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Steve Blank

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Put to a vote, I might have been chosen “least likely to succeed” in my New York City high school class. My path has taken me from repairing fighter planes in Thailand during the Vietnam War, to spook stuff in undisclosed location, and I was lucky enough to arrive at the beginning of the boom times of Silicon Valley in 1978.
After 21 years in 8 high technology companies, I retired in 1999. I started my last company, E.piphany, in my living room in 1996. My other startups include two semiconductor companies, Zilog and MIPS Computers, a workstation company Convergent Technologies, a consulting stint for a graphics hardware/software spinout Pixar, a supercomputer firm, Ardent, a computer peripheral supplier, SuperMac, a military intelligence systems supplier, ESL and a video game company, Rocket Science Games.
Total score: two large craters , one dot.com bubble home run and several base hits.
After I retired, I took some time to reflect on my experience and wrote a book about building early stage companies called Four Steps to the Epiphany.
I moved from being an entrepreneur to teaching entrepreneurship to both undergraduate and graduate students at U.C. Berkeley, Stanford University and the Columbia University/Berkeley Joint Executive MBA program. The “Customer Development” model that I developed in my book is one of the core themes in these classes. In 2009, I was awarded the Stanford University Undergraduate Teaching Award in the department of Management Science and Engineering. The same year, the San Jose Mercury News listed me as one of the 10 Influencers in Silicon Valley.
I also followed my curiosity about why entrepreneurship blossomed in Silicon Valley and was stillborn elsewhere. It has led to several talks on The Secret History of Silicon Valley.
In 2007 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed me to serve on the California Coastal Commission, the public body which regulates land use and public access on the California coast.
I am on the board of Audubon California and spent several years on the Audubon National Board. I’m also a board member of Peninsula Open Space Land Trust . In 2009 I became a trustee of U.C. Santa Cruz and joined the board of the California League of Conservation Voters .

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Steve Blank

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Books from Steve Blank

The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company

The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Startups That Win

The Startup Owner's Manual Strategy Guide

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Business Model Innovation (with featured article "Reinventing Your Business Model" by Mark W. Johnson, Clayton M. Christensen, and Henning Kagermann)

The Startup Owner's Manual for Web/Mobile Channel Startups (Book 3)

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Entrepreneurship and Startups (featuring Bonus Article “Why the Lean Startup Changes Everything” by Steve Blank)

Creative Entrepreneurship

Holding A Cat By The Tail: Lessons from an Entrepreneurial Life

The Startup Owner's Manual for Physical Channel Startups (Book 2)

A alma do negócio. Um guia prático para os empreendedores em Portugal

Updating the American Dream

Derailing The Abuse Train - Inside The Mind of a Domestic Abuser

Digital Startup from Home: How to Make Money via Starting Your Own Publishing Empire, Selling Affiliate Information & Amazon Affiliate Products

Serious Cash Blueprint: How to Generate a Full-Time Income So You Can Make Serious Cash and Quit Your Day Job

SIMPLE DROPSHIPPING BLUEPRINT (2016): How to Start a Dropshipping Business and Grow it to 5 Figures... Even if You Only Have $20 in Your Bank Account

Amazon Publishing Blueprint: How to Publish Books and Make $1,000 Per Month on Amazon Even If You Are Not a Writer

E-Commerce Academy for Beginners: Start a Brand New E-Commerce Business from Scratch... Aliexpress, Teespring and Thrift Store Arbitrage

Make Money While You Sleep: How to Create a Semi-Passive Income Working an Extra 2 Hours Per Day Online

Product Empire (2016): How to Make a Consistent $500-$1,000 Per Month Selling Ecom Products Online

PHYSICAL EMPIRE: Buy and Sell Physical Products and Make a Full-Time Income Online (3 in 1 bundle)