A New Way to Look at Competitors

A New Way to Look at Competitors

 Is your startup is trying to ressegment existing markets or create a new market? See why Steve Blank says the petal diagram is the way to go (and why X/Y graphs should be used for existing markets).  By Steve Blank (Serial Entrepreneur & Lecturer) Every startup I...

What Got Us Talking This Week at Women 2.0

Check out the latest edition of our weekly Women 2.0 reading guide and join the conversation. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Each week we’re sharing some of the awesome abundance of tech and startup stories that got us chatting at Women 2.0 HQ. Here’s the...

How to Get Meetings With People Too Busy to See You

Asking, “Can I have coffee with you to pick your brain?” is probably the worst possible way to get a meeting with someone with a busy schedule.  Here’s a better approach. By Steve Blank (Serial Entrepreneur & Lecturer) Jason, an entrepreneur I’ve known for over a...

5 Things I Learned From Starting A Startup, Not From My MBA

“A startup is an organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model”. – Steve Blank By Maria Brilaki (Founder, Fitness Reloaded) I am a Stanford Engineering grad and getting my master’s degree in business this month. Reflecting back...