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Steve Blank Discusses The Origin And Future Of The Lean Startup Movement

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Article first published as Steve Blank Discusses Origin And Future Of Lean Startup Movement on Technorati. I recently spoke with Steve Blank, author of the new book The Startup Owner’s Manual. Steve is also a Stanford Professor and noted marketing entrepreneur. Preaching What You Live.

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If You Don’t Have a Discrete Hypothesis You Are Incapable of Failing

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There are very few people in Silicon Valley who have such a precise grasp on what defines success of early-stage startup companies than Eric Ries. Importantly we also discussed: should startups raise small amounts of money or large? how should you organize teams in a startup? what lessons can we draw from Steve Jobs successes?

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The Original Lean Startup MVP – Louie, Louie

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If Steve Blank and Eric Reis, two of the Founding Fathers of the Lean Startup Movement formed a band, they would produce music like the Kingsmen's Louie, Louie. The song is akin to a lean startup's minimally viable product (MVP). Lean Music. This article previously appeared in Forbes.

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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

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I’m a very big proponent of the “lean startup movement&# as espoused by Steve Blank & Eric Ries. In the late 90′s I saw a dangerous trend creeping into the startup world, which was that companies were suddenly raising huge amounts of money too early in their existence. You have a hunch.

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Lean Startup Legend Steve Blank Discloses His Most Daring Guerrilla Marketing Tactics

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I always walk away smarter after speaking with Steve Blank. In addition to being a thought leader within the Lean Startup Movement , Steve is also a professor at Stanford and Berkley. However, many people are not aware that prior to entering academia, Steve was a wily and creative marketing entrepreneur.

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How to Deliver More Software Projects On Time

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There’s an old joke in software development, “How much time does it take to design software?” We feel pressure to hit milestones for a variety of reasons: Investor presentations, conference demos, customer sales meetings, competitive pressures, a need to drive revenue, business development commitments – whatever.

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Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3

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This led to an explosion in startups. I don’t think purely option-based investing in startups suits the long-term brand of the investor. As some of the last generation of startups have gotten bigger many VCs have also chased later-stage investments that were traditionally dominated by growth equity or mezzanine funds.