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Steve Blank

    Questo autore ha sfidato le aspettative, tracciando un percorso dalla riparazione di aerei da combattimento in Thailandia e dal lavoro di intelligence fino a diventare una figura chiave nell'ascesa della Silicon Valley. Dopo una illustre carriera fondando e guidando otto aziende high-tech, è passato al mondo accademico. Lì, ha sviluppato l'influente modello di "Customer Development", che è diventato la pietra angolare del suo insegnamento sull'imprenditorialità in prestigiose università. Le sue esplorazioni sulle condizioni uniche che hanno favorito il successo della Silicon Valley lo hanno portato a tenere conferenze acclamate. Oltre alle sue iniziative imprenditoriali e letterarie, si è dedicato alla difesa dell'ambiente, prestando servizio in particolare presso la California Coastal Commission e nei consigli di Audubon.

    The Four Steps to the Epiphany
    The startup owner's manual. The Step-by-step guide for building a great company
    • The Four Steps to the Epiphany

      • 370pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      The bestselling classic that launched 10,000 startups and new corporate ventures - The Four Steps to the Epiphany is one of the most influential and practical business books of all time. The Four Steps to the Epiphany launched the Lean Startup approach to new ventures. It was the first book to offer that startups are not smaller versions of large companies and that new ventures are different than existing ones. Startups search for business models while existing companies execute them. The book offers the practical and proven four-step Customer Development process for search and offers insight into what makes some startups successful and leaves others selling off their furniture. Rather than blindly execute a plan, The Four Steps helps uncover flaws in product and business plans and correct them before they become costly. Rapid iteration, customer feedback, testing your assumptions are all explained in this book. Packed with concrete examples of what to do, how to do it and when to do it, the book will leave you with new skills to organize sales, marketing and your business for success. If your organization is starting a new venture, and you're thinking how to successfully organize sales, marketing and business development you need The Four Steps to the Epiphany. Essential reading for anyone starting something new.

      The Four Steps to the Epiphany2013
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    • "The Startup Owner's Manual is what it says: a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to getting startups right. It walks entrepreneurs through the customer development process that gets them out of the building, where customers live, to develop winning products customers will buy"-- Back cover

      The startup owner's manual. The Step-by-step guide for building a great company2012
      4,1