Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Scalable startups are on a trajectory for a billion dollar market cap. has a large enough market that most U.S. However, most countries don’t have sufficient population to support scale with just their local market and ultimately need to be global players – from day one. Born Global or Die Local. It doesn’t.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Practical Strategies For Starting A Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Steve Hoffman. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Steve Hoffman, also known as Captain Hoff. More About Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Learn more here.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

By the time Silicon Valley white privilege culture, tech magazines that promote only white faces, Ethereum/Bitcoin fanboys, sellout black tech wannabees and globalists promoting their blockchain consortium get a hold of this article, it’s already too late and the game already ended a while ago.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

oDesk claims that it dominates the market of online freelance marketplaces with $360 million spent by its clients in 2012; this number for the five closest competitors combined – Elance, Freelancer, Guru, People Per Hour, and 99Designs – reaches only $310 million. According to the last stats provided by oDesk itself, the company has 4.5

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

And without revenue how do we know if we achieved product/market fit to exit Customer Validation?” The first question to ask is: “Does your startup have market risk or is it dominated by technical risk?” Lean Startup /Customer Development is used to find answers to the unknowns about customers and markets.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 13, 2017

Issues such as lack of managerial experience, and a weak marketing strategy – or bad timing – are often identified as reasons for failure. Who are my key competitors, what is their market share and how does my product distinguish itself? It is recognized as the global heart of innovation. Only one in ten startups succeed.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

When you choose a market, you should consider five main factors: 1. How many customers are in the market? How many customers are in the market? A market can be huge but dominated by only a few players. Or a market perceived to be global can be dominated by a few regions. Let’s discuss each factor.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

Silicon Valley 120

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

In Silicon Valley, we've had access to the tribal knowledge, but no one has tried to capture it, derive a methodology out of it, and package it in a way that entrepreneurs around the world can benefit from this knowledge and expertise. I probed his market entry strategy, and it was all over the place.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 9, 2011

And the third was a discussion on Silicon Valley: The Next Decade. Ankit has done a nice job of segmenting his market and focusing on two cities in New Jersey. I suggested offering a discounted service to the members of the investment clubs and going to market with them. We also had a discussion on market sizing.

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thebarefootvc

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Many people, some of whom who hadn’t been able to previous borrow and lend through their existing markets, were able to do so and accumulate assets; others, not satisfied with the yields they were getting in the traditional markets, turn to DeFi to increase their potential returns.

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Silicon Valley can frequently be too provincial in its views of entrepreneurship, strategy, and markets. In my previous podcast with my friend and entrepreneur Wences Casares, we talked about the ability of entrepreneurs down here to see global markets that Silicon Valley entrepreneurs might miss.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2016

Customers want the organizations that service them to be part Silicon Valley, part Main Street. You can bring things to market very quickly today. He is a globally recognized thought leader in customer experience design. We long for the days when the shopkeeper would open the store after hours for a customer in need.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 26, 2020

The world has changed… Two months ago, if I told you that remote work would be the global norm by mid-April, you’d have thought I was hanging out with Elon Musk too much. …suddenly, nearly all technical jobs are remote-jobs, all dev-teams are distributed teams, and virtually all hiring is remote hiring.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 1, 2011

At today's session, first up, Ramkumar RS from Chennai, India, presented Mango DVM , an innovative solution to turn vendors of illegal, grey market music to legal distributors using a combination of mobile apps and media server technology. However, only the market can tell to what extent those assumptions will hold true. 3gSimplified.

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Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

One commonly used approach is to identify widely felt “pain points” in the target market; build a workable solution to address them using particularly effective or efficient means; and if the business model pencils out, work like crazy to execute, execute, execute. Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.)

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While institutional LPs know big changes are happening, most focus too much on 1) increasing/decreasing fund size or 2) marketing + branding as the major trends. note: apologies in advance for the west coast bias; i’m in silicon valley). This is a long piece, so if you’re not a fan of inside baseball, skip it.

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Join others who code to change the world for the better and explore distributed computing, examine the confluence between businesses and technology, and debate the power of technology on urban development. Social Media Marketing World. Attend the world’s largest social media marketing conference of the year! FutureStack.

