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Episode 17: Interview with Steve Blank, US serial-entrepreneur and academic, developer of the Customer Development methodology
Episode 17: Interview with Steve Blank, US serial-entrepreneur and academic, developer of the Customer Development methodology
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35 minutes
Released:
Aug 15, 2014
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Podcast episode
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Steve Blank is a US serial-entrepreneur and academic. He has spent over thirty years working within the high technology industry and has founded or worked within eight startup companies, four of which have gone public.Steve developed the Customer Development methodology, which is a cornerstone of the Lean Startup Movement- and is a consulting associate professor of entrepreneurship at Stanford University. He has published three books including most recently, The Startup Owner’s Manual.You can find out more about Steve, and access a ton of excellent entrepreneurship resources, at www.steveblank.comIn this interview. Steve talks about:
The key difference between startups and established companies
How Steve developed the core Customer Development ideas
Why the founder needs to take responsibility for the Customer Development process
The importance of understanding the ecosystem
The social discovery process
The importance of testing idea on small scale
The key difference between startups and established companies
How Steve developed the core Customer Development ideas
Why the founder needs to take responsibility for the Customer Development process
The importance of understanding the ecosystem
The social discovery process
The importance of testing idea on small scale
Released:
Aug 15, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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