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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

Fast-forward to today—Apple is the most profitable Smartphone company in the world and in Spain Android commands a market share of more than 90%. These Key Performance Indicators and processes are what make a company efficient —but they are also the root cause of its inability to be agile and innovative. Act Like a Startup.

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Why haven’t European investors fully accepted the ‘failure is good’ mentality yet?

The Next Web

With huge unemployment rates in countries like Spain, Greece and Portugal, coupled with risk-averseness and impractical education this leads to a circle of hopelessness. So you learn to be agile, to take it in your stride, to pivot based on the shortcomings of your competitors. It’s a great life lesson in any case.

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Respect Goes a Long Way When Entering New Markets

The Startup Magazine

borders, start with the same basics: Build strong, loyal customer bases Small businesses often have the agility to adapt quickly to cultural and linguistic nuances. Where does an entrepreneur even start? For entrepreneurs and startups looking to expand beyond U.S. He is an active member of honor society Phi Beta Kappa and a frequent traveler.

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Lean Meets Wicked Problems

Steve Blank

He presented to organizations in the Netherlands, Chile, Spain, the UK (Ministry of Defense and the BBC), and aerospace companies. The team working to turn the Basque Country in Spain into an AI hub did the same – they flew to Bilbao and interviewed several stakeholders.

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Measuring Market Penetration with Brand Tracking (+ Metrics & Examples)

ConversionXL

Brand momentum can be calculated similarly to physical momentum (mass x velocity): Brand momentum = brand mass (your company’s size, reputation, and relevance) x brand velocity (speed of growth, agility in keeping up with industry changes). Take Tesla. Optimize and repeat.

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Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more)

Startup Lessons Learned

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Expo SF (May. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets. Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

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Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets

Startup Lessons Learned

Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? Special thanks to our streaming sponsor Justin.tv for handling the actual broadcasts. for handling the actual broadcasts.