Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

We will accomplish this through demand-creation activities (advertising, PR, tradeshows, seminars, web sites, etc.), The same was true for PR. And the results weren’t the traditional PR metrics of number of articles or inches of ink. The Potrero benchmark strategy was one component of this creating end user demand through PR.)

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Don’t be afraid of growth, just start lean. The Lean start-up model is not only very useful when starting your business; it is something you want to embrace in every step of growth. This is where our way of starting lean really paid off. His core focus is communications, PR, performance marketing and SEM.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Now as VP of Marketing, I could have sat back and let my PR agency handle the press. The head of the PR agency agreed that we would work together as a team. The Potrero benchmark strategy was one component of this creating end user demand through PR.) Theoretically, that’s why I hired them. You don’t delegate life and death.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2012

Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. What I learned from raising venture capital – [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. – [link].

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Lean Startups/Back to Basics (2000-2010): No IPO’s, limited VC cash, lack of confidence and funding fuels “lean startup” era with limited M&A and even less IPO activity. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. During the the Lean Startup era, the advice was clear; focus on building the company and avoid hype.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Venture Capital Firms. But Ive definitely had to lean on Dave. Of course, Arizona Bay is a consulting company, not a venture capital firm, and doing the work of both simultaneously can be time consuming. Will Work for Equity.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

PR/Marketing. For startups, PR firms are a waste of money. The best early PR is a product that people actually love plus a genuine story to tell from the founder. .]… … Tom Eisenmann Furqan: Does outsourcing engineering work well when following a lean approach with lots of iterative learning? Start a blog.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2022

From the brands and platforms panel: Lorne Sugarman ( Metaverse Group ) shared how brands are actively experimenting now across platforms for PR, engagement and profit. L eanne Eliott-Young ( Institute of Digital Fashion ) commented on how fashion brands leaning in to engage with younger customers Roblox.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

TL:DR : This post aims to recap significant changes in the venture capital industry over the past ten years, and then make some [biased] predictions as to major forces at play in the next five years. However, all three shifts are related and can be summed up simply as: Geeks are Taking Over Venture Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

For simplicity I’ll assume you’ve raised some money from angels or seed investors and you’re either raising an A round or a B round of venture capital. If you have a mediocre meeting with a high-quality prospect and you don’t think they’re likely to lean in they drop to a B or C. these are simply guidelines. To be clear?—?your

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The problem with a Lean Startup: the Minimum Viable Product | Paul Kortman – [link]. Want Venture Capital Funding? Ad Nauseum Leadership: Use Repetition to Reiterate What’s Important – [link]. What’s the secret to a great team? Barking Up The Wrong Tree – [link]. Here’s How | Forbes – [link].

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

Or by a VP of Marketing who talks “branding&# , SEO/SEM, PR agency, etc. The goal is you to learn enough so you can’t be BS’d by a VP of Sales with a great rolodex and golf score. In the perfect world this happens when the founder(s) actually close the first few (3-3000 depending on market) paying customers themselves.

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Steve Blank

MAY 22, 2009

While one could argue that a trade show is just another demand creation activity akin to advertising or PR, trade shows are the closest eyeball-to-eyeball contact you’re company is going to have with customers, competitors and partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

Yesterday I wrote Part 1 of the series on the changes to the software industry over the past decade that has led to changes in the venture capital industry itself. They should start “lean.&# Not to mention providing the capital for growth. This led to an explosion in startups.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

When I started in venture capital in the late 1990s VCs were regularly lambasted for taking long summer holidays and spending too much time on the golf course. In addition to Platform and Applied Venture strategies, the trend towards hiring ex-operators into partner roles at VC firms can be seen in this light.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 1: Start with a lean plan. It’s the fastest way to get your idea onto paper, and it’s the very first step in the lean planning process, which is much easier and more iterative than traditional business planning methods. Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster. How to Write a Traditional Business Plan.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Finally, I’ll write about how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. The PR agency helps the company understand and influence key bloggers, social networks, industry analysts, luminaries, and references.

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Up and Running

APRIL 1, 2015

The startup takes off, raising venture capital funds faster than you can say “storybook ending.”. million in venture capital —and they continue to grow, with plans for a mobile app and potential overseas expansion. An unlikely combination: Poker winnings and venture capital.

