Steve Blank

“Founding a company is a sheer act of will and tenacity in the face of immense skepticism from everyone - investors, customers, friends, family, and employees, to name a few.”

“Value Proposition Design is a 'must have' for anyone creating a new venture. It captures the core issues around understanding and finding customer problems and designing and validating poten...”

“One can make the case that the New York venture capital industry is rooted in the 21st century, not the 20th.”

“Not all new ventures are at the same stage of maturity.”

“Startups are companies that are still in the process of searching for a business model. Ventures that are further along and executing their business models are no longer startups; they are e...”

“Creating a vertically oriented regional ecosystem is a pretty amazing accomplishment for any country or industry.”

“Describing something as the 'Woodstock of...' has taken to mean a one-of-a-kind historic gathering.”