Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Building an Advisory Board In my travels outside the building I kept my eyes out for articulate and visionary scientists and engineers who had expertise we lacked, and were willing to help in an advisory capacity. I set up an advisory board as a vehicle to get these industry experts engaged with the company and product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

Member of the Advisory Board. Manage customer service. Personnel Manager. On the other hand, there are some roles in a startup where Boomers are probably not the best candidates: Constantly-on-the-road sales territory management roles. All the learning from parenting pays big dividends here.

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Board Effect

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Your founders and board members won’t always have the necessary expertise you need in every area to be competitive and sustainable. An advisory board can be of great assistance to your startup by filling crucial gaps in your leadership talent. Let’s begin with the definition of the role of a startup advisory board member.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Andrew Inkpen, “ The Global Semiconductor Industry ” Thunderbird School of Management , 2021. [It Our guest speaker for our fourth class was John Hurley , former Member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, an expert on semiconductors and supply chains, and former Captain, U.S. Semiconductor Case Study.

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The Next Web

JUNE 26, 2013

Berlin-based startup Contentful , the cloud-based content management platform for web and mobile apps, has launched in beta following a successful round of seed funding. There were also a number of smaller investments from angels that as part of the agreement now form a part of the company’s shiny new advisory board.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2011

The GoodBuzz team currently comprises five people – three software engineers, one marketing manager and an operations officer - and works closely with an advisory board of industry specialists. .&# He adds that, aside from event organizers, the service is also useful for startups and the non-profit sector.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Stay cool and calm, and manage by objective facts. Don’t be afraid to ask for advice from peers, your advisory board, and outside experts and mentors. Many went out of business, but a few were quick to focus on store pickup and home delivery , and have found a new lucrative option that outlasted the problem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Outside professionals are always available, but they may have their own agenda, such as building a career, making money quickly, or managing up the stock price for a quick exit. If one of your cofounders has the necessary skills, your team will make the tradeoffs. The operations superstar.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Outside professionals are always available, but they may have their own agenda, such as building a career, making money quickly, or managing up the stock price for a quick exit. If one of your cofounders has the necessary skills, your team will make the tradeoffs. The operations superstar.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2020

Always manage expectations, and always under-promise and over-deliver. I always recommend that a startup create an advisory board of two or three outside experts, who have connections to even more resources. If you don’t have anything nice to say, keep quiet and wait for another day. You may be dead wrong.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

That’s the function of a good advisory board. Thus I believe every smart investor, potential partner, or critical new hire will look for a properly built advisory board as a key criteria before selection or making a commitment. Keep the advisory board to a manageable size.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2012

There are unknowns at every turn, leading product development, attracting customers, managing cash, and dealing with human resources and office politics. Trusted partners quit, personal friends become enemies, and staff management becomes a huge burden.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2011

There are unknowns at every turn, leading product development, attracting customers, managing cash, and dealing with human resources and office politics. Trusted partners quit, personal friends become enemies, and staff management becomes a huge burden.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

Forms Augmenting the team can take various forms: Consulting – defining how to attack particular issues, possibly directly planning Coaching – advising on how to approach particular issues Manage – lead members Execute – take on specific activities Again, this is fairly fuzzy, but it comes down to having mutual expectations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Always manage expectations, and always under-promise and over-deliver. I always recommend that a startup create an advisory board of two or three outside experts, who have connections to even more resources. If you don’t have anything nice to say, keep quiet and wait for another day. You may be dead wrong.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

Outside professionals are always available, but they may have their own agenda, such as building a career, making money quickly, or managing up the stock price for a quick exit. If one of your cofounders has the necessary skills, your team will make the tradeoffs. The operations superstar.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Many startups have an advisory board of sympathetic people with industry expertise, or people who enjoy mentoring, or people who donate a few services on the come. Once you take investment, you will also have a fiduciary board, with the responsibility of making the company successful. All problems will go away.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

A properly built advisory board can be a huge strategic advantage to any company. On the other hand, an advisory board put together haphazardly can be the biggest mistake for a company in the early stages of business. How do you avoid the advisory board death spiral? Select the right board member.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Always manage expectations, and always under-promise and over-deliver. I always recommend that a startup create an advisory board of two or three outside experts, who have connections to even more resources. If you don’t have anything nice to say, keep quiet and wait for another day. You may be dead wrong.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 2, 2013

We managed to speak to Hubert Yoshida of Hitachi Data Systems when he was in Singapore recently to share his top ten predictions on storage virtualization in the IT industry in 2013. People aren’t managing copies and that’s what’s taking up a lot of costs. What do you suggest as a solution?