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

If you’re a non-technical entrepreneur in Silicon Valley that’s out of college now, it can be tough to find a technical cofounder. Be a great product manager, marketer, or whatever your role is, and foster deep connections there. The dot-com bubble had just popped and amazing talent was all over the market.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

MITX : Non-profit trade association hosting many events focused on digital marketing and internet business. Not Boston focused, but definitely follow his reports of PE and VC financings and the state of the venture market. @danprimack. Jones Lang Lasalle: Global commercial real estate services. Next major event?

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Look at the 500 largest companies in the world (Fortune Global 500). Getting seed capital (1M EUR or less) has become easier, but raising significant money (25M EUR and more) to turn your company in a global business continues to be difficult. Without a vibrant exit market, it’s harder to attract both entrepreneurs and investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Global audiences of prosumer video producers will create content that is viewed by global audiences in numbers far in excess of traditional TV. Global niches that turn out to be much larger than you’d imagine. Global niches that turn out to be much larger than you’d imagine. 200 million views. Summary Version.

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2012

Entrepreneurship continues to be a sexy topic for governments, with every country worth its salt trying to create its own tech hub, mimicking Silicon Valley. The appeal of promoting entrepreneurship is obvious. What is there not to like? The list goes on. To be clear, I’m not anti-entrepreneurship.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 16, 2018

I spent most of my career in Silicon Valley in the tech industry, about 23 years. Then about seven years ago, I decided to make a pivot to spend the second half of my career in the public or social sector, particularly focused on global poverty. Global Development Lab. It was really a dream job.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

As we all know, the last ten years has seen a near-total collapse of the innovation cost curve, thanks to the perfect storm of open-source, cloud infrastructure, and “free” global distribution via search, social and app stores. It’s no coincidence that these two developments have come together. The former enables the latter.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

As companies and cities wrestle with the future of work, future of cities, and future of tech made possible in a post-COVID future, the question is whether it also impacts — and presents an opportunity to address — one of the greatest problems of our time: the unequal distribution of economic opportunity across the United States.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Loading… Markets. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Theres a power struggle underway in Silicon Valley. Marketing Jobs. » More. Loading… New York.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The ways of doing business across the Pacific are very different than in Silicon Valley, and the quality and breadth of VCs out here vary widely across different countries. which will help with recruiting employees, finding the best partners, fast-tracking distribution in key countries, and landing marquee customers.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. Or are they running to a fresh perspective, a massive talent pool, and an innovation culture that balances social impact with global domination? Now the 9th largest economy in the world, it‘s clear that the rest of the world is waking up to the potential in Texas.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2023

In my experience, the Silicon Valley startup model, focused on disrupting established industries, has treated the USA well and created some great global businesses. In effect, Silicon Valley needs to take a more global perspective. Target a global market rather than a local from day one.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The themes we pursue tend to be horizontal in nature and are often driven by underlying technology protocols and standards or emerging market trends and customer needs. From my perspective the results of that obsession is obvious when you look at what each of our companies is doing to change their respective markets.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

At today's roundtable we had some intensive discussions around market sizing and its impact on financing. You have heard, I am sure, that venture capitalists only invest in very large market opportunities - $500 million to $1 billion. I asked him several times what exactly is his TAM (Total Available Market). 30 million market?

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Bootstrapping Marketing Angel Investor Silicon Valley 114

Lightspeed Venture Partners

MAY 5, 2016

Meredith joins as Vice President of Marketing to lead marketing initiatives for Lightspeed overall and support the marketing efforts of our founders and their teams. Brian Kasser most recently led the global Software and SaaS Practice for Russell Reynolds Associates, based in Palo Alto.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

There are times when small and slow is the right strategy for a specific market opportunity. Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

automotive industry grew to become one of the drivers of the global economy. Modern Corporation Marketing At the same time General Motors also revolutionized automotive marketing by creating multiple brands of cars, each with its own identity targeted at a specific economic bracket of American customers. car market.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

I was still unprepared; I had no idea that I also needed to learn about go-to-market strategy and distribution. You’re going to school with somewhere between 200 to 800 people who are going to be future global business leaders; these relationships can be enormously valuable. VENTURE CAPITAL AND THE MBAS OF SILICON VALLEY.

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