Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. Carpe Diem. We’re now in the second Internet bubble. Rules For the New Bubble: 2011 -2014.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Image is the bedrock part of the “fake it till you make it” culture that animates most of Silicon Valley today. They were linking the app to the viral hashtag #throwbackthursday, which was a natural fit for the brand. Timehop realized what was happening, leaned into that message , and rode it to digital relevance.

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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. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Filed under Uncategorized. link] Ashish Datta.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 15, 2020

Brian : I know it’s like an old Silicon Valley message, talk to your customers, but honestly this is one of those times where you need to be talking to at least a couple customers a couple times a day. Lauren : Yeah, it’s being able to lean into that agility—to shift strategies quickly and adapt. Andrew : Right.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 15, 2013

Lean Business: Capacity Management, Overhead, and Your Business – [link]. Money matters: why women founders struggle in Silicon Valley | The Verge – [link]. Lean Business: Capacity Management, Overhead, and Your Business – [link]. ViralSearch: Identifying and Visualizing Viral Content – [link].

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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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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

If the viral coefficient is 0.9, In fact, we often felt frustrated when new startups with a fraction of our success got terrific write-ups in Silicon Valley-centric venues. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? before you launch.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, December 7, 2008 The hackers lament One of the thrilling parts of working and writing in Silicon Valley is the incredible variety of people Ive had the chance to meet. This is one of the bedrock practices of any lean startup , and so its a common piece of advice I give out. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 11, 2020

Sam is one of the most prolific company builders in Silicon Valley. Eric Ries : You were one of the first people who when the crisis was breaking, I saw your name all over Silicon Valley, in the Y Combinator forums. There's a good enough vaccine to get the virality rate below one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

This reality has fostered a popular new startup approach which dramatically improves the efficiency and speed of these corrections, pioneered by Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author Eric Ries. Most startups these days use one of three primary growth engines: the viral, sticky, and paid growth models. Engine of growth pivot.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Lean Startup 101 for Developers – [link]. Silicon Valley’s Disruption Deficit Disorder – [link]. 12 Creative Design Ideas That Went Viral (And The Lessons You Can Learn) – [link]. 12 Creative Design Ideas That Went Viral (And The Lessons You Can Learn) – [link]. – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2012

This reality has fostered a popular startup approach which dramatically improves the efficiency and speed of these corrections, pioneered by Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author Eric Ries. Most startups these days use one of three primary growth engines: the viral, sticky, and paid growth models. Engine of growth pivot.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

And thanks to Ann Miura-Ko of Floodgate (my first Lean LaunchPad co-instructor) for her suggestions. You’ve built detailed analytics tracking into your product and you should be seeing organic and viral growth; and can provide Daily/Weekly/Monthly Active Users, 30d/90d/120d retention. Silicon Valley. 2M in 18 months.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

This reality has fostered a popular startup approach which dramatically improves the efficiency and speed of these corrections, pioneered by Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author Eric Ries. Most startups these days use one of three primary growth engines: the viral, sticky, and paid growth models. Engine of growth pivot.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2012

Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. Going Viral on Pinterest: Driving Big Traffic and Making Pinterest a Real Marketing Solution – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. How Chicago Is Beating Silicon Valley At The Patent Game – [link].

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Assuming Virality. "A I have news for you: Theyre not coming and youre not going to go viral. Services dont spontaneously go viral. High virality is almost always the product of early and deliberate product design decisions. Topics: Business , Silicon Valley , Starting Your Startup , Startups , Tech , vc.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 6, 2016

Growth hacking came from Silicon Valley, where people do not trust marketers. This entire model is very close to the Lean Startup model. Increase virality –> decrease eCPA. Everyone is very excited about growth hacking, but they’re focused on “silver bullet” tactics. You need the spokes that push it forward.

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Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

Lean methodologies have changed the way science is commercialized in the U.S. government has embraced Lean methodologies to reinvigorate its innovation efforts was the focus of the latest episode of my SiriusXM radio show, Entrepreneurs are Everywhere. Someone else in the office just made a video of it, and it went viral on Facebook.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

He worked at an education startup here in Silicon Valley. Tomas Pueyo : Yeah, I started figuring out it was going to happen around the middle of February, and I was waiting for the cases to really start appearing in Silicon Valley. And in fact, The Lean Startup is very much that. His name is Tomas Pueyo.

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