Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

But in 1904, after his first time seeing a car in Flint, Michigan, he was one of the first to see that the future was going to be in a radically new form of transportation powered by internal combustion engines. He also believed that to succeed the company needed to be vertically integrated and bought up 29 parts manufacturers and suppliers.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

I packed up my life in Michigan and spent five days driving to California to start work. You’re Hired, You’re Fired. My first job in Silicon Valley: I was hired as a lab technician at ESL to support the training department. Driving across the U.S. is an adventure everyone ought to do.

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Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

The Rust Belt – (Skip this Section if I’m Boring You) Out of the Air Force, my first job out of school was in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the mid-1970’s installing broadband process control systems in automotive and manufacturing plants throughout the Midwest.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 28, 2009

After been stationed at three fighter bases in Thailand ( Ubon , Udorn and Korat ) and working on Electronic Warfare suites on F-4’s, A-7’s, F-105’s and AC-130’s, I got orders to report to a Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 bomber base in Alpena Michigan. Imagine how hot, humid and unbearable the weather was in Thailand. Reply Ben C. ,

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Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

BELLE Capital (Michigan). Others were able to provide additional data for one or more business verticals. The average and median data for the entire set of data are shown at the bottom. 2012 Valuation Survey. pre-money valuation in US$ millions). Organization. Life Science. Clean Tech. Alliance of Angels (Seattle). Median: 2.75.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

William Durant died managing a bowling alley in Flint Michigan in 1947. His board (led by the DuPont family) tossed him out of General Motors (for the second time) in 1920 when GM sales were $567 million (about $6 billion in today’s dollars.) But the spirit of Billy Durant would rise again.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Alzookery is a University of Michigan graduate, but found inspiration in watching pedestrians and traffic interact in New York City. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries.

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