Steve Blank

MARCH 15, 2017

I was having a second coffee with an ex student, now the head of a marketing inside a rapidly growing startup. If these sound like reasonable answers to you, and you are in a startup, update your resume. Titles in a startup are not the same as what your job is. All good news. I wasn’t surprised. Titles Are Not Your Job.

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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. There are certainly some people who are publicly saying that VC-backed businesses shouldn’t take government money. shouldn’t I?

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2023

Three types of organizations – Incubators, Accelerators and Venture Studios – have emerged to reduce the risk of early-stage startup failure by helping teams find product/market fit and raise initial capital. They do the most to de-risk the early stages of a startup. Reducing Startup Risk.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2025

Software for managing entities simplifies the governance process by providing functions such as tailored workflows, delegating tasks, and sending automated notifications. Incorporating a method of governance allows companies to concentrate on planning and future expansion instead of being overwhelmed by day-to-day administrative duties.

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Software Review Software Management Government 113

Steve Blank

JANUARY 5, 2023

government agencies, our federal research labs, and government contractors no longer have exclusive access to these advanced technologies. Government agencies to provide context and perspective on commercial technologies and national security. We focused on the challenges created when U.S. Guest Speakers.

Technical Review 376

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. the government is painfully learning how to reorient its requirements and acquisition process to buy these commercial, off-the-shelf technologies. And after two decades focused on counter terrorism, the U.S. In the U.S.,

Technical Review 407

Technical Review Taiwan Technology Silicon Valley 407

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2020

These things outside your control do happen, but based on my years of experience as a startup advisor and angel investor, I still see too many strategies leading to failure that are inside the entrepreneur decision realm. No startup can afford to do these serially. Easier-to-use’ and other fuzzy terms won’t get any attention.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2025

As governments and communities aim to reduce environmental impact, there is a rising demand for eco-friendly transport solutions. Additionally, various local governments provide incentives to encourage the adoption of environmentally friendly vehicles, ranging from grants to tax rebates.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2020

In my experience, consummate entrepreneurs tend come up with more startup ideas than they can ever implement, and some of the ideas may not even make business sense. Passion, optimism, and determination are necessary but not sufficient to assure a successful startup. Most startup projects require special skills and a motivated team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Government bail-outs do not promote innovation. Non-industrial large organizations cling to outdated business models. Financial institutions, for example, count on pure capital plays without innovation that can disappear quickly. These companies usually end up going extinct, like Lehman Brothers, WorldCom, and Enron.

Artificial Inteligence 315

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 11, 2022

Original problem statement : Chinese investment in US startups with critical technologies poses a threat to US military capabilities, but the lack of transparency in venture capital makes it challenging to track them. Final problem statement : Chinese adversarial venture capital investments in U.S. Original Problem Statement: How can the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2021

Almost every entrepreneur and new business owner I mentor is certain that his/her idea has a very high probability of success, and all find it hard to believe that ninety percent of startups ultimately fail. He seemed to ignore the fact that hungry people have no money, and governments rarely pay.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 4, 2023

government seriously considered international control over the development of nuclear weapons. Simultaneously, new startups are forming, and venture capital is already pouring money into the field at an outstanding rate that will only accelerate the impact of this generation of AI. In the U.S. Post WWII in 1946 the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

For early-stage startups, the goodwill component can easily exceed the size of all the financial elements together, or can just as easily mark a company with good financials as not investable. For startups, the entrepreneur and founder is almost always the face of the company. Stable and friendly work environment.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2023

The last few months have been an unprecedented time for entrepreneurs and startup founders on the market. Entrepreneurs Want a Great Place for Their Startup A slowdown in economic activity has made it increasingly challenging for entrepreneurs to establish themselves against the backdrop of reluctant consumer spending and recession risks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2020

For early-stage startups, the goodwill component can easily exceed the size of all the financial elements together, or can just as easily mark a company with good financials as not investable. For startups, the entrepreneur and founder is almost always the face of the company. Stable and friendly work environment.

