Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Today’s topic was Organizational Design and Modern War. Organization Design. And Finals Prep.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

No Knowledge of Computers Silicon Valley emerged from work in World War II led by Stanford professor Fred Terman developing microwave and electronics for Electronic Warfare systems. Silicon Valley wouldn’t have a computer company until 1966 when Hewlett Packard shipped the HP 2116 minicomputer.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. However, there’s a growing belief that the “design preferences” of Chinese consumers are just bad design. Silicon Valley has great weather and lifestyle, and nobody wants to leave.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

As part of our Lean LaunchPad classes at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and for the National Science Foundation, students build a startup in 8 weeks using Business Model Design + Customer Development. Heck, in Silicon Valley even the waiters can do it.). Themeforest has great designs. For coders: build the User Interface.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The gamble was that we could train Professors doing hard-core science, who had never been near a startup or Silicon Valley, to get out of the building and talk to customers and Pivot as easily as someone at a web startup. we couldn’t keep them in Silicon Valley for all 8 weeks, so we tried an experiment in teaching remotely.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. ” Put simply, if you care about building a successful tech community outside Silicon Valley you should read this book.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

As I was reading a history of the startup years of Fairchild Semiconductor , I realized that a problem I thought was new – sales as an obstacle to Pivots – had occurred 50 years ago at the dawn of what would become Silicon Valley. —— Every chip company in Silicon Valley is descended from Fairchild.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. It has become China’s Silicon Valley. Industries have a competitive advantage when related companies cluster in a geographical location. This was the area I visited in this trip to China.)

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Here is where having Marc Berte and a team out of MIT who have designed systems like this for years gave one confidence we could do something others couldn’t copy and at price points that could make us market leaders over night. Could we produce this at cost? Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

For decades large companies have gone shopping in Silicon Valley for startups. Silicon Valley – a Corporate Innovation Candy Store. Corporate business development and strategic partner executives are flocking to Silicon Valley to find these five types of innovation.

Acquisition 334

Acquisition Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Startup 334

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. From now forward I’m going to reorient my thinking toward accomplishing the end goal rather than reviewing my progress as a bunch of steps I’ve taken. John Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Order Here.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

When Quora went into Beta and became the “hip product to have access to&# in Silicon Valley I felt compelled to play around with it. That said, I noticed really early on that the Silicon Valley “power players&# were all on Quora and people like Reid Hoffman are actually in there answering questions.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

One of the times I screwed this up it left a legacy of 25 years of questionable design in microprocessor architecture. It has to be little-endian or we won’t design your chip into our systems.” The reaction from the chip circuit design guys was, “OK, we could do that. What a great idea.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles. Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

You may have heard that venture capitalists in Silicon Valley no longer read business plans. As a hardware designer, I’m sure you do the same thing as you document your product specifications and pass them on to other members of your team for implementation. Marty Zwilling First published on Predictable Designs on 06/10/2020.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Notes Wadhwa, “Jason [Calacanis], Fred [Wilson], and Silicon Valley VC’s, I’ve got news for you: you’ve got it all wrong. At the margin you can make yourself better at sales, product design, marketing, leadership, capital raising, etc. Wadhwa is entitled to his point of view and he may be right.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? Right sized : I tried to work with one of the best known firms in Silicon Valley. He’s totally tapped into the startup communities in Silicon Valley and a bit in LA.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

is a venture capitalist investing in Silicon Valley and Singapore. Build a simple website using easy, no-coding-required tools like Wix for great-looking, interactive pages, or LaunchRock for sites specifically designed to collect feedback on ideas. Eddy Lee, Ph.D, Obtain several quotes for your project from the U.S.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 12, 2014

One of their mentors, a professional UX designer, encouraged the kids, “You have the facts. Trying to fit an Entrepreneurial Studies course into a college prep high school outside of Silicon Valley is an interesting challenge. You’ve developed archetype and narratives from a ton of real customer interviews.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

For new car companies such as DeLorean and Fisker, designing and testing the product is only the beginning. investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley. If you have deep pockets, these ultimately can be very lucrative. Huge ramp-up time and money required. If you want U.S.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

We could design warfighting tactics based on knowing the tactics of our opponent. We could design and manufacture the best systems. We used these tools to keep pace with the Soviet threats and eventually used silicon, semiconductors and stealth to create an offset strategy to leapfrog their military.

