Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. In it, I got asked a question I often hear: “What if we have a web-based business that doesn’t have revenue or paying customers?

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Customer Development Web Developer Customer 219

techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

The fund views its portfolio startups as fulfilling one of the three layers of the “Big Data stack”: 1. The top layer of applications and services that use the innovations of the first two layers to transform vertical markets (e.g,

Early Stage 70

Early Stage San Francisco Los Angeles Southern California 70

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

So, you’re a small or medium-sized business, and you want to build a Facebook, mobile or web app. And when — if ever — do you need to hire your own full- or part-time, in-house dev to work on your website and applications? Do a web search to find platform-specific tools.

Small Business 104

Small Business Technical Review Social Media Software Review 104

alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

Back in 1998 when Times New Roman was still widely used on the web, my then boss made sure we always designed our web sites with Arial, as she hated the look of serif fonts on the web. Ascenders and are the vertical strokes which rise above the body of a character or x-height. Sans serif are better on the web.

Technical Review 85

Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85