Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2015

BMNT , a new Silicon Valley company, is combining the Lean Methods it learned in combat with the technology expertise and speed of startups. Show the DoD how to engage Silicon Valley with challenging problems and build networks of people to solve them. Lead, follow or get the heck out of the way. In peacetime the U.S.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Venture Summit | West , presented by youngStartup Ventures, is one of many upcoming events helping both startups seeking capital and exposure, and investors seeking new deals. Here are the four presentation tracks available to attendees: Track I: Technology. Curtis Feeny | Silicon Valley Data Capital.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2015

Their amazing Lessons Learned presentations can be seen here. I was struck by something that had been slowly percolating through my head during my entire week – there are a higher percentage of women on the founding teams of New York City startups than in Silicon Valley. And what are the lessons for Silicon Valley?

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The gamble was that we could train Professors doing hard-core science, who had never been near a startup or Silicon Valley, to get out of the building and talk to customers and Pivot as easily as someone at a web startup. we couldn’t keep them in Silicon Valley for all 8 weeks, so we tried an experiment in teaching remotely.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Entrepreneurs beyond Silicon Valley, including those working abroad, often have to retool Lean Startup methods to apply them in places with very different business cultures. Those conversations can often circle around the difficulties of entrepreneurship outside Silicon Valley. On September 24 in the U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 17, 2020

By monitoring their current state or intention, you help them get present for the business at hand. Damaris Lasa, Chief Digital Marketing Science Instructor and Learning Consultant at Silicon Valley education startup Green Fig points out, “Evidence suggests people will remember information longer if you use visuals.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

And the folks at Startup Grind have been kind enough to invite me to present this morning in Mountain View on the topic. PM’s are underrated in Silicon Valley these days. I’d love to hear your view on the presentation. So I naturally spend much time with the companies in which I invest helping them: recruit.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 6, 2016

Innovation outposts in Silicon Valley allow big companies to sense and respond to rapid changes in technology. Srivastava leads Verizon’s innovation outpost (their Silicon Valley R&D center) in Palo Alto focusing on building products and services powered by big data and analytics. Want to be a guest on the show?

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Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

Because of the embedded presentations this post is best viewed on the website.). Next week the teams will present their final Lessons Learned presentations. Four decades ago my first job in Silicon Valley was with ESL, the first company to combine computers and signals intelligence. WEEK 8 Presentation.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 12, 2014

Knowing they had 3 weeks before presenting to the company co-founders, the kids felt intensity like no traditional classroom could generate. Their final presentations were substantive and evidence-based. At the close of the presentations, two teams were invited to apply for funding through local accelerators.

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Up and Running

APRIL 25, 2014

The cast of “Silicon Valley” Image credit: HBO. Silicon Valley is a crazy place. I’ve opted not to return to the Valley for various reasons, but still have plenty of friends who work there and return regularly for business meetings. But should most Silicon Valley companies skip the planning process?

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Me – “What sales presentation is he using? VP of Sales – “The corporate presentation. Sure enough we’d get the sales person on the phone and find out that he stopped using the corporate presentation months ago. The standard corporate presentation wasn’t working, so the Boston sales rep made up his own.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I trained the Startup Weekend Next Beijing mentors and instructors, presented to several hundred entrepreneurs, and had a great fireside chat with Zhen Fund founding partner Xu Xiaoping in front of another roomful of entrepreneurs. David Lin and the Microsoft China Accelerator was gracious enough to host two wonderful days of events for me.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 10, 2012

But in early November, cable channel Bravo will debut a new reality program titled “ Silicon Valley ” that will chronicle the lives and struggles of startup entrepreneurs in San Francisco. They don’t represent the true Silicon Valley.in the world according to @ bravotv there are no Asians or Indians in Silicon Valley.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2023

The simple answer is that with all the staging of TV lights and billionaire investors, it’s nothing like Silicon Valley. Personalize your presentation, if possible, for every investor. Smart Shark Tank presenters have done their homework on each investor, and customize their sample product or anecdote for each.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

If your startup is looking for an angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally), and I have a connection there if you need a start. Or does it? Keiretsu Forum.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The image of a self-proclaimed expert who can generate a report, make a great presentation, and leave you to do the implementation, is just not attractive when you don’t have a staff, and you are already overloaded with the crisis of the day. PowerPoint presentations are not business results.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

Starting in the 1950’s, Stanford’s engineering department became “outward facing” and developed a culture of spinouts and active faculty support and participation in the first wave of Silicon Valley startups. See the presentation here.). At the same time Berkeley was also developing Cold War weapons systems. Today the U.C.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for Maples Investments Image via Wikipedia Steve Blank and I had the opportunity to create a presentation about lean startups for Maples Investments. Is there anywhere I can download the presentation? What is customer development?

