Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

When you find yourself getting overwhelmed with tactics, remember that the big idea of Lean Startup is search – it’s about searching for opportunity. People search differently in different cultures. In fact, Eric Ries’s Lean Startup is mandatory reading for new hires prior to their first day. But I notice that in the U.S

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2016

It turns out my unconscious search for a stable, structured environment is a common theme among many military recruits.). We were so clueless about where San Jose was that at first the company admin got me tickets to San Jose Puerto Rico.). Four-Phase Systems is hiring …”. Did we just hear this right?

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2016

It turns out my unconscious search for a stable, structured environment is a common theme among many military recruits.). We were so clueless about where San Jose was that at first the company admin got me tickets to San Jose Puerto Rico.). Four-Phase Systems is hiring …”. Did we just hear this right?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

I looked up where UCSF was and searched around for one of the restaurants we would know. So they came onto a lot of people's radars around the hurricane in Puerto Rico. They hire local chefs, but they may take over a stadium kitchen. Saw Little Star, reached out and just called the owner there. They dropped in there.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I lived through the time when working in my first job in Ann Arbor Michigan we had to get out a map to find out that San Jose was not only in Puerto Rico but there was a city with that same name in California. Continuous innovation was here to stay and only founders – not hired execs – could play and win.

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