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Valuation Technical Review Due Diligence Leadership 311

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

For new entrepreneurs , the startup phase is one of the most challenging yet exciting stages of launching a business. If you’re struggling to raise capital, here are six practical strategies to obtain startup funding in today’s modern and competitive business world.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Navigating Industry Regulations and Compliance An array of regulations governs freight brokering to ensure safety and fairness within the industry. The post Essential Skills Every Freight Broker Should Develop appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concepts have been developing since the advocation of equal rights by the working men parties in the 1830s, and pollution control in the mid-1850s — when Chicago pragmatically built the first US sewage system to improve water supply.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2025

By Gayle Jennings OByrne Though interest rates have gone down slightly, ongoing market volatility means that funding for startups is still difficult. Meanwhile, the more recently started AngelPad program has provided an average of $14 million in funding for startups participating in its programs.

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Steve Blank

JULY 11, 2017

By coincidence, the CEO was an intern at one of my startups more than two decades ago.) Before the rapid rise of Unicorns, (startups with a valuation over a billion dollars), when boards were still in control, they “encouraged” the hiring of “adult supervision” of the founders after they found product/market fit. Adult Supervision.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

If you have been working alone, perfecting your idea, with no new business track record, your best strategy is to license the technology to a company or team with real business startup experience. You may get that million dollars someday in future royalty payments, but don’t expect anything today. Commercialization requires infrastructure.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The past year was a wild ride for startups and founders, giving a whole new meaning to the ”rollercoaster” aspect of being an entrepreneur. A combination of competition for top talent and an effort to bring employees back to the office drove startups in Israel to throw extravagant parties and all-inclusive retreats abroad.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Government grants. As in any company, they can lead to employee problems, or messy legal issues. A nonprofit can also issue bonds to board members and members as a way of borrowing funds from those same people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Even though the color of their money is always green, all startup investors are not the same. Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. It’s no fun for either side.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

I observed that teaching case studies and/or how to write a business plan as a capstone entrepreneurship class didn’t match the hands-on chaos of a startup. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence community or other government agencies. What’s Next For These Teams?

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2023

In 2022, we saw unusual supply constraints — lingering post-coronavirus supply chain issues, a persistently tight labor market , and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — converge with high demand — partly fueled by heavy government stimulus during the first two years of the pandemic.

Technical Review 148

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Expanding a startup beyond domestic borders is a significant milestone in any business journey. Both countries offer diverse markets, favorable trade agreements, and unique consumer bases that can help startups broaden their reach and enhance profitability. its stable economy, and a highly educated workforce.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Moving forward, you should expect the market volatility to increase, driven not only by customers, but by new technology, changing government regulations, and a surge in new competitors. Bureaucracy can appear quickly in startups as well as large companies. The real problem is inflexible people.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Today, a new class of startups are attempting to sell these products to the Defense Department. Amazingly, there is no single DoD-wide phone book available to startups of who to call in the Defense Department. Think of the PEO Directory linked below as a “Who buys in the government?” But startups? So I wrote one.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 27, 2022

The Serbian government is now looking to capitalize on this by launching a new initiative that will allow citizens to trade non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The Serbian government is hoping that the launch of NFT trading will help the country attract more foreign investment. For more information you should check NFT code.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

New details about the real costs of training the model (much higher) and the source of the data (distilled from OpenAI against the T&Cs) are slowly surfacing, but it’s clear that Chinese AI startups are here to stay. AIface increasing challenges. Baichuan AI is pivoting toward specialized AI models for finance and healthcare.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2023

In my experience, consummate entrepreneurs tend come up with more startup ideas than they can ever implement, and some of the ideas may not even make business sense. Passion, optimism, and determination are necessary but not sufficient to assure a successful startup. Most startup projects require special skills and a motivated team.

Technical Review 267

Technical Review Due Diligence Intellectual Property Internet 267

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Applicants were told that ERA was doing electronics work for government and industry. Unfortunately for the company they couldn’t tell anyone as their customer was the most secret government agency in the country – the National Security Agency. They wanted ERA to get its government customers.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 17, 2024

Below, I’ve listed a bunch of attributes a startup might have and how they push the decision-making needle one way or the other. doesn’t really buy you many points with an investor—but coming off like a startup n00b really tanks your chances. If I’m known to invest in mobility startups, I review a ton of different business models.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Moving forward, you should expect the market volatility to increase, driven not only by customers, but by new technology, changing government regulations, and a surge in new competitors. Bureaucracy can appear quickly in startups as well as large companies. The real problem is inflexible people.

Agile 315

Agile Technical Review Leadership Social Media 315

Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

You succeed in convincing one company and a government to adopt computers and learn to code much faster than their competitors /adversaries. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. Today, 100s of billions of dollars in private capital have been invested in 1,000s of AI startups. But What Is It?

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