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Vertical Markets 1: Bad Advice – All Startups are the Same « Steve.

Steve Blank

Government Regulations I turned to the class and said, “The rest of you can keep building your company and shipping your product because you don’t need to worry about government regulations. So the first heuristic is: do not assume the startup rules are the same for all vertical markets.

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The Innovation State of the Union

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Steve Jobs once challenged Obama to find him 30,000 engineers so he could build a plant in California. It wasn’t like we were packaging software we were producing the highest performing vertical axis wind turbine. Unfortunately the US government has muddied the waters by not implementing real industrial and technology policies.

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The End of Innocence

Steve Blank

The quintessential California couple, they stood out in our crowd as the engineer (in his late 20′s, respected by his peers and the customer) had hair down to his shoulders, sharply contrasting with the military crewcuts of the customers and most of the other contractors.

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Touching the Hot Stove – Experiential versus Theoretical Learning.

Steve Blank

Home Books for Startups Secret History-Bibliography Steve Blank Startup Resources Steve Blank Entries RSS | Comments RSS Categories Air Force (9) Ardent (9) Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan (29) California Coastal Commission (3) Conservation (2) Convergent Technologies (1) Customer Development (98) Customer Development Manifesto (..)

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Now Hear This

Steve Blank

Fourth, as a public official in the State of California , to offer a window on how public policy on California Coastal protection gets made. Clearshore is a “matchmaker&# that helps small businesses get their fair share of the $60-billion US government budget for R&D and innovation.

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I'm From the Government and I'm Here to Help You

Steve Blank

My only excuse is that this week I’m doing public service in my role as a California Coastal Commissioner. Those of you with a reader still have it.) (Something you can appreciate if you’ve read my class text on Customer Development.) Long days, lots of items on the calendar , dedicated staff, very bright fellow commissioners.

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Rocket Science 2: Drinking the Kool-Aid

Steve Blank

There Ought to be a Law Nowadays there are laws that allow you to back out of a time-share condo contract, or used car purchase after seven days because even the government believes there are times when grown adults lose their minds and stand up and yell “Yes I believe, sign me up!”