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Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 2 of 2 – Virtual Valley Ventures

Steve Blank

We propose that early stage startups communicate in a way that didn’t exist in the 20 th century – online – collaboratively through blogs. They would: Blog their Customer Development progress as a narrative. The used a blog to record their customer learning, and their progress and issues. Lessons Learned.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part X: Stanford Crosses the.

Steve Blank

Other universities doing classified ELINT and Electronic Warfare work attended including University of Michigan, Georgia Institute of Technology and Cornell. Is there a print page function you can easily imbed into the blog user interface to make it easier to print the long articles? Blog at WordPress.com. Order Here.

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Reinventing the Startup Board Meeting: Part 2

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Blank teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford University and UC Berkeley and blogs at steveblank.com. We propose that early stage startups communicate in a way that didn't exist in the 20th century: online, collaboratively, through blogs. They would: Blog their Customer Development progress as a narrative. What Does This Change?

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The Story Behind the Secret History Part II. Getting B-52s through.

Steve Blank

After been stationed at three fighter bases in Thailand ( Ubon , Udorn and Korat ) and working on Electronic Warfare suites on F-4’s, A-7’s, F-105’s and AC-130’s, I got orders to report to a Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 bomber base in Alpena Michigan. Now his son is reading your blog about creating a startup. Reply Ben C. ,

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Durant Versus Sloan – Part 1

Steve Blank

William Durant died managing a bowling alley in Flint Michigan in 1947. It is interesting to note that some advocates of lean management and accounting (including Waddell and Bodek in *The Rebirth of American Industry*) have a strong dislike of Sloan/Brown management cost accounting. Blog at WordPress.com.

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Agile Opportunism – Entrepreneurial DNA « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

I packed up my life in Michigan and spent five days driving to California to start work. Reply SVJ , on June 30, 2009 at 3:21 am Said: Hi Steve: I have become a recent regular reader of your blog. No internet, no blogs, no books [.] Blog at WordPress.com. You’re Hired, You’re Fired. Driving across the U.S.

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Founders and dysfunctional families « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

The Rust Belt – (Skip this Section if I’m Boring You) Out of the Air Force, my first job out of school was in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the mid-1970’s installing broadband process control systems in automotive and manufacturing plants throughout the Midwest. Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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