Community 244

Community Silicon Valley Technical Review Incubator 244

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

But for the last decade “innovation” in Chinese software meant something different than it did in Silicon Valley. However, there’s a growing belief that the “design preferences” of Chinese consumers are just bad design. Silicon Valley has great weather and lifestyle, and nobody wants to leave.

China 220

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 220

Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

These damn models weren’t designed right so we’re fixing them on the line.” of total entrepreneurs born in China and India is not even close to what entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley looks like. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. were born in India.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2013

The University of California managed research and development of the bomb design lab at Los Alamos while the US Army managed the Los Alamos facilities and the overall administration of the project. universities (See the blog posts on the Secret History of Silicon Valley here , and for a story about one of the University weapons labs here.).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. Nicole LaPort recently highlighted this trend for Fast Company, the so-called “SnapChat Effect” in a recent post on the topic of LA attracting great Silicon Valley talent.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In class I teased Todd that while the Navy had me present my Secret History of Silicon Valley talk in front of 4,000 cadets at the Naval Post Graduate School , I had yet to hear from the Air Force Academy. One will focus on design, execution, and measurement of therapy sessions – building on the original Xbox Kinect work.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

So you either need to invest millions or partner with a “tools company” designed to help you promote and distribute video. Epoxy’s tools are designed to help video producers distribute content across the social internet, driving consumption increases through Facebook & Twitter. Set design. Post-Production.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. It has become China’s Silicon Valley. Industries have a competitive advantage when related companies cluster in a geographical location. This was the area I visited in this trip to China.)

Programming 179

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 179

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Bill’s closing line, “The reason why Silicon Valley is so successful is that it’s so fxxxng far away from Washington” received great applause. Tech Companies Use Regulatory Capture In my first two decades inside the Silicon Valley bubble we built products people wanted and needed.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

” Sean is somebody widely respected in Silicon Valley (although he now lives in SoCal) for having helped many early-stage companies go through major growth periods by quantitatively testing features with audiences to help diagnose what led to growth. I endorse the growth hacking culture on teams.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2014

For new car companies such as DeLorean and Tesla, designing and testing the product is only the beginning. investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley. If you have deep pockets, these ultimately can be very lucrative. Huge ramp-up time and money required. If you want U.S.

New York City 254

New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 254

YoungUpstarts

MAY 2, 2018

It will give you gain an understanding of the design and manufacturing and supply processes whether you intend to manufacture your own goods or sell goods made by others. Silicon Valley. How It’s Made is a behind the scenes look at how items we need and use in our everyday lives are made. TVF Pitchers.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Entrepreneur Finder ( www.EntrepreneurFinder.com ) is a free interactive resource for entrepreneurs, skilled professionals, students and investors to find each other and designed to help startup companies grow. A startup looking for investment, mentorship, or specific talent to help grow your company?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

For new car companies such as DeLorean and Fisker, designing and testing the product is only the beginning. investors, for example, it may be worthwhile to set up an office in New York City or Silicon Valley. If you have deep pockets, these ultimately can be very lucrative. Huge ramp-up time and money required. If you want U.S.

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New York City Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 246

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But here’s what Silicon Valley doesn’t get about Hollywood. It requires writers, actors, film crews, lighting, costume & set designs, make-up artists, post production, sound, editors and so on. Ironically in Silicon Valley consumer Internet business have become hits driven businesses. Think about.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Silicon Valley gets significant attention for its role in producing tech startups that often go on to see massive, international success. The Early Stage Incentive Program, for example, is designed to promote technological development, offering grants of up to NIS 10 million every year for approved budgets.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2014

As the emeritus Chief Technology Officer of the United States, he still connects government and Silicon Valley. He’ll talk about making a profit and making a difference in a conversation with New Media Ventures’ Christie George. Todd Park convened the team that saved Obamacare.

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