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Leading and managing people amid uncertainty, high degrees of change, and making decisions remain my day-to-day functions. Meanwhile, three years before I left the Agency I had done a cold outreach on LinkedIn to the person I suspected was the hiring manager for a job advertisement for a company that I liked.

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www.instigatorblog.com

MARCH 2, 2010

The Importance of Advisory Boards for Startup CEOs Tweet When a startup receives financing it will need to setup a Board of Directors. The Board probably existed beforehand, but was made up only of the founders. Mark Macleod spells it out beautifully in his post on Advisory Boards. Why wouldn’t you?

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 10, 2012

This got me thinking, I need to have a “Heavenly Advisory Board.” I decided to do it, and created a Heavenly Advisory Board. I plan to have an “advisory board” of perhaps ten when I am done. Your Own Heavenly Advisory Board. It’s heaven after all. Why G-Dub ?

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

To learn more, VC Cafe interviewed Brian Rosenzweig, one of the managing partners in the new fund and the former marketing director at 21Ventures. Ultimately it is up to the Management Team, Advisory Board and Board of Directors to make the investment decisions, manage the capital investments and oversee portfolio company development.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Advisory Board. Why Product Managers Wear Sneakers - Steve Blank , September 2, 2010 I gave a talk last night to the Silicon Valley Product Management Association. It’s a San Francisco Bay Area forum for networking, jobs and education for over 500 Product Management professionals. Carpe Diem. " Listen.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998. and Tweetdeck (purchased by Twitter in June 2011).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2017

Many entrepreneurs I know are confused by definition and need for an Advisory Board versus a Board of Directors. By definition, Advisory Boards are voluntary and have no fiduciary responsibility. As an alternative, every CEO needs an Advisory Board to help them grow, which they can ignore or fire at their pleasure.

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Board Effect

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This is where the advisory council steps in. Whatever you call it, advisory councils can serve various purposes to help further an organization’s mission and provide valuable benefits to boards of directors. It’s also important for advisory councils to have a governing charter.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

One thing I learned from there, is that the manager is the first step. And B,The manager often is the one controlling how the money works. So, if the manager’s on board, you’re probably going to start and if not, you’re don’t regardless of the band. So the manager, that’s one thing.

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Up and Running

MAY 10, 2012

Sulaiman Sanni and his partner Ben Lamson were both working for Meltwater Group, a large, well known Software as a Service company, Su as a social media consultant and Ben as a sales manager. version, and talking to an advisory board and seed round investors already.” As Su says “We were both in good positions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2018

Always manage expectations, and always under-promise and over-deliver. I always recommend that a startup create an advisory board of two or three outside experts, who have connections to even more resources. If you don’t have anything nice to say, keep quiet and wait for another day. You may be dead wrong.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Outside professionals are always available, but they may have their own agenda, such as building a career, making money quickly, or managing up the stock price for a quick exit. If one of your cofounders has the necessary skills, your team will make the tradeoffs. The operations superstar.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

But having been in the middle of this conversation when I served on one of the Defense Department’s advisory boards, I understand why the Pentagon can’t count. The Defense of Department’s 40-plus advisory boards are staffed by outsiders who can provide independent perspectives and advice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2010

There are unknowns at every turn, leading product development, attracting customers, managing cash, and dealing with human resources and office politics. Trusted partners quit, personal friends become enemies, and staff management becomes a huge burden.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2019

When the time comes to hire a complete management team or other personnel needed to scale, the right personality and experience fit are critical. Startups must also ensure they have a solid development stack (the suite of applications that a startup uses to manage its development process).

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2020

She is a strong STEM advocate and an active member of the advisory board for CompTIA ’s Advisory Council. Below she offers us her views on the need for effective management and harnessing of the reams of data produced by smart objects in the emerging smart world. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Many entrepreneurs I know are confused by the definition and need for an Advisory Board versus a Board of Directors. By definition, Advisory Boards are voluntary and have no fiduciary responsibility. How much are you willing to spend on your board? Legally, Directors are accountable for corporate conduct.

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