Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

Smarter Intelligence One of the major differences between the war with Germany and the cold war confrontation with the Soviet Union had to do with access. Unlike Germany in World War II, the U.S. The Soviet Union was a closed country. could not fly across the Soviet Union to learn how their defenses were set up.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

in other major hubs (France, UK, Germany). It’s inspiring to see that the world of cloud is now flat and any region can generate a category defining company, from Atlassian in Australia to UiPath in Romania, Celonis in Germany, Snyk in Israel, and Docusign and Crowdstrike in the US. What’s next?

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

With verticals such as web, gaming, mobile and desktop software, utest has managed to tap into the vast market of companies that don’t have in-house QA teams. The round is intended to support Kenshoo’s expansion into France, Germany and Asia. The exact details of the deal were not disclosed.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

According to a recent interview with Founding Partner Andrew Oved, Reformation invests in SaaS (vertical and application software) and consumer product businesses that have achieved $1M-$5M in annualized revenue, while operating capital efficiently. 20% initial ownership. Dividends are split pro-rata based on percentage ownership.”

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mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

The system would choose the appropriate group for each situation (mobile device held vertically, wide screen TV, spoken aloud, user preference, whatever comes next). Frontend Developer - STYLIGHT - (Munich, Germany) - FullTime STYLIGHT is aiming to be the most visually engaging social applications for fashion. Made in Germany.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

We created Lemonade as a purpose-built, technology-first, vertically integrated and legacy-free insurance carrier. Insurance has remained fundamentally unchanged for centuries, so an insurance product for today’s consumer required re-architecting every part of the value chain. Who can argue with that?”.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2009

I grew up in Germany, and Europeans seem to take life a little bit easier. In return this now gives me enough time to do other things (ie: starting silly little companies that have not gone anywhere yet) and I hope to get out of that crazy business on the long run completely. Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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SVPG

AUGUST 30, 2013

As an example, one popular product strategy is to focus on a set of reference customers for each of your target vertical markets (e.g. first develop six references for the US, then six for Germany, then six for Brazil, etc.). first develop six for the financial services industry, then six for the manufacturing industry, etc.).

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

From a geographic standpoint, the UK and Israel lead the pack with 20 companies each, followed by France with 18 and Germany with 8. From a revenue standpoint, 58 companies have already crossed the $5M per year mark and 29 are $15M+.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 6, 2009

Frequency agility can be best described by what happened over Germany in WWII. As the allies jammed Germany radar, the Germans tried to avoid the effect of jamming by changing the frequency on which their radars transmitted. Air Force also needed improvements in frequency agility to protect its cold war bombers.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 19, 2018

The final word, media, helped to define the vertical we were to operate in. That mind-expanding career led me to work for global companies after I left the service – a multinational corporation headquartered in Munich, Germany and a startup headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. I preferred the latter over the former.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2009

When I ran Rocket Science our corporate partners were in Japan (Sega), Germany (Bertelsmann) and Italy (Mondadori) and some travel was unavoidable. As an executive it was easy to think I had to get on a plane for every deal. But after I had kids I definitely thought long and hard before I would jump on a plane. Document every step.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Strafe is also a German word for power (Strafen) and we like the idea of efficiency that Germany in known for. Vertical or horizontal design? We liked the idea that after people worked with us we could change the direction of their business for the good. Those qualities embodied my company. Should it be symmetrical?

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Perhaps surprisingly, despite all the hype, Germany only has eight companies on the list. Europe is underrepresented in vertical SaaS solutions – 17% of the companies vs. 23% in the US. Vertical solutions are typically a sign of a more mature ecosystem.

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