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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. Marketing starts to build a sales demo, writes sales materials (presentations, data sheets), and hires a PR agency.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

And venture capital and entrepreneurship has made life even tougher for the modern corporation. Over the last 35 years venture capital has funded nimble new entrants (on a scale never imagined by Schumpeter ) who exist to exploit discontinuities in technology or customer behavior. carry on reading.

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Up and Running

JULY 24, 2015

See Also How to Do Your Own PR If You Can’t Afford to Hire an Agency. Entrepreneurship Through the Lens of Venture Capital. The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. The Lean Startup is a popular book for entrepreneurs. Networking for Professionals. Small Business Administration Loan Programs. Startup books.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 24, 2009

While I love TechCrunch, the post and the quote about the PR agency (“one PR firm has discovered a dynamite strategy, throw ethics out the window&# ) left me wondering; how do PR agencies interact with TechCrunch and other blog and review sites? Is this behavior an outlier or is it the norm in the PR industry?

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Steve Blank

MAY 21, 2009

The Message Sitting around a conference room table brainstorming messages that might resonate with customers, or worse having a PR agency doing that for you, is a firing offense in a small company. So when you know what you’ll be paying for space rental, multiply it by four, for a rough idea of your expenses.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

These posts cover two distinct periods – the first, the rise of “ Microwave Valley ” chronicles the decade of 1946-1956 as Stanford University became the hub of military/industry contracting in the Bay Area. about the earliest days of entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, it’s worth checking out this post from serial entrepreneur Steve Blank.

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David Teten

MARCH 24, 2014

ff Venture Capital is both an investor and also runs our back office on Addepar.). ” It’s great reading for anyone that leans too heavily on the left side of the brain. The firm hires a lot of PhDs to do research and come out with a wonder drug, and then markets it widely with tons of PR.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

IdeaLab has a philosophy that if they can get a centralized group of expert staff to help with legal, accounting, recruiting, PR, etc. When he tells his stories from the 1990′s your realize that he was probably the original “lean startup.&# they can build teams that really focus on building & marketing great products.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Given the number of funding resources available today, you shouldn’t have too much of a problem getting that initial start-up cash, especially if you focus on a lean business model or MVP route to market. Angel investment/venture capital funds. There are a number of things you can do to advertise: Hire a PR firm.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

Empower Your Small Business: trust & loyalty, marketing insight, lean business – [link]. “So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. Five Branding Mistakes That Will Cripple Your Small Business (and how to avoid making them) – [link]. ” – [link].

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2009

Instead the huge mismatch between expectations and reality of our first games diminished the brand and demoralized the company – we never recovered.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. I asked her not to spray and pray, and focus on her core, differentiated products - stretch mark and c-section mark removal creams for new mothers. There are 110,000 monthly search queries looking for "stretch mark(s) removal." This is her core market. Now is not the time to expand.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Through SEO and mommy blog PR, Lee can tap into this market. I asked her not to spray and pray, and focus on her core, differentiated products - stretch mark and c-section mark removal creams for new mothers. There are 110,000 monthly search queries looking for "stretch mark(s) removal." This is her core market. Now is not the time to expand.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

There are no tours of companies or venture capital firms. Extra credit if you can explain the significance of both of these spots and why the HP PR machine won the rewrite of Valley history. Startups and innovation have exploded here because of the rise of venture capital. And of course go to a Lean Startup Meetup.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

They said the product reviews in these publications were by far the biggest influence on which card to buy. (This made our PR problem manageable and focused. Yet our customers said they got their company and product information from only three publications: MacWorld, MacUser and MacWeek.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2010

Venture-Capital Firms Caught in a Shakeout – [link]. What Lean Startups are NOT – [link]. Transitioning From One Job To Another – [link]. How to Quit Your Job – [link]. “The most important decision you’ll make today is about what to pay attention to and what to ignore.&# – [link].

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Steve Blank

JULY 16, 2009

Rocket Science was just another one of those companies (with better PR). And then every few years, another technology fad would pop up, and people who had never worked on games in their lives decided that they knew better than we did and tried to tell us how they were going to change everything. Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

But assuming it’s a fair exit, a venture capitalist, and I’m explicitly not saying angel because we could talk about angel and they’re sort of special so that might work out. Edwin: No, I do think, and I realize that very much, that if I were to take venture capital, the whole game changes.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Small Business Newsletter: 7 habits of successful entrepreneurs, lean marketing and more – [link]. This Is Already The Third Biggest Year In The History Of Venture Capital – [link]. The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail – [link]. To Succeed, Forget Self-Esteem – [link].

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