1999 California Lean Product 
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
And without revenue how do we know if we achieved product/market fit to exit Customer Validation?” I gave my boilerplate answer, “I’m a product guy and I tend to invest and look at deals that have measurable revenue metrics. However the Customer Development Model and the Lean Startup work equally well for startups on the web.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 1, 2009
The world has changed much since I started my first company in 1999. They communicated this to product management who looked at all of the internal requirements we had generated (e.g. and product management worked with me to decide what to build & when. They taped people using existing products.
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Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 23, 2009
sgblank Lean Startup Cirle 111909 This movie requires Adobe Flash for playback. Our startup was venture funded in 1999 and we didn’t pay enough attention to this advice! Renewable energy has elements of both though because it is a new product market, but also is better (cleaner) or cheaper (sometimes).
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
Alone in a ski cabin with the snow coming down outside, and my wife and daughters out on the slopes all day, I started collecting my thoughts by writing a series of “lessons learned” stories that I had hoped would become my memoirs.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
In future posts I’ll describe how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. Other companies in the 1999 PDA market were Palm, the original innovator, as well Microsoft and Hewlett Packard.
Steve Blank
JUNE 29, 2009
I packed up my life in Michigan and spent five days driving to California to start work. Reply 7thpixel , on June 29, 2009 at 10:23 am Said: My first start up in 1999 I was employee #10 or so and signed up for a Graphic Designer position. They surprised themselves with how good the final product was. Driving across the U.S.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 30, 2010
While not 1999 all over again but I am observing first-hand the signs of funding frenzy. trillion out of our homes and spent 2/3rds of it on flat screen TVs, trips to Hawaii, time shares, Apple products and everything else we couldn’t afford. VCs get paid to “put money to work.&#. I know not everybody agrees. We took $2.3
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