Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2014

Kathryn has been the founding VP of Marketing of Oracle , a successful recruiter, a world class Venture Capitalist, a co-founder of a Venture Capital firm, a great board member, one of my mentors and most importantly a wonderful friend. Or one of the first women co-founders of a VC firm – “I co-founded a great firm.”

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Very cool concept and I want to thank the founder Adil Mohammed for inviting me to take part in it. Very cool concept and I want to thank the founder Adil Mohammed for inviting me to take part in it. Many times, I struggle to understand what companies do when I’m reading their ‘about us’ page.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 19, 2009

I want to talk specifics, and when you come right down to it, most technology startups dont have a very interesting cost structure. But hiring does have some special challenges, and today I want to talk about the one that drives almost all of the cost (and most of the mistakes): deciding when and how to hire new people. That depends.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 29, 2009

Here’s one of my favorite introductions to the subject, courtesy of Martin Fowler : In this metaphor, doing things the quick and dirty way sets us up with a technical debt, which is similar to a financial debt. Many conclude that technical debt is a bad thing, and that teams that incur technical debt are sloppy, irresponsible or stupid.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I have been writing a series on how startup boards get selected, who sits on them and what to avoid. Read the tea leaves on CEO / Founder psychology The job of running a startup is incredibly stressful and as an industry we’ve started to note the importance of mental health / wellness in our industry. BEFORE THE MEETING 1.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This is a guest post from Stephano Kim , former co-founder of Web 1.0 Many startup CEOs hire COOs or launch companies with a co-founder carrying the title. When should founders hire one? The main thing I’ve learned is that there is no single job description for a COO. Based on what criteria?

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

Although customers didnt flock to this offering at first, we had enough of a developer program active to start recruiting early adopters to start creating 3D objects for sale in our catalog. But I want to talk about a different kind of leverage, the kind that you can get in product development. Its a key lean startup concept.

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pandodaily.com

JULY 18, 2012

Starting PandoDaily has been one of the most terrifying and exhilarating things I’ve ever done. Starting PandoDaily has been one of the most terrifying and exhilarating things I’ve ever done. Follow PandoDaily: Search. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Get Tickets. Fireside Chat with Mark Pincus.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Thanks to Cook & James. #2- Thanks to Ruben Ugarte, Practico Analytics ! #3- We started as a small consulting practice, focused on the hiring process and recruiting for our corporate clients. Thanks to Jennifer Way, Way Solutions ! #4- 4- When everything was falling apart. Clearly, I suck at that game.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

You may know him as the founder of Soylent, the nutrition company he started in his kitchen and scaled nationwide. That company was founded on filling a need Robert saw while living in San Francisco and working on a radio startup. "I Instead of waiting, he went ahead and did something about it. You really want to see the whole system.

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grasshopperherder.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Here are just a few tips of things to avoid when trying to pitch someone. Saying things like, “You’ll earn a salary, as soon as we close our funding round,&# make me throw up slightly in my mouth. The most clever thing you can possibly say to me is, “I don’t know.&# Names redacted.)

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. This Thanksgiving it might seem that there’s a lot less to be thankful for. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? Dear Dan, when I grow up I want to be just like you. Thanks, Phil Up North. Radian6 just did the same thing. Maple Butter.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 24, 2020

When co-founders Hannu Rajaniemi and Nikolai Eroshenko realized their work was applicable to a coronavirus vaccine, too, they changed direction immediately. HelixNano was founded to develop cancer vaccines. It only took them a week to become fully committed to this new work. We have done this before for tools of war.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Your pitch is going to cover your strategy (what you’re going to do), your tactics (how you’re going to do it), your business model (how you will make money), and your schedule (who is doing what and when). If you want a slice of the pie, there isn’t a better time to get involved. Step 1: Start with a lean plan.

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Steve Blank

MAY 21, 2009

I wrote this “Going to Trade Shows Like it Matters&# memo as a board member after I saw our company at a trade show. Answers like, “because our competitors are there,” or “because it’s on our calendar,” or even “because I think we should,” don’t cut it. ( Remember your department has a mission.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

The first step is to identify three things about the meeting: what problem we are trying to solve, who will run the meeting, and who was affected by the problem. The first step is to identify three things about the meeting: what problem we are trying to solve, who will run the meeting, and who was affected by the problem.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

When COVID-19 upended the travel industry last year, Airbnb was among its earliest victims, losing 80% of their business in the first two months of the pandemic. The biggest risk [for] the company is your stakeholders don’t trust you — not that you’ll say the wrong thing or get sued, but [that] people don’t trust you,” Chesky says. “[In

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venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

SUPPORTED BY Products Archives @venturehacks Books AngelList About RSS How to pick a co-founder by Naval Ravikant on November 12th, 2009 Update : Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Picking a co-founder is your most important decision. The power of two Two is the right number — avoid the three-body problem.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2009

And now for some instant twitter reactions: KentBeck : @ ericries thank you for the insights. Its getting the evident dat ure on the right track (wat u learn frm making the release) katrynharris : @ericries : "go as fast as we can work reliably to make progress & no faster" - absolutely & thanks for a super webcast!

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

I've known Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community at Airbnb for a long time. 11:50) When Brian realized the scale of the pandemic's effect. (13:26) 11:50) When Brian realized the scale of the pandemic's effect. (13:26) What does it look like to truly share power and opportunity with multiple stakeholders?

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Luckily, the startup community often courageously shares their stories – even when things don’t end well. There was no doubt about it: I had discovered The Next Big Thing. Update – As a followup, we analyzed all of these startup failure post-mortems to identify the top 20 reasons for startup failure.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

When COVID-19 upended the travel industry last year, Airbnb was among its earliest victims, losing 80% of their business in the first two months of the pandemic. The biggest risk [for] the company is your stakeholders don’t trust you — not that you’ll say the wrong thing or get sued, but [that] people don’t trust you,” Chesky says. “[In

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

« Thanks but No Thanks – Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders Why is Cyber Squatter a Bad Word? Some have been as co-founder, most have been as a consultant with the possibility of becoming an paid employee, “as soon as we close our funding round.”

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

When the company marks the project as ready, it is announced to the translators. They log in to translate the documents, one at a time, marking each finished when done, which sends the file back to the company for review.” Many of my friends have been in the same position, so heres my best advice , below. Call this Version 1.0.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team?

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

(a guide for hackers) (This post was inspired by a conversation with Nivi from Venture Hacks , but is otherwise not his fault) There has been a proliferation of frameworks and metaphors lately that are designed to help startups avoid the all-too-common fatal mistake of failing to find a market. Is a market a set of paying customers?

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Zillions of stories are being written about why Barack Obama won, and I will try and avoid repeating the obvious. But nothing Ive read so far really does justice to what I witnessed in Colorado and Nevada. In other words, he better applied the principles of maneuver warfare to his campaign. Heres some of what I learned from the experience.

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