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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part X: Stanford Crosses the.

Steve Blank

on August 18, 2009 at 4:39 am Said: [.] The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part X: Stanford Crosses the Rubicon (steveblank.com) [.]

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Unintended Lessons

Steve Blank

And I remember staying in everything from little motels to big hotels and resorts, from National parks in Alaska to trips in India. She said, “Dad what I meant was that growing up we loved when we traveled. And as kids we never had any idea which was cheap and which was expensive. Now that I’m older, I’m starting to know what things cost.

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Customer Analytics - From Those Who Should Know

Steve Blank

In the first part, they talk about the problem of bias that comes with doing analysis from any static mindset and they give plenty of examples of how a mindset acts as a filter that EXCLUDES ALL INFORMATION that doesn’t fit (Pearl Harbor, Cuban missile crisis, India’s nuclear testing, etc.).

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Gravity Will be Turned Off « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Reply subbu arumugam , on May 16, 2009 at 7:26 am Said: my dad did something like this when he was a med student in india – 1960s – not at the scale that mr blanks played his joke, however. Gravity Will be Turned Off « Steve Blank (tags: humor) Comments (0) [.]

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Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Reply Shankar Saikia , on June 29, 2009 at 9:02 am Said: THANKS – MAKES ME FEEL BETTER 21 months ago I left an awesome job at Oracle in Silicon Valley and relocated to India to be an entrepreneur. I’ve tried different things in India – sales training, software sales, advising entrepreneurs.

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Founders and dysfunctional families « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

were born in India. of total entrepreneurs born in China and India is not even close to what entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley looks like. However it’s worth looking at page 8 of the study. In the country of birth it says 0.6% of the founders surveyed were born in China, 3.8% steve Michael F.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

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surrendered market leadership and thought leadership. We did find some specific industry verticals where the model works (some high schools, some boxing and mixed martial arts events, some exclusive conferences), but not enough to warrant a large market and an independent company. Post-Mortem Title : RiotVine Post-Mortem.