Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Alexander Osterwalder and I spent last week in Salt Lake City, Utah as judges at the 2 nd Annual International Business Model Competition , hosted by Professor Nathan Furr , and his team at the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship. Tools to help them manage the search for a repeatable and scalable business model.

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Business Model Customer Development Utah Business Plan 270

The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

As a startup, you’re working with limited resources and a lean business model. Case in point: the little gardening app upstart Sprout It shows up on multiple lists of top influencer marketing campaigns for 2013 for its Backyard Takeover competition. Prioritize social networks. Startup Example: Cloudera.

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Social Media Media Viral Startup 158

Steve Blank

MAY 6, 2013

The Harvard Business Review is offering free reprints of the May 2013 cover article, “ Why the Lean Startup Changes Everything “ Available here.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

NYU has adopted the Lean LaunchPad ® class as a standard entrepreneurship course across twelve different schools/colleges within the University. Over 1,000 students a year are learning lean startup concepts. The Educators Program is a 2½ day class that teaches faculty how to create and teach their own Lean LaunchPad class.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

He’ll be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference , and also has a new book (for which I very happily wrote a short foreword) coming out next month: Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It. That is the nature of this business - starting a company is incredibly hard. No need to name names.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2015

billion – masks how sagging performance from its PC business wiped out the momentum Lenovo had generated since 2013 and has forced Lenovo to reset its profit and revenue growth expectations for its enterprise and mobile device businesses. Lenovo’s modest overall revenue growth in calendar 2Q15 – 3.1% year-to-year to $10.7

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Revenue Technical Review Lean Mobile 100

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

I feel like “conversion rate optimization” is in 2013 what “social media marketing” was in 2009. Startups rarely survive by guessing, and can only create products and business models based on facts about their target market. Eric Ries, author of “The Lean Startup” says -.

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Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 126

Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2014

In late 2013 Cowboy Ventures did an analysis of U.S.-based Since the Pivot is one of the core concepts of the Lean Startup I was puzzled. A pivot is a fundamental insight of the Lean Startup. A pivot can change any of nine different things in your business model. Business Model. Could I be wrong?

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Business Model Lean Customer Development Channel 333

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 8, 2013

Glaser-Harvard Business Review – [link]. 10 Things Sheryl Sandberg Gets Exactly Right In ‘Lean In’ | Forbes – [link]. What is 500 startups business model? Top 10 Web Designing Trends Which Will Rule 2013 | Dezine Robotics – [link]. Answer: [link]. ” – [link].

Social Media 105

Social Media Small Business Design Media 105

Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

The Lean LaunchPad entrepreneurship curriculum has caught fire. It dawned on me that the plans were a symptom of a larger problem: we were executing business plans when we should first be searching for business models. So what would a search process for a business model look like? Victor Hugo.

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Lean Agile Customer Development Business Model 187

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2020

Some businesses are even building fully remote workforces to avoid the high costs of living and working in the highly saturated Bay Area. . Resources for starting a tech business. SAAS Business Startup Guide . Create a lean business plan . Why Health and Medical Business is trending. Health and Medical.

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Technical Review Green Silicon Valley Non-Compete 97

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2015

” These were by far the worst interviews of my life and it was so bad … that some guy leaned across the desk and said, “I’ve got an idea for you. Certainly we tightened our business model by talking to many different people. . Why don’t you apply for a job you’d like to have? …

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Entrepreneur Cofounder Washington New York City 120

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Last May, I shared the news that long-time Lean Startup advocates Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits were working on a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur featuring illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK. LitMotors approach to using Lean Startup to create a new vehicle category. That new book is about to hit bookstores everywhere.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2013

It’s Lean, it’s fast, it works and it’s unlike anything else ever done. Welcome to the Lean LaunchPad for Life Sciences and Healthcare (part of the National Science Foundation I-Corps ). This post is part of our series on the Lean Startup in Life Science and Health Care. Gastro.org 2013 Education Meeting.

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Lean Customer Development Business Model Channel 256

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

Five Branding Mistakes That Will Cripple Your Small Business (and how to avoid making them) – [link]. Empower Your Small Business: trust & loyalty, marketing insight, lean business – [link]. Always use data, not feelings, to make business decisions – [link]. ” – [link]. .

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 90

Up and Running

MARCH 4, 2013

Entrepreneur Zack Price is guest blogging his experience this week on the 2013 StartupBus as it makes its way from Chicago to SXSW in Austin. Change business models on the fly. Before we left Chicago, I emailed the grandaddy of the Lean Startup movement , Eric Reis , for some ultra lean skinny tips.

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Chicago Nashville Startup Lean 75

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

It happened recently when a group of educators came to the ranch to learn how to teach Lean entrepreneurship to K-12 students. Over the last few years it’s become clear that the days of teaching “how to write a business plan” as the cornerstone of university entrepreneurship are over. On Fire With A Vision.

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The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

It also helped us to start lean and simple, and grow our product into something bigger. Wunderlist, as you know it, was our MVP, our simplest approach to solve a problem that’s huge – helping people to organize their private and business life. Another one I can really recommend is Business Model Generation.

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San Francisco Cofounder Germany Europe 125

conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

I feel like “conversion rate optimization” is in 2013 what “social media marketing” was in 2009. Startups rarely survive by guessing, and can only create products and business models based on facts about their target market. Eric Ries, author of “The Lean Startup” says -. 6 Comments.

