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The Pay-It-Forward Culture32 comments

steveblank wrote 8 months ago: Foreign visitors to Silicon Valley continually mention how willing we are to help, network and conne … more →

Tags: Family/Career/Culture, Teaching

The Internet Might Kill Us All14 comments

steveblank wrote 11 months ago: My friend Ben Horowitz and I debated the tech bubble in The Economist. An abridged version of this p … more →

Tags: Family/Career/Culture, Venture Capital

Panic at the Pivot – Aligning Incentives By Burning the Boats13 comments

steveblank wrote 1 year ago: It’s a paradox, but early sales success in a startup can kill its chances of becoming a large succes … more →

Tags: Customer Development

The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part 15: Agena - The Secret Space Truck, Ferret’s and Stanford 4 comments

steveblank wrote 2 years ago: This post is the latest in the “Secret History Series.”  They’ll make much more sense if you read so … more →

Balloon Wars7 comments

steveblank wrote 2 years ago: In the 1950’s the U.S. Military and the CIA enlisted balloons (some as tall as a 40-story building) … more →

The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part 14: Weapons System 117L and Corona3 comments

steveblank wrote 2 years ago: This post is the latest in the “Secret History Series.”  They’ll make much more sense if you read so … more →

The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part 13: Lockheed-the Startup with Nuclear Missiles3 comments

steveblank wrote 2 years ago: This post is the latest in the “Secret History Series.”  They’ll make much more sense if you read so … more →

In Victory: Magnanimity5 comments

steveblank wrote 2 years ago: “In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Goodwill.” … more →

The Secret History of Silicon Valley 12: The Rise of “Risk Capital” Part 27 comments

steveblank wrote 2 years ago: This post is the latest in the “Secret History Series.”  They’ll make much more sense if you watch t … more →

Tags: Venture Capital

The Secret History of Silicon Valley 11: The Rise of “Risk Capital” Part 16 comments

steveblank wrote 2 years ago: This post is the latest in the “Secret History Series.”  They’ll make much more sense if you watch t … more →

Tags: Venture Capital

The End of Innocence14 comments

steveblank wrote 2 years ago: I love TechCrunch. If you’re a startup raising money or just want to see your name online, there’s n … more →

Tags: ESL, Family/Career/Culture, Tips for Startups

The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part X: Stanford Crosses the Rubicon5 comments

steveblank wrote 2 years ago: This post is the latest in the “Secret History Series.”  They’ll make much more sense if you read so … more →

Tags: technology, signals intelligence, Cold War, Fred Terman, Electonic Warfare

The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You Never Heard Of8 comments

steveblank wrote 2 years ago: These next series of posts chronicles the untold story of how one professor returning from one war d … more →

Tags: steve blank, Cold War, Fred Terman, Electonic Warfare

A Wilderness of Mirrors2 comments

steveblank wrote 2 years ago: Excuse the non-Customer Development, non-entrepreneurial post.  I can’t get this one out of my … more →

The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II Movie was Wrong17 comments

steveblank wrote 3 years ago: This is Part VI of how I came to write “The Secret History of Silicon Valley“. This post makes a lot … more →

Tags: Air Force, technology, Electonic Warfare, Fred Terman, signals intelligence, steve blank, World War II

The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part V: Happy 100th Birthday Silicon Valley14 comments

steveblank wrote 3 years ago: When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance I always had been … more →

Tags: technology, Cold War, Entrepreneurs, steve blank

Story Behind “The Secret History” Part IV: Library Hours at an Undisclosed Location5 comments

steveblank wrote 3 years ago: This is Part IV of how I came to write “The Secret History of Silicon Valley“. Read Part … more →

Tags: technology, ESL, Bill Perry, Cold War, signals intelligence, steve blank

Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important Company You Never Heard Of 15 comments

steveblank wrote 3 years ago: This is Part III of how I came to write “The Secret History of Silicon Valley“. 1978. Tw … more →

Tags: ESL, technology, Bill Perry, Cold War, signals intelligence, steve blank

The Story Behind the Secret History Part II. Getting B-52s through the Soviet Air Defense System16 comments

steveblank wrote 3 years ago: This is post II of how I came to write “The Secret History of Silicon Valley“. 1974. The … more →

Tags: Air Force, steve blank


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