Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of Venture Capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally. Today open source software has slashed the cost of software development from millions of dollars to thousands.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2018

He also shared that, initially, he was leaning toward building an experience management solution in-house, and that it was only at the insistence of the firm’s CMO that he relented and engaged our firm. There are two significant paradigm shifts in software development which have altered the equation.

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OnlyOnce

AUGUST 6, 2015

If your organization still does software development through a waterfall process or has separate and distinct development, QA, and IT/Operations teams, I’d say you should run, not walk, to get this book. It just uses storytelling techniques to make its points and give color and examples for more memorable learning.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 12, 2014

You''re running pretty lean when you''re on your first fund. It''s also probably less than most funded CEOs are making--or certainly less than your average software developer. Venture Capital & Technology' That''s a big help. You can look at this two ways. I don''t have any kids.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. Bad Notes on Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1u3NJvn. Busting the Lean-Startup Myth – crowdspring.co/1ozOXHA. How to Spot & Avoid Bad Web Hosting Companies | InstantShift – [link] crowdspring.co/YqAyHQ.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. Any custom manufactured IoT device would require software development as well as hardware customization. Both of which are expensive and time-consuming.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In Stage 2, the corporation adds venture capital and/or mergers-and-acquisition teams to provide these functions. Examples of Stage 2 Outposts include: BMW’s Silicon Valley development group, working on self-driving vehicle technologies, while their venture group has been making investments in companies like ChargePoint and Nauto.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Maybe youd like to start with The lean startup , How to listen to customers , or What does a startup CTO actually do? ) He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has worked as a consultant to a number of startups, companies, and venture capital firms. Looking forward for your future posts.

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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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The Next Web

JULY 13, 2012

In the startup world, venture capital is often viewed as the penultimate goal, yet for many startups bootstrapping is often the reality. But that begs the question: how can you develop a good record when no one will lend to you in the first place? And self-financing puts the emphasis on business credit.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 3, 2012

Lean Marketing Tips: Increasing Lifetime Value With Email Campaigns – [link]. Trends In Venture Capital Over The Last 12 Years – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Increasing Lifetime Value With Email Campaigns – [link]. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2013

The 7 Myths of Lean and How Analytics Can Help – [link]. Startups, Throw Out Your Financial Models: The Argument For Lean Modeling | Forbes – [link]. Venture Capital Returns – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

And how thinking of a solution to this commonly used model’s failures led to a new model – the Customer Development Model – that offers a new way to approach startup activities outside the building. Product Development Diagram 1. , on September 25, 2009 at 9:43 am Said: [.] BPM vendor (every software vendor!)

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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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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. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Venture-Capital Firms Caught in a Shakeout – [link]. What Lean Startups are NOT – [link]. Modern Bicycle Concepts That Will Blow Your Mind – [link].

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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? Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. What’s the secret to a great team? Barking Up The Wrong Tree – [link].

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

This is a company that took $4 million of invested capital to build a company now worth over $4 billion. As we have seen with the recent speed bumps at highfliers like Groupon and Zynga, taking “lean startups” from foundation to creating sustainable, scalable, profitable business models is a very rare and special task. Really hard.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 2, 2009

Since no benchmarks existed, we enlisted our engineering department in a serious software development effort and wrote our own. Then we were going to buy our competitors’ boards (think “secret shopper”) and compare them to ours.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

Present at the Creation It was early 1991 and Apple’s software development team was hard at work on QuickTime , the first multimedia framework for a computer. And I got to experience a type of customer buying behavior I had never seen before – the Novelty Effect.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Another tip (whether outsourcing or developing in-house, make sure you follow the “2-man&# rule, which means that you should have at least 2 people familiar with your code which gives you insurance in case one goes away or moves on. link] fnazeeri I’ve seen it work (and not).

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

This literally the dumbest, most ignorant piece that I’ve ever read about software development and/or hiring programmers. I also know numerous other programming languages and have worked with many software development platforms over the last 25 years. Look what happened to Gawker. March 25, 2011 at 3:23 pm.

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