Steve Blank Podcast

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to hel... more

When I was in my 20’s I worked at Convergent Technologies, a company that was proud to be ... more

We Sleep Peaceably In Our Beds At Night Only Because Rough Men Stand Ready To Do Violence ... more

In 2023 China flying a “spy balloon” over the U.S. created an international incident. It t... more

Reducing Risk – Simulation versus Customer Development If you remember the first part of t... more

I’ve screwed up a lot of startups on faith. One of the key tenets of entrepreneurship is t... more

I wrote this “Going to Trade Shows Like it Matters” memo as a board member after I saw our... more

I was having lunch with a friend who is a retired venture capitalist and we drifted into a... more

One day I was having lunch with a VC sharing what I learned from my students. “Steve,” he ... more

In the past entrepreneurship was viewed (and taught) as a single process, with a single ap... more

Ignore This Post If you’re selling via the web and trade shows are something your grandfat... more

It was 1978. Here I was, a very junior employee of ESL, a company with its hands in the he... more

1978. Two years out of the Air Force, serendipity (which would be my lifelong form of care... more

I love business plan competitions. I hate business plan competitions.

I just finished reading Donovan Campbell’s eye-opening book, “Joker One“, about his harrow... more

I was visiting a friend whose company teaches executives how to communicate effectively. H... more

This article in the NY Times about China’s thinking strategically about electric cars was ... more

I saw an article in the New York Times about Google’s hiring practices that reminded me of... more

Startup Ethics: Albatross or Essential? by Steve Blank

The Curse of a New Building by Steve Blank