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Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 60

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Being part of an ambitious fast-growing business is pretty awesome, but it is not something that comes without dangers. Growth hacking was the buzzword of 2013 and has been widely overused. Don’t be afraid of growth, just start lean. Find out how ‘light’ you can start your business model. Plan for growth.

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SEM Lean PR Startup 244

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Image via Flickr by 401(K) 2013. If you decide to become one of Amway’s independent business owners, you’ll need to pay an annual registration fee. Instead, Amway’s independent business owners never earn any money from bringing on new members and the business model is entirely legal.

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Startup Business Model Cost America 145

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In 2013, everything changed. To survive in a crowded marketplace, businesses had to pool their resources, so they could operate more efficiently and capture more of the market share. We price competitively, and we keep our operations as lean as possible. Sustainable growth is hugely important to us. Focus on customer service.

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Cofounder Agile Business Model Operations 127

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

According to MarketWatch, GTA has generated over $6 Billion in total sales since its release in 2013, which makes it the top grossing entertainment title in history. Gaming is adding new layers – you don’t have to play to participate anymore but you can also just watch and ”lean back” or “experience” it yourself at the Void.

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Global Revenue Mobile IP 131

Up and Running

JULY 20, 2020

If your business model and expenses don’t change drastically and you become more comfortable with your financials, you can always shift to managing your books on your own later on. While it’s important to keep your startup costs lean, there may be times where buying more upfront is the better option. Bulk purchases.

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Cost Small Business Startup Salary 108

Life Beyond Code

JULY 2, 2013

It was great way to start the second half of 2013 with a phone conversation with Richie Norton , the author of The Power of Starting Something Stupid. BYU-Hawaii worked closely with me to help create the business model and put mentors in place. Do whatever it takes: Lean into stupid and don’t run away from it.

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Hawaii Mongolia Matching Business Plan 103

Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2024

We just finished the 14th annual Lean LaunchPad class at Stanford. Errol Arkilic , the then head of commercialization at the National Science, adopted the class saying, “You’ve developed the scientific method for startups, using the Business Model Canvas as the laboratory notebook.” In fact, it’s highly structured.

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Lean Cofounder Silicon Valley Video 193

Up and Running

JANUARY 14, 2019

When you buy the rights to open this type of business, you’re buying the rights to use a proven business model and system, with proven prices, products, and marketing techniques. If you’re interested in buying a franchise as a way to start or run your own business, learn all you can before you buy. What are their needs?

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B2B Distribution Search Matching 82

Life Beyond Code

APRIL 26, 2015

The Gorilla of the revenue sources continues to be Ad revenues from Google Websites growing at 20.48% from year 2013. Online users at the end of 2014 stand at 2,925.249,355 and has grown 7.85% from 2013. The slowest growth rate (6.51%) is the revenue from Network sites. The highest growth rate (43.4%) is from “Other Sources”.

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Curation Advertising Engineer Revenue 60

Up and Running

JULY 29, 2016

It’s a completely different business model. in 2013 and 2014 as a copywriter and marketing consultant. Tips for assisted living business success. Create a business plan. I still shudder thinking how I almost poured my savings into a business that I had no business starting. Provide premium service.

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Semantic CPA Business Plan Washington 60

Austin Startup

MAY 3, 2017

The term was coined in 2013 by Cowboy Ventures ’ Partner Aileen Lee and let’s be honest, at least in my head cowboys go together with Silicon Valley about as well as oil and water so I’m betting Palo Alto based Cowboy Ventures had a little of Texas on their minds. Marketing is the distinguishing, unique function of the business.”

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Texas Startup Silicon Valley Bootstrapping 48

Venture Chronicles

APRIL 9, 2013

Cush was asked about JCP and replied that the key lesson is that you don’t destroy your existing business model before ensuring that the new one works. This morning I was watching Squawk Box on CNBC and Richard Branson along with Virgin America CEO David Cush were being interviewed.

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Customer America Lean Restful 30

Austin Startup

JUNE 21, 2019

A 2013 study of 5000 entrepreneurs spanning different age group over 15 years to see if it was better to keep your day job. These are some important things to look at when deciding whether it is the right time to go full-time on your business. Is solving problems for your start-up all you think about?

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Founder Salary Cofounder Due Diligence 49

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 25, 2013

Running a SaaS business? The Right Way to Hire Your Customers | Bill Lee – Harvard Business Review – [link]. “A solid business model and a great story will at best have 10% chance of succeeding” – [link]. Interview: Rand Fishkin CEO of Moz on Lean Marketing – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2021

We just finished the 11th annual Lean LaunchPad class at Stanford — our first version focused on deep science and technology. This allowed us to emphasize how to differentiate a technical spec from a value proposition and expand on the parts of the business model that are unique for science and engineering startups.

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Lean Technology Artificial Inteligence Intellectual Property 335

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). An additional list of business resources for startups is available here. Added – March 2013* Startup Intelligence tools. Read post Why Learning should be your top 2013 new year’s resolution  for a full list.

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Software Review Technical Review Israel Startup 53

Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

In 2013, North America accounted for just over 40 percent of the global home health care revenue. It’s important to have clinical knowledge, but it’s just as important to have business sense, because at the end of the day it’s still a business and it must be run like a business to be effective at generating a profit.

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North America United States Technical Review America 95

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2017

I’m a big believer of lean startup. In September of 2013, I landed myself into one of the coveted spots on ABC’s Shark Tank. What most find with hunting and fishing guides are hundreds of websites with flat, uninteresting listings and outdated business models. Thanks to Annkur P Agarwal, Pricebab ! #6 Steve Jobs.

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Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Montana 48