Ranked #1
Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2019
Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2019
We just finished our 4th annual Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. At the end of each class we have each team give a... Read more
8 Jun 2019
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9mins
Ranked #2
The Business Model Canvas Gets Even Better – Value Proposition Design
The Business Model Canvas Gets Even Better – Value Proposition Design
Product/Market fit now has its own book. Alexander Osterwalder wrote it. Buy it.
27 Oct 2014
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5mins
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How to Raise Money – It’s a Journey Not An Event
How to Raise Money – It’s a Journey Not An Event
Every year I teach classrooms full of students who leave class understanding the basics of how to search for product/mar... Read more
7 Mar 2020
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20mins
Ranked #4
The Apple Watch – Tipping Point Time for Healthcare
The Apple Watch – Tipping Point Time for Healthcare
I don’t own an Apple Watch. I do have a Fitbit. But the Apple Watch 4 announcement intrigued me in a way no other produc... Read more
28 Sep 2018
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26mins
Ranked #5
Watching Larry Ellison become Larry Ellison — The DNA of a Winner
Watching Larry Ellison become Larry Ellison — The DNA of a Winner
In Oracle’s early days Kathryn Gould was the founding VP of Marketing, working there from 1982 to 1984. When I heard tha... Read more
1 Oct 2014
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11mins
Ranked #6
The Virus Survival Strategy For Your Startup
The Virus Survival Strategy For Your Startup
This is the one blog post that I hope I’m completely wrong about.With the Covid-19 virus a worldwide pandemic, if you’re... Read more
4 Apr 2020
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13mins
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What Do I Do Now? The Startup Lifecycle
What Do I Do Now? The Startup Lifecycle
Last week I got a call from Patrick an ex-student I hadn’t heard from for 8 years. He was now the CEO of a company and w... Read more
17 Feb 2015
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9mins
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Why Some Startups Win
Why Some Startups Win
I was having a second coffee with an ex student, now the head of a marketing inside a rapidly growing startup. His comp... Read more
20 Mar 2017
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13mins
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In a Crisis – An Opportunity For A More Meaningful Life
In a Crisis – An Opportunity For A More Meaningful Life
Sheltering in place during the Covid-19 pandemic, my coffees with current and ex-students (entrepreneurs, as well as emp... Read more
18 Apr 2020
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7mins
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Is the Lean Startup Dead?
Is the Lean Startup Dead?
Reading the NY Times article “Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture,” I realized it was time... Read more
7 Sep 2018
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13mins
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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2018 – wonder and awe
Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2018 – wonder and awe
We just finished our 3rd annual Hacking for Defense class at Stanford. Six teams presented their Lessons Learned present... Read more
8 Jun 2018
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9mins
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Why Build, Measure, Learn – isn’t just throwing things against the wall to see if they work
Why Build, Measure, Learn – isn’t just throwing things against the wall to see if they work
I am always surprised when critics complain that the Lean Startup’s Build, Measure, Learn approach is nothing more than ... Read more
8 May 2015
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12mins
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Marketing Communications
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Marketing Communications
I was having coffee with the CEO of a new startup, listening to her puzzle through how to communicate to potential custo... Read more
7 Apr 2017
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16mins
Ranked #14
Blank’s Rule – To predict the future 1/3 of you need to be crazy
Blank’s Rule – To predict the future 1/3 of you need to be crazy
When companies or agencies search for disruptive and innovative strategies they often assemble a panel of experts to adv... Read more
26 Dec 2015
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9mins
Ranked #15
Working Hard is not the same as working smart
Working Hard is not the same as working smart
Measuring how hard your team is working by counting the number of hours they work or what time they get in and leave is ... Read more
23 Sep 2016
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6mins
Ranked #16
Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors
Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors
Jeff Immelt ran GE for 16 years. He radically transformed the company from a classic conglomerate that did everything to... Read more
4 Nov 2017
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11mins
Ranked #17
How To Think Like an Entrepreneur: the Inventure Cycle
How To Think Like an Entrepreneur: the Inventure Cycle
The Lean Startup is a process for turning ideas into commercial ventures. Its premise is that startups begin with a seri... Read more
12 Sep 2014
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10mins
Ranked #18
The Product Development Model
The Product Development Model
I realized that traditional ways to think about startups – have an idea, raise some money, do product development, go th... Read more
22 Mar 2014
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2mins
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How To Find the Right Co-Founders?
How To Find the Right Co-Founders?
How do you figure out what’s the right mix of skills for the co-founders of your startup? Surprisingly if you’ve filled ... Read more
18 Sep 2014
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6mins
Ranked #20
Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple
Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple
What happens to a company when a visionary CEO is gone? Most often innovation dies and the company coasts for years on m... Read more
28 Oct 2016
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16mins