Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

Could we even could find 40 Stanford graduate students interested in being guinea pigs for this new class? We were going to toss teaching the business plan aside and try to teach engineering students a completely new approach to start companies – one which combines customer development, agile development, business models and pivots.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

This is an incredible skill, one that most engineers overlook. Start using some of those customers as guinea pigs for a self-serve version of the product. So heres the question that I pose to you - our startup helps software companies develop a scalable revenue engine in the form of software-specific hardware devices.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 15, 2016

Or, consider offering a subscription service built around a more unusual pet, like this “pocket pet” subscription box for guinea pigs, gerbils, hamsters, and other small pets! Check out these other great pet subscription service boxes: PawPack —all natural treats and chews for dogs.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 9, 2016

of endlessly trying different brands of lashes and adhesive (which hurt my business profits) and unfortunately my clients were the Guinea pigs who were getting inconsistent results because of it (which hurt business profits even more!). I was tired.

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