Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Below we copy from Steve Blank’s blog. Blank asks a lot of the right questions in his blog post: Am I a Founder? Blog at WordPress.com. takes to be a founder or co-founder of a company, or even an early participant. When my students ask me about whether they should be a founder or cofounder of a startup I ask [.]

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 13, 2009

No internet, no blogs, no books on startups, no entrepreneurship departments in universities, etc. Customer Development/Lean Startups In hindsight startups and the venture capital community left out the most important first step any startup ought to be doing – hypothesis testing in front of customers- from day one. I was an idiot.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 4, 2009

For example, Friendster was famously vertically partitioned at one time in its growth curve. I normally recommend you just store this directory on your master database, but you could use a standalone vertical shard (or even a key-based partition!) This type of vertical partitioning sharding scheme wont work in most cases.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

I forget that other people actually read this blog. I think that one of the good themes of this blog is that years != “dog years&# in deep industries. To Steve B: thanks for a great blog, and connecting so many outlying or just plain uncorrelated dots. Blog at WordPress.com. Say that gives 15 years in business.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

My blog has over 14000 subscribers, for example. And how could they possibly review a blog? Just like in the world of startups, we can start to use micro-scale pilot programs, executed in lean fashion, to gather real facts for making ROI decisions about new project investment. Is that a lot? What is the right revenue model?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

on April 10, 2009 at 6:58 am Said: Amazing blog. Reply Process for the Enterprise » Blog Archive » People, Staffing, and Steve Blank’s SuperMac Series , on April 17, 2009 at 11:40 am Said: [.] Blog at WordPress.com. Thanks so much for sharing such stories. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Steve Blank

JULY 7, 2009

Blog at WordPress.com. The relevant part starts about 4:30 into the video (wait for it to download.) luck… and as one of Steve Blank’s posts today mentioned, you can’t test hypotheses from within your building. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2009

Reply Tim Pham , on July 20, 2009 at 11:03 am Said: Love reading your blog, Steve. Blog at WordPress.com. As one boss said “I’d much rather hear that over the phone than in an exit interview.&# My burnout was when I was still finishing my C.S. while doing 2 jobs. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Up and Running

MAY 3, 2021

You might want to be an all-rounder SEO agency or, as we discuss later in this piece, you may want to specialize your verticals. Expertise in a specific industry vertical or process? Due to this relative lack of speed on SEO’s part, it can be difficult to make the case for it, but leaning on data can help.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

So no post today on entrepreneurship, Secret History of Silicon Valley, Customer Development, Lean Startups, etc. Blog at WordPress.com. Our friends who run the state park surrounding our ranch will join all of us for Thanksgiving dinner. Just a reflection on my family and hopes for our children. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2009

Great blog, just now found it. Blog at WordPress.com. steve Lisa , on November 7, 2009 at 3:35 pm Said: I tell all of my clients about the Supermac marketing meetings and suggest they do the same. It still shocks me that marketing people in general don’t want to talk to customers, at all.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

Blog at WordPress.com. There are some great lessons in your experiences here, and I feel like I can keep getting more in my post-MS&E273 life! Ben Reply Dmitriy Kruglyak , on March 20, 2009 at 10:48 am Said: Steve, I look forward to a similar backstory on E.piphany marketing! Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Your blog post has provided a lot of useful insights for me which I’ve been implementing. Blog at WordPress.com. I have been working on getting a startup to revenue for a while, and while this is my 4th iteration and I have not yet succeeded, I’ve been learning new things every time. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Reply Karma in the Lean Startup Era , on January 28, 2010 at 5:26 pm Said: [.] Blog at WordPress.com. Reply Relentless – The Difference Between Motion And Action « Steve Blank , on November 9, 2009 at 6:02 am Said: [.] to move their applications to our unique machine architecture.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 20, 2009

Darcy Murphy , on March 21, 2009 at 9:46 pm Said: I’m really impressed with your stories – in fact, that’s what I like about this blog the most, you’re writing stories. I’ve never said this before on a blog, but I can’t wait for your next post. i have your book, but stopped at the 4th chapter.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

These days, many agencies start as a lean operation. Inversely, if you’re using the agency model to fund another startup or product, you should probably keep things lean. Turns out, getting high-quality blog content delivered consistently was a big one. Why—or why not—pivot your agency service offering? Image source ).

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Steve Blank

APRIL 27, 2009

Shelton | Blog » Blog Archive » Links: April 29th , on April 29, 2009 at 12:02 am Said: [.] And now am leading a startup of my own ( [link] ) where we’re students of you and Eric Ries’ lean startup principles. Blog at WordPress.com. invention of electronic warfare, part I and [.]

