Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

This was followed by an 8-minute slide presentation describing their customer discovery journey over the 10 weeks. While all the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ), Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, each of their journeys was unique.

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Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

The dysfunctional family theory may explain why founders who excel in the chaotic early phases of a company throw organizational hand grenades into their own companies after they find a repeatable and scaleable business model and need to switch gears into execution. Let me know what you think. Comments and brickbats welcomed.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

She returned to her home state of Hawaii to become a mentor and advisor to tech accelerators and startups, and a parent of two before launching Hobnob. In both of her startups, Tina did a lot of customer discovery to understand customer problems and see if her products offered the right solution.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

She returned to her home state of Hawaii to become a mentor and advisor to tech accelerators and startups, and a parent of two before launching Hobnob. In both of her startups, Tina did a lot of customer discovery to understand customer problems and see if her products offered the right solution.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Pixar animators flew to Hawaii and went scuba diving for Finding Nemo , to Scotland while they were making Brave and drove Route 66 when making Cars. Pixar movies feel authentic because they’re modeled after the real world. Customer Development. Managers see change as a threat to their existing business model – and it is.

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JULY 14, 2015

Our business model was Pinterest. ” You’re like, “Oh” and you’re lawyers in Hawaii. You need to go out and do some customer development. They want to be able to put a badge or something, whatever it is that works for your business model but don’t pay them.

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