducted by Carleton University (Canada) in 2006 gave the infamous statistic that Web designers have 500 milliseconds (i.e. Full design planning is crucial if people’s eyes are what process and decide their next step. Low prototypical (“normal” or “expected”) design = Where is all the stuff I expect?! 500 milliseconds.

Analytics 135

Analytics Switzerland Design Retention 135

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Success Metrics. In my Oct 2011 post, Best Social Media Metrics , I'd created four metrics to quantify this value. I believe the best way to measure success is to measure the above four metrics (actual interaction/action/outcome). It can be a brand metric, say Likelihood to Recommend. It is not that hard.

Social Media 60

Social Media Media B2C B2B 60