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Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2009

Glad to see you blogging! thanks Reply Denis , on March 27, 2009 at 7:05 pm Said: Steve, is this blog in addition to the book or instead of it? What part of this blog should I read if I am also reading the book? Steve Blank has started a blog. Blog at WordPress.com. Add this to your must read list.

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Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2009

Unfortunately most startups learn this by going through the “Fire the first Sales VP&# drill: You start your company with a list of potential customers reading like a “who’s who&# of whatever vertical market you’re in (or the Fortune 1000 list.) Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 25, 2009

Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

I asked that question because I several months ago I had just spent a week re-writing our plan and some VC blog talked about it being a “luxury.&# And the rest of the advice on this blog is irrelevant. Blog at WordPress.com. So, as you have said we spend more time diagramming and power-pointing out the b-plan now.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Here’s the problem: Every other poor schmuck in every other vertical has used the Exact. Credit for round up goes to the Idee blog. Considering that nearly 2 million Americans fall victim to online scams a year, and many scam sites lean heavily on low priced stock photography… the odds are not in your favor.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2009

I’ve been blogging, commenting, emailing, and all over social media searching for folks to buy in to my pitch, smart personalized web software (to aid pasive search -Dave winer calls it two way, and relevant ads). Blog at WordPress.com. On a more serious note, any tips on attracting founders?

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2009

Not everybody knows somebody who knows a VC… Reply Flow » Blog Archive » Daily Digest for July 15th - The zeitgeist daily , on July 14, 2009 at 8:39 pm Said: [.] Blog at WordPress.com. I talked a bit about it here [link] and will have more to say in later posts. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Growth marketing borrows a concept from the lean startup methodology. Growth hacking is a term that emerged from the Silicon Valley tech community and the lean startup methodology. One of Qless’s core verticals is the retail industry. It isn’t about finding quick hacks to boost short-term revenue.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2009

Simulation to Reduce Invention Risk If you’re in a vertical where “invention risk” is dominant, then you want to do everything you can to manage and reduce those risks. When I wrote the Four Steps to the Epiphany , the Customer Development text, I hadn’t yet thought about what vertical markets it might be appropriate for.)

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ConversionXL

MAY 11, 2017

The lean, aggressive ones do. What I am looking for is common trends within that vertical. Reviewing a competitor’s online presence helps me understand how to differentiate my client. I’ m looking for benefits that are unique, not just “more features” or “cheaper”.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2009

In the last three posts, we drew the relationship of market risk and invention risk with vertical markets and pointed out verticals where customer development would be useful. would look in each of the verticals. Waterfall, Agile, Lean? For example, How does sales differ from one market to another? Liquidity – How?

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

cdixon.org - chris dixons blog. My posterous blog. link] Closer To The Ideal » Blog Archive » If you have an idea for a startup, talk about the idea with everyone. [.] But it’s probably wise to be more secretive in some vertical markets: [link]. Follow @cdixon. cdixon.org contents. Twitter: @cdixon.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Our blog content is a staple of the NextView brand identity. Over the past ten years, the partners have published some truly incredible pieces, and my goal was to create a blog page that did this content justice. Check it out! .

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Steve Blank

JUNE 5, 2009

Reply Donna White , on June 6, 2009 at 1:40 am Said: I found this post through a comment on Fred Wilson’s blog. Reply Flow » Blog Archive » Daily Digest for June 7th - The zeitgeist daily , on June 7, 2009 at 1:20 am Said: [.] the next day, Steve Blank posted on the startup transition from faith to facts.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

As we have seen with the recent speed bumps at highfliers like Groupon and Zynga, taking “lean startups” from foundation to creating sustainable, scalable, profitable business models is a very rare and special task. In founding TripAdvisor, Kaufer wanted to take his hard core engineering skills and apply them to vertical search in travel.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

sgblank Lean Startup Cirle 111909 This movie requires Adobe Flash for playback. By seeing the video, I gained some more understanding of the slides and concepts (which I have read about on your blog). Big thanks for the continued sharing, and certainly the link to Lean Startups. The video below was my presentation to the group.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

An industry report or “ultimate” guide offers more to the target audience than a general “top tips” blog post. According to MetrixLab , who conducted “numerous advertising meta-analyses across more than 20 different verticals, and in every major region globally,” 12 themes are most common in the strongest digital ad creative: Image source.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2012

Take your reputation online, utilizing social media, your website, and a blog to connect to clients and make strategic alliances. Keep you office running lean and mean. Instead of selling your services to everyone, expand your services “vertically” by targeting industries where you’ve already been successful.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

Take your reputation online, utilizing social media, your website, and a blog to connect to clients and make strategic alliances. Keep you office running lean and mean. Instead of selling your services to everyone, expand your services “vertically” by targeting industries where you’ve already been successful.

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