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Summary
By William Channer | 1 June 2011 | Length: 23 mins Steve Blank illustrates how start ups can easily apply the customer development model. He also explains why start up's not only need to create value but get attention.Recommended Interviews
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Startup are not smaller versions of large companies. A startup is a temporary organization that searches for a repeatable and scalable business models. Large companies execute known business model. Customer Development is the process startups use to search for the business model. Agile Engineering is how startups build their product.
Steve Blank is a Silicon Valley-based retired serial entrepreneur, founding and/or part of 8 startup companies in California’s Silicon Valley. A prolific educator, thought leader and writer on Customer Development for Startups, Blank teaches, refines, writes and blogs on “Customer Development,” a rigorous methodology he developed to bring the “scientific method” to the typically chaotic, seemingly disorganized startup process.
Facts
Born : New York City, 1953
Education : None
Favorite Book : Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank
Favorite Film : Apocalypse Now
Favorite Gadget : kaleidescape.com
Favorite Meal : Lobster Roll in Pearl Oyster Bar in New York
Favorite Music : Many
Favorite Place : K&S Ranch - Pescadero, California
Favorite Software : Wordpress / Slideshare - tie
Favorite Website : Planetary
First Job : Loading racehorses onto cargo planes at Miami International Airport
Role Model : See steveblank.com/2011/05/17/