Steve Blank
Serial Entrepreneur; the godfather of the ‘lean startup’ methodology
Podcasts
48:10333: What It Takes To Become a Visionary Serial Startup Entrepreneur w/ Steve Blank, The Startup Owner’s Manual [Main T4C Episode]
Steve Blank is a serial entrepreneur and the godfather of the ‘lean startup’ methodology. In 2013, Forbes listed Steve as one of the 30 most influential people in tech. Later that same year, Steve went on to win the 2013 Silicon Valley Visionary Forum award, and a few weeks later..
Career Path
Interview Highlights
“Being curious about things outside your specific domain, that is what really generates opportunities.”
Best Career Advice
“Broaden your focus just past your narrow interests of today.”
Career Challenge
“At the top of his lungs, like a Marine Corps drill instructor. He put his face about three inches from mine and started screaming, ‘You don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. Here’s a room full of people who spent their entire careers figuring out these features and you’re just talking out of a part of your body. You’re embarrassing yourself and the profession of marketing. Get the hell out of my building.’ And I thought I had just been fired at the startup.”
Skills
Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Program Management, Business Development, Business Strategy, Marketing, Strategy, Product Management, Venture Capital, Product Marketing, Research, Social Media, Consulting, E-commerce, Lean startup, Public Speaking, Teaching, Leadership
Professional Interests
Don Peppers, Noam Bardin, Tim O’Reilly, Harvard Business Review, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Hacking for Defense Support Network, SynBioBeta: Synthetic Biology Community, DEFxSiliconValley, University of California, Berkeley
