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Steve Blank
AUGUST 31, 2009
After 20 years of working in startups, I decided to take a step back and look at the product development model I had been following and see why it usually failed to provide useful guidance in activities outside the building – sales, marketing and business development. So what’s wrong the product development model?
Steve Blank
MAY 18, 2009
What makes an individual a great startup founder (versus an employee) has been something I had been thinking about since I retired. A Day in the Life of A Founder For those of you who’ve never started a company, let me assure you that it never happens like the pleasant articles you read in business magazines or in case studies.
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Steve Blank
AUGUST 27, 2009
This series of posts is a brief explanation of how we’ve evolved from Product Development to Customer Development to the Lean Startup. The Product Development Diagram Emerging early in the twentieth century, this product-centric model described a process that evolved in manufacturing industries.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 17, 2009
This post describes a solution – the Customer Development Model. This post describes a solution – the Customer Development Model. The difference is that the ones that succeed invent a Customer Development model. These steps mesh seamlessly and support a startup’s ongoing product development activities.
infochachkie.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed , follow me on Twitter , connect with me on Quora. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. Interview (22). Interviews. infoChachkie. Hands-on startup advice for emerging entrepreneurs.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 5, 2009
It should go without saying that this post is not advice, nor is it recommendation of what you should do, it’s simply my observation of how companies using Customer Development positioned themselves to successfully raise money from venture investors. Is there a profitable business model? Can it scale?” Just as a refresher.
Software By Rob
AUGUST 5, 2010
Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. You’re a startup founder, whether actual or aspiring. Business books are a founder’s learning tool. The problem is that the premise of all of them – whether true or false – is irrelevant to you as a startup founder.
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