Steve Blank
OCTOBER 10, 2011
I presented to 1,000’s of entrepreneurs, talked to 17 startups, gave 12 lectures, had 9 interviews, chatted with 8 VC’s, sat on 4 panels, talked policy with 2 government ministers, 2 members of parliament, 1 head of a public pension fund and was in 1 TV-documentary. Toxic Business Press and Contradictory Government Incentives.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 7, 2021
I continue to be amazed that some government agency reportedly still gets 100 calls per day from victims of the Nigerian unclaimed cash scam alone. For more details, see this article from the The Penny Hoarder outlining the most common pitches to avoid. Cash transfer assistance funding. People who fall for this one must be really greedy.
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Steve Blank
JULY 11, 2017
If they leave at least they’ll have ‘name of our company’ on their resume.”. The belief then was that most founders couldn’t acquire the HR, finance, sales, and board governance skills rapidly enough to steer the company to a liquidity event, so they hired professional managers. They’re lucky they work here.
Hearpreneur
MAY 4, 2022
What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. When we set out to create a name for our business, we knew we had to set ourselves apart from other womens’ boutique swimwear.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 6, 2020
There is so much confusion and misinformation out there about the government sponsored “payroll protection plan” loans to companies that the heads of every small business CEO in the country must be spinning. The goal of the program is in the name?—?payroll this is precisely the policy goal of the US Government. shouldn’t I?
Steve Blank
APRIL 14, 2013
The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. When the Chinese government censors (run by their propaganda department ) shutdown access to yet another U.S. And when the government tools to detect encrypted VPN’s get more sophisticated, (as it did last year), Chinese users just use stealthier tools.
Steve Blank
JANUARY 14, 2013
Government funding of research started in World War II driven by the needs of the military for weapon systems to defeat Germany and Japan. government has had a robust national science and technology policy, it lacks a national industrial policy; leaving that to private capital. governments approach to science and warfare.
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