Watching an entrepreneur fail is sad, but watching them fail from a lack of nerve is tragic.
Excitement
At the beginning of this year Bob, one of my ex-students was in entrepreneurial heaven. He had an idea for a new …
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Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.
Venture capitalists who are serious about turning their firms into more than one-fund wonders may want …
Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.
It was the most advanced consumer product of the century. The industry started with its innovators …
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
Foreign visitors to Silicon Valley continually mention how willing we are to help, network and connect …
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
Not understanding and agreeing what “Entrepreneur” and “Startup” mean can sink an entire country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.…
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
One of the key distinctions between an entrepreneur and an operating executive is an entrepreneur’s almost …
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
Over the last decade we assumed that once we found repeatable methodologies (Agile and Customer Development, …
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This is an edited version of a longer story that originally appeared on his blog.)
We’re now in the second Internet bubble. The …
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
Last week, I made a call to entrepreneurs that it is time to change …
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Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany
As customer and agile development reinvent the Startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. …
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
In April 2010 I received an email that said, “I’m an incoming Stanford student in the …
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
Silicon Valley is built on simple myths. One of the most pervasive is that all winning …
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
Lots of entrepreneurs believe they want a mentor. In fact, they’re actually asking for a teacher …
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
The barriers for starting a company have come down.
Today the total available markets for new …
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
The benefits of customer and agile development and minimum features set are continuous customer feedback, rapid …
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
There’s something about the combination of human nature (rationalization and self deception) and large hierarchical organizations …
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. A longer version of this story originally appeared on his blog.)
As we wrap up 2010, things might seem bleak. The common wisdom …
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
Entrepreneurs hear that VC pitches ought to be short, 10-20 slides. What most don’t know is …
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
For decades startups were managed by pretending the company would follow a predictable path (revenue plan, …
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(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
Describing your product as “new and “never been done before” instead of “we’re just like those …
