Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

To celebrate the debut of the Japan edition of “The Startup Owner’s Manual” and to express great thanks to Steve and his co-author Bob Dorf, I would like to reflect back what first drew me to this book and offer Steve’s worldwide readers a look at the progress of Customer Development and the Lean LaunchPad class in Japan.

Japan 302

Japan Customer Development Developer Customer 302

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

For a little while, the team can resort to the last defense of entrepreneurs in trouble: the promised hockey-stick. One thing that is often overlooked about the hockey-stick growth shape: its most distinctive characteristic is the long, flat part. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

Hockey Stick 105

Hockey Stick San Francisco Entrepreneur Lean 105

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

This wasn’t very impressive, but we had two things going for us: A hockey stick shaped growth curve. People often forget the most important part of the hockey stick: the long flat part. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science?

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Ill exclude those non- lean startups who basically exist for the purpose of raising bigger and bigger sums of money. Most important slide: hockey stick Micro-scale results Key questions: who is the customer, and how do you know? How does a lean start-up find the all-star team worthy of pitching? Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 128

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 128

Agile VC

JANUARY 27, 2012

As a result of a convergence of many factors (lean startup methodology, broadband & smartphone penetration, social web, cloud computing, etc), breakout startups are clearly getting scale faster than they used to. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures.

Hockey Stick 113

Hockey Stick Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate 113

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Where do you search for a co-founder who might help you with this pitch and planning process? This is why we love the lean startup methodology. I wanted to make sure we got it out there, the idea of how does one find a good co-founder? How do you know whether that business partner is good for this pitching process? Where do you look?

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60