ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I presented to thousands of entrepreneurs, talked to 17 startups, gave 12 lectures, had nine interviews, chatted with eight VC's, sat on four panels, talked policy with two government ministers, two members of parliament, one head of a public pension fund and was in one TV documentary. A government that's trying to help, but gets in the way.

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Finland Venture Capital Government Russia 158

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

Defense and Intelligence organizations drove the pace of innovation in Silicon Valley by providing research and development dollars to universities, and defense companies built weapons systems that used the Valley’s first microwave devices and semiconductor components. Government and the enterprise are now followers rather than leaders.

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Steve Blank

JULY 6, 2016

Then the question is, will their governments allow them to use it and if not, are there workarounds? . Much of what we see is really developed indigenously. This has been a very powerful way of bringing some of the smartest young minds, the most energetic people, into government to do it quickly but also not to make it life servitude.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

If you are a practitioner of Customer Development, ESL was doing it before most us were born. The Arms Factories that Won the Cold War Were Semiconductor Factories Who was the government official pushing all of this? From 1977 to 1981 Perry cranked up spending for research and development on a massive scale.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. So heres my simple question: What do folks in Washington need to know about the global community of entrepreneurs?

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 31, 2015

With hundred of thousands of global practitioners, the supply of ideas and best practices is endless. Every year, our team conducts more than 500 customer development calls to understand what challenges the community is facing. The United States Digital Service, a federal government agency, is building a ‘stealth startup.’

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Not only does Zhongguancun have Chinese startups, but global technology companies (Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, Oracle, BEA, Alcatel Lucent, Google) all have offices here or elsewhere in Beijing. The <10% that decide to go global early do so by starting outside of China. billon, 260 million are 3G.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 276

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Prior to Tachyus, Dakin co-founded OpenGov , a platform to share, visualize, and analyze government financial data. Before OpenGov, he built California Common Sense , the open data and government watchdog non-profit. Filed under: Customer Development. Dakin was recognized as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016. .

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Prior to Tachyus, Dakin co-founded OpenGov , a platform to share, visualize, and analyze government financial data. Before OpenGov, he built California Common Sense , the open data and government watchdog non-profit. Filed under: Customer Development. Dakin was recognized as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016. .

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Cofounder Silicon Valley Entrepreneur EC2 284

Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Department of State manages America’s relationships with 180 foreign governments, international organizations, and the people of other countries with 270 embassies, consulates, and other posts. Advance democracy, human rights, and other global interests. diplomats, government officials, and all other personnel at home and abroad.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 16, 2015

At the end of the discussion, we decided to start the Global EIR Coalition to open source our approach and try to help every state in the US implement a similar program. Last year Jeff and a bunch of his friends in Massachusetts created the Massachusetts Global Entrepreneur in Residence pilot program.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Not only does Zhongguancun have Chinese startups, but global technology companies (Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft, IBM, Sun, Oracle, BEA, Alcatel Lucent, Google) all have offices here or elsewhere in Beijing. The <10% that decide to go global early do so by starting outside of China. billon, 260 million are 3G.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 168

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Of course, bringing startups (whether prospective or existing portfolio companies) closer to operating divisions has business and customer development benefits. Could they excel at customer development with enterprises? When it comes to governance, putting operating heads on portfolio company boards hasn’t worked.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Department of State manages America’s relationships with 180 foreign governments, international organizations, and the people of other countries with 270 embassies, consulates, and other posts. Advance democracy, human rights, and other global interests. diplomats, government officials, and all other personnel at home and abroad.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

LSC: Tell us about the customer development you did for your book: Alistair: We''ve been thrilled at how Lean Analytics seemed to resonate with founders. The dominant channel by which we reach customers is the Internet, whether you''re a small local restaurant on Yelp or a global maker of tissue paper.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Well, it turns out that to port long tail productivity apps to Google's App Engine is a somewhat cumbersome job, and requires a lot of custom development. The long tail apps can easily be ported to or developed on Google App Engine in a third of the time and cost using OrangeScape as an application platform. Enter OrangeScape.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

the failure rate of new ventures (startups had no formal rules and were a hit or miss proposition), the slow adoption rate of new technologies by the government and large companies. The globalization of entrepreneurship means the worldwide pool of potential startups has increased at least ten fold since the turn of this century.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

. — I just watched a very smart company try to manage innovation by hiring a global consulting firm to offload engineering from “distractions.” An existing company or government organization is primarily organized for day-to-day execution of its current business processes or mission. There’s a much better way.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 3, 2015

It taught lean theory ( business model design , customer development and agile engineering) and practice. We use Customer Development and the Lean LaunchPad to train and accelerate teams U.C. We’ve gone global as well. Haas global footprint. Clearly, lean works globally. In fact, it works globally.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

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Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

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Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Government grants – Credit cards / debt. 2) Co-Founders are the largest form of dilution (if you’re raising) 3) Everything around LeanStartup / Customer Development 4) Understand the micro economics of your business early. Pingback: You’ve Got Questions About Startups, Dan Martell has 189 Answers — Global Nerdy.

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