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Steve Blank
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Steve Blank is a retired serial entrepreneur-turned-educator who has changed how startups are built and how entrepreneurship is taught. He created the Customer Development methodology that launched the lean startup movement, and wrote about the process in his first book, The Four Steps to the Epiphany. His second book, The Startup Owner's Manual, is a step-by-step guide to building a successful company. Blank teaches the Customer Development methodology in his Lean LaunchPad classes at Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley, Columbia University, UCSF, NYU, the National Science Foundation and the I-Corps @NIH. He writes regularly about entrepreneurship at www.steveblank.com.
Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer
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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer

Steve Blank October 25, 2016 6:10 PM
Working hard is not the same as working smart
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Working hard is not the same as working smart

Steve Blank September 7, 2016 6:45 PM
Intel Disrupted: Why large companies find it difficult to innovate, and what they can do about it
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Intel Disrupted: Why large companies find it difficult to innovate, and what they can do about it

Steve Blank June 25, 2016 10:05 AM
Starting your life as an engineer: My advice to the Class of 2016
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Starting your life as an engineer: My advice to the Class of 2016

Steve Blank May 25, 2016 6:05 PM
Founders, you were funded for a liquidity event – start looking for one
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Founders, you were funded for a liquidity event – start looking for one

Steve Blank March 23, 2016 3:35 PM
How to build a corporate innovation lab that works
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How to build a corporate innovation lab that works

Evangelos Simoudis, Corporate Innovation VenturesSteve Blank December 26, 2015 10:00 AM
‘Blank’s Rule’: To predict the future, 1/3 of your team needs to be crazy
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‘Blank’s Rule’: To predict the future, 1/3 of your team needs to be crazy

Steve Blank December 19, 2015 12:00 PM
Before you build an innovation lab, answer these 6 questions
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Before you build an innovation lab, answer these 6 questions

Steve BlankEvangelos Simoudis, Corporate Innovation Ventures December 12, 2015 10:00 AM
Hacking corporate culture: How to inject innovation into your company
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Hacking corporate culture: How to inject innovation into your company

Steve Blank September 9, 2015 6:00 PM
Why corporate entrepreneurs are extraordinary – the rebel alliance
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Why corporate entrepreneurs are extraordinary – the rebel alliance

Steve Blank August 25, 2015 6:00 PM
Lean innovation management: Making corporate innovation work
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Lean innovation management: Making corporate innovation work

Steve Blank June 26, 2015 4:00 PM
Organizational debt is like technical debt — but worse
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Organizational debt is like technical debt — but worse

Steve Blank May 19, 2015 6:00 PM
‘Build, Measure, Learn’ doesn’t mean throwing things against the wall to see if they stick
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‘Build, Measure, Learn’ doesn’t mean throwing things against the wall to see if they stick

Steve Blank May 6, 2015 6:00 PM
To help the deaf, this startup first had to learn how to listen
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To help the deaf, this startup first had to learn how to listen

Steve Blank May 1, 2015 8:00 PM
Corporate innovation teams, here’s how to ‘get to yes’ with the rest of the company
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Corporate innovation teams, here’s how to ‘get to yes’ with the rest of the company

Steve Blank March 17, 2015 6:00 PM
Fear of failure and lack of speed in a large corporation
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Fear of failure and lack of speed in a large corporation

Steve Blank March 11, 2015 7:00 PM
What do I do now? The startup lifecycle
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What do I do now? The startup lifecycle

Steve Blank February 11, 2015 4:15 PM
Why is it so hard for women to get taken seriously by VCs?
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Why is it so hard for women to get taken seriously by VCs?

Steve Blank January 20, 2015 6:03 PM
What it’s like to be a woman in a man’s business: Advice from one of the first women in venture capital, Kathryn Gould

What it’s like to be a woman in a man’s business: Advice from one of the first women in venture capital, Kathryn Gould

Steve Blank August 17, 2014 11:30 AM
How to be smarter than your investors – live with your customers
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How to be smarter than your investors – live with your customers

Steve Blank February 19, 2014 8:00 PM
Funding regional startups is a different ballgame. Here’s how it works
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Funding regional startups is a different ballgame. Here’s how it works

Steve Blank January 24, 2014 8:00 AM
Bigger in Bend: Building a regional startup cluster in Oregon’s resort town
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Bigger in Bend: Building a regional startup cluster in Oregon’s resort town

Steve Blank January 23, 2014 11:00 AM
When features disappear in an ‘upgrade’: How to stop Amazon, Apple, and Tesla from downgrading your stuff
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When features disappear in an ‘upgrade’: How to stop Amazon, Apple, and Tesla from downgrading your stuff

Steve Blank November 21, 2013 8:36 AM
Here’s how to show VCs what your competition looks like

Here’s how to show VCs what your competition looks like

Steve Blank November 11, 2013 11:31 AM
Your PC may already be compromised — by the NSA

Your PC may already be compromised — by the NSA

Steve Blank July 15, 2013 3:30 PM
When an entrepreneur fails from lack of nerve

When an entrepreneur fails from lack of nerve

Steve Blank December 26, 2011 7:00 AM
How to be a better venture capitalist: Run a startup
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How to be a better venture capitalist: Run a startup

Steve Blank November 29, 2011 1:26 PM
How the iPhone got tail fins: Lessons Apple learned from GM

How the iPhone got tail fins: Lessons Apple learned from GM

Steve Blank November 15, 2011 1:28 PM
The pay-it-forward culture of startups
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The pay-it-forward culture of startups

Steve Blank September 15, 2011 1:07 PM
Why governments don’t get startups
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Why governments don’t get startups

Steve Blank September 5, 2011 6:00 AM
For good entrepreneurs, there’s always a Plan B
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For good entrepreneurs, there’s always a Plan B

Steve Blank August 17, 2011 6:00 AM
Entrepreneurship is an art, not a job
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Entrepreneurship is an art, not a job

Steve Blank July 27, 2011 6:00 AM
New rules for the new internet bubble
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New rules for the new internet bubble

Steve Blank July 13, 2011 6:00 AM
Proposed: The boardroom for the 21st century
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Proposed: The boardroom for the 21st century

Steve Blank June 22, 2011 6:00 AM
It’s time to reinvent the boardroom
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It’s time to reinvent the boardroom

Steve Blank June 15, 2011 6:00 AM
Tune in, Turn on, Drop out: The Startup Genome project
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Tune in, Turn on, Drop out: The Startup Genome project

Steve Blank June 1, 2011 6:00 AM
Want to be a good entrepreneur? Be a good apprentice.
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Want to be a good entrepreneur? Be a good apprentice.

Steve Blank May 4, 2011 6:00 AM
Do you need a mentor – or a teacher?
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Do you need a mentor – or a teacher?

Steve Blank April 20, 2011 6:00 AM
Today’s napkin entrepreneuers take to the Web
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Today’s napkin entrepreneuers take to the Web

Steve Blank March 30, 2011 6:00 AM
Why rewriting code can be startup suicide
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Why rewriting code can be startup suicide

Steve Blank February 2, 2011 6:00 AM
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