Tags / Steve Blank

I’d have been more surprised if this happened a few years ago, but Lean Startup thinking has become so prevalent that even the conservative Harvard Business Review had to notice and address the topic eventually. Even better, they reached out … Continue reading →

There are so many people who are jaded about the SXSW experience.  I can understand that. It is overwhelming in its size and scope as it spreads out in Austin’s Downtown area. And some people don’t like to be mixed … Continue reading →

[Last of the statup-related posts for this week! How about a little "entrepreneurship for the rest of us"?!] Loved reading this guest post from Jerry Engel, on Steve Blank’s blog: While we’re excited by the results, we’ve realized that we’ve … Continue reading →

(Ironic to be posting this on the heels of the ATC CEO Summit… ) Steve Blank occasionally gets down in the dumps about Silicon Valley, as in his latest: We can hope that as the Social Media wave runs its … Continue reading →

Steve Blank consistently writes one of the best blogs.  His installment (at least 2 parts) on the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps is no exception. Of course the knee-jerk reaction from most people is that government cannot help in such … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s post on the Cosmonaut has me thinking about how new products are developed and released into the wild.  We focus so much on startups and processes in the software and virtual world, but Kickstarter has exposed a new process … Continue reading →

Steve Blank’s two-part series on the iPhone is definitely “a different perspective”: The concept of yearly “improvements”, whether styling or incremental technology improvements, every model year gave GM an unbeatable edge in the market. (Henry Ford hated the idea. He … Continue reading →

It is just hard to see how this news, courtesy of Steve Blank, could possibly be bad news: Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF) – the $6.8-billion U.S. government agency that supports research in all the non-medical fields of science … Continue reading →

Steve Blank’s process for teaching entrepreneurship – The Lean Launchpad – is a bit like the process for teaching the startup process.  It is a fascinating evolution to observe as it develops; and the results are impressive. I recommend reading … Continue reading →

Since the beginning of the SXSW-interactive conference, I’ve posted a few times about the Lean Startup sessions and hinted that they might apply to BPM. Heading into the IBM Impact conference, this feels like the right time to talk about … Continue reading →

Steve Blank was the star speaker among an incredibly strong cast of speakers at the Lean Startup sessions at SXSW-interactive.  The room was packed, and SXSW volunteers were keeping more people out in the halls to obey fire codes.  There … Continue reading →

I just read one of Steve Blank’s posts and I just wanted to share my impressions here. Because the internal debate Steve seems to be sharing with us on his blog is not unlike the debate that goes on in … Continue reading →

The Lean Startup is a phenomenon.  Day 2 proved it.  Day 2 was not a typical SXSW experience. Instead of scrambling all over downtown Austin to get to sessions, I stayed in one place all day at the lovely AT&T … Continue reading →

Interesting blog from Austin’s own Ash Maurya “The Fallacy of Customer Development“, which is really an essay to explain that if you’re developing a web application, rather than enterprise software, you need to apply a different approach to customer development … Continue reading →

Steve Blank writes about the “enterpreneurial singularity“, a result of a combination of factors that make it easier than ever to start up a new company – combined with a set of factors that reduce the opportunity cost of doing … Continue reading →

Steve Blank’s posts on the Business Model/Customer Development/Lean Startup stack have been really compelling reading, and I believe are zeroing in on what may be a repeatable process for startups.  It doesn’t mean the process always yields a successful startup … Continue reading →

Steve Blank’s excellent blog includes this post: Strategy is Not a To Do List, It Drives a To Do List It took me awhile, but I began to realize that the strategic part of my job was two-fold. First, (in … Continue reading →

Every so often, a conversation builds to critical mass and demands an in-person meet-up.  Eric Ries pulled this show together, and I have to say there is some great video, and there were some great presentations to browse to get … Continue reading →

Steve Blank’s blog has a series of posts regarding the entrepreneurship courses he and his colleagues are teaching at Stanford and Berkeley.  The thing that jumped out at me is that it sure reads like there is a process for … Continue reading →

Man. Steve Blank writes some great stuff.  Makes me wish I had gone to epiphany back in the 90′s!  He explains that if you’re going to go work for someone, make sure they have big plans, plans to grow the … Continue reading →

What a great post by Steve Blank, yet again, as he reveals a classic cautionary tale from start-up land (“The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free”). It’s about the Sodas no longer being free.  Seriously.  Coke. … Continue reading →

I’m tired of waiting. I think I’ve been spoiled by the pace of Web 2.0 and I’m no longer patient for each major release of enterprise software. In a world where we can receive application updates to SaaS applications daily, … Continue reading →

There are times when we must ditch the plan and we often talk about these moments when a good leader has changed course to effect a better outcome.  These tend to be fascinating decisions to study because we wonder, how … Continue reading →

No, this isn’t a political posting! I just read Steve Blank’s blog on Faith-Based versus Fact-Based Decision Making, and it resonated really well with my experiences at prior startups.  As he points out, starting the company is an article of … Continue reading →

In a previous article, the Six Barriers to BPM Adoption in the Enterprise, #4 was “The Bus Brake Effect”.  The short version is that anyone on the bus can pull the break and stop everyone’s progress.  For many organizations, that … Continue reading →

Eric Ries’ presentation on “The Lean Startup: a Disciplined Approach to Imagining, Designing, and Building New Products” has three processes depicted for “product” development.  I put product in quotes because I think you can accurately substitute “service” or “process” and … Continue reading →

I’ve been trolling on Twitter recently – meaning, I’ve started following a few people, just to see if anything interesting crops up.  I haven’t really felt the urge to post to twitter, but I thought I’d see what kind of … Continue reading →