YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2013

Amsterdam-based startup accelerator Rockstart last year launched a program to find and support ten teams of startup founders in Europe. It recently announced the results of its incubator program – and the results look promising.

Silicon Valley 231

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Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2023

This meant the class was team-based, Lean-driven (hypothesis testing/business model/customer development/agile engineering) and experiential – where the students, rather than being presented with all of the essential information, must discover that information rapidly for themselves.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

The biggest lost opportunity of all, though, is this one: we no longer need to rely on scarcity or status-oriented measures to filter which projects should get the green light. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Learning is better than optimization (the local ma.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

Steve Blank

MARCH 7, 2012

We trying to teach students a methodology that combines customer development, agile development, business models and pivots. We suggested that teams talk about their hypothesis tests, draw diagrams of product flows through the channel and let us know who the customer segment is with a “customer archetype” slide.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2011

Their initial customer segment were upwardly mobile professionals with $2-10K discretionary purchases/year (excluding travel,) and their revenue model was affiliate program fees. We taught them theory, methodology, and practice using Customer Development and business model design.

South Dakota 233

South Dakota Business Model Lean United States 233

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

First of all, Dave McClure introduced the idea of modifying an existing immigration program. The EB-5 visa is designed for foreign investors to get a green card if they are willing to bring capital to the US and create at least ten full-time jobs. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Amazon PostRank

San Francisco 150

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Plus, I have very cool conference updates (our full conference program + more than 300 simulcast locations!) So every day I found myself listening to NPR, and that's when I discovered a local program on our public radio station KQED called Forum. Remember, radio programs get no realtime analytics, no click maps, no funnel reports.

San Francisco 159

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 7, 2016

The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs, lows and pivots that pushed them forward. Prior to co-founding TechShop , the former Green Beret was an exec at Kinko’s, Avery Dennison and Health Net.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Entrepreneur Green Founder 120

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 5, 2009

Lawrence Green Thanks for reading, listening, and watching. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Think of one concrete thing you can do in the next 24 hours to move you closer to this." Long pause. Thanks for listening." Your feedback, positive or negative, is always welcome.

San Francisco 68

San Francisco Video Lean Customer 68

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

Having so few products means Apple can dedicate enormous resources to each project once it gets the green light. Not everything has to follow lean startup and customer development principles, and I write that as a devoted practitioner of both. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are.

San Francisco 166

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 166

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

In addition, if you’re an early stage startup and you’re still doing customer development , it’s too early for MVT. The faster you move, the faster you can get to the next value as well, also increasing the outcome of your program. However, makes sure your priorities align with your testing program. Conclusion.

Design 48

Design Analytics Campaign Programming 48

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Business Link : They help Start-Up companies, Running businesses or companies that are looking to grow and develop how to manage their finances, employ people, find and keep costumers, taxes, tray internationally and many more. Tnufa – Startup Promotion Program (Hebr.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Israel Startup 53

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I’m learning how to program. The only problem is I haven’t found a problem or an industry – web, enterprise software, green tech, etc – where I feel passionate. Has anyone found a referral program system that works great to generate new customers? I’m studying design. A few nuggets.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

For (B) there are some tens of billions of rectangular green reasons to keep it quite secret until some good lawyers have done good things with patents. Early on the programming was suckage; the electronics was unreliable; and the signal quality was awful; still people bought them. Idea (B) is actually how to make such a pill.

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

bfliris So it sounds like with Meebo (your claim to fame) you were passionate about the idea but had no programming skill, partnered with two people that had strong programming ability and did very little to assist them in creating a succesful application. I have had a programming job and tried to do side projects after work/ weekends.

Technical Review 84

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

" => I have not bothered to put up a landing page, survey to test customer demand, or done any customer development whatsoever. "Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?" Developer, engineer, CTO, or technical co-founder? Rockstar v.

Developer 42

Developer Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder 42

Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2012

So much so that the NSF decided to scale the Innovation Corps program. And to help teach these many teams, the NSF will recruit other universities that have engineering entrepreneurship programs to become part of the Innovation Corps network. Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Technology.

America 245

America Rhode Island Southern California Illinois 245

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

I myself didnt understand it until I had the opportunity to view that failure through the lens of the customer development theory. I had a big advantage, because Steve Blank , the father of customer development, got to see the failure up close and personal too as an investor and board member. for Harvard Business Revie.

San Francisco 150

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