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

is a venture capitalist investing in Silicon Valley and Singapore. If you plan to outsource to a developer, the best idea is to present your project to several development companies and shop for the best deal. The most expensive developers are usually around the Silicon Valley or the East Coast. Eddy Lee, Ph.D,

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Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2023

He presented to organizations in the Netherlands, Chile, Spain, the UK (Ministry of Defense and the BBC), and aerospace companies. Then weekly each team will present 1) here’s what we thought, 2) here’s what we did, 3) here’s what we learned, 4) here’s what we’re going to do during this week. Here’s what happened.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

An incredibly talented interaction designer who lacks presentation skills might not be the right fit if she’ll be expected to also pitch ideas to clients. That same candidate would likely thrive in an environment where she could work in the background while others present to clients.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 10, 2012

But in early November, cable channel Bravo will debut a new reality program titled “ Silicon Valley ” that will chronicle the lives and struggles of startup entrepreneurs in San Francisco. They don’t represent the true Silicon Valley.in the world according to @ bravotv there are no Asians or Indians in Silicon Valley.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

The video below was my presentation to the group. A link to it at Amazon: [link] Reply Labnotes » Customer Development: Past, Present, Future , on November 24, 2009 at 4:07 pm Said: [.] Customer Development: Past, Present, Future [.] Customer Development: Past, Present, Future [.] Order Here.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 9, 2011

And the third was a discussion on Silicon Valley: The Next Decade. One of the members of the channel partner team was actually present in the room and shared his point of view as well. Silicon Valley: The Next Decade. Silicon Valley photo by Revol Web. This, by the way, is a real scenario. Discuss.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

Two years out of the Air Force, serendipity (which would be my lifelong form of career planning) found me in Silicon Valley working for my first company: ESL. But part of his life that that doesn’t even merit a Wikipedia entry is that Bill Perry used Silicon Valley to help end the cold war.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I trained the Startup Weekend Next Beijing mentors and instructors, presented to several hundred entrepreneurs, and had a great fireside chat with Zhen Fund founding partner Xu Xiaoping in front of another roomful of entrepreneurs. David Lin and the Microsoft China Accelerator was gracious enough to host two wonderful days of events for me.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. The process of raising money in Asia is very different from raising money in Silicon Valley and, frankly, it’s not nearly as easy. Set your expectations – VCs in Asia are different from the Valley.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Official SXSW Panels and Speakers SXSW Badge Required Watch Out Silicon Valley: Rising LATAM Tech Scene Watch Out Silicon Valley: Rising LATAM Tech Scene MAR 8, 2019 | 12:30PM?—?1:30PM But even with world-changing companies being built all over, access to capital is still concentrated in Silicon Valley.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 18, 2011

Probably nowhere else in the world is the idea of a startup happy place more entrenched than in Silicon Valley, where one electrical engineering professor, Frederick Terman, spawned an entire culture of new ventures back in the 1950s.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 8, 2022

We pointed out that Silicon Valley and Stanford have done this for 50 years. What We Presented. We combine the unique strengths of Stanford and its location in Silicon Valley to solve problems across the spectrum of activities that create and sustain national power. CONOPS Development.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2011

And, most importantly, the Lean Startup idea is starting to take root in industries and contexts very different from it’s Silicon Valley roots. Second, we’re presenting something unusual for an entrepreneurship conference: the CEO of a Fortune 1000 company. Brad doesn’t meet your typical image of a scrappy entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2020

The simple answer is that with all the staging of TV lights and billionaire investors, it’s nothing like Silicon Valley. Personalize your presentation, if possible, for every investor. Smart Shark Tank presenters have done their homework on each investor, and customize their sample product or anecdote for each.

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David Cohen

MAY 17, 2013

Patriot Boot Camp will include presentations and one-on-one mentoring from the TechStars team and alumni, technology industry leaders and experienced entrepreneurs and investors. startups, and receive helpful feedback from mentors and peers. startups, and receive helpful feedback from mentors and peers.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

I assembled this collection of free and almost free tools, class syllabi, presentations, books, lectures, videos in the hope that it can make your path as an entrepreneur or educator easier. Class Syllabi, My Lecture Slides and Student Presentations. Latest presentations posted click here. Visitors Guide to Silicon Valley.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 14, 2011

They are leveraging the same kinds of new technology, management thinking, and big data to improve lives that we routinely use here in Silicon Valley. For some examples of presenters who were recognized, see Mom Maps , Zonability , and Localocracy.) Right now, all three are present in DC.

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The Next Web

JULY 20, 2013

We receive about one business plan a day, and the Silicon Valley VCs at least 10 times more, so I am pretty sure we face a similar issue: too many business plans, too little time to respond. Venture capitalists and their feedback. Yes, it is true that some entrepreneurs either don’t receive a response or get a pre-made template.

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