Steve Blank (Stanford Engineering) - Fall 2009 Quarter Roundup: What Did We Learn?

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

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🗓️ 11 November 2009

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Stanford instructor and seasoned serial entrepreneur Steve Blank looks back at the commonalities and quirks of the quarter's previous speakers. Blank outlines a thorough checklist of questions and analysis helpful to any new enterprise leader, and offers insight and case studies from industry giants and new technology plays alike.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series, brought you weekly by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.
0:10.3	You can find podcasts and videos of these lectures online at eChorner.standford.edu.
0:18.7	Today I have a very special pleasure of introducing our guest, Steve Blank.
0:23.6	Now you've probably seen Steve Blank in here before because he is on our faculty, but he is going to be playing a very different role today.
0:31.6	He is going to be giving us a recap of all of the speakers who have been here this quarter and he's going to compare
0:40.3	and contrast the different industries, the different entrepreneurs, and give you some insights
0:46.3	about all of these events and these topics that we've heard about this quarter.
0:50.3	Steve has a very unique perspective on being able to tell us about this. Because
0:54.8	he is a serial entrepreneur for the last 28 years, he has been involved with starting eight
0:59.8	companies. These companies include epiphany, two semiconductor companies, a workstation company,
1:05.9	a supercomputer company, a computer peripheral supplier, a military intelligence supplier, and a video
1:11.6	game company. And I have to tell you his book, which is Four Steps to the Epiphany, which
1:17.1	captures the essence of everything he has learned through these experiences, is actually
1:22.1	a very big bestseller on Amazon. So without further ado, I want to introduce Steve and I can't wait. In
1:28.2	fact, I told my colleagues that once he gives this talk, we're just going to shut the doors
1:32.3	because everything you need to know is going to be in the next hour.
1:40.3	You know, that's what my parents used to tell me too. Pay attention everything to everything you need to know is in the next hour, and it never actually worked
1:47.0	that way.
1:48.0	So what I'm going to do today is talk for a bit, kind of give you my view of what the sum of
1:55.0	these lectures kind of meant for me, and then open it up for questions about both questions you might have
2:01.7	had about the other ETL speakers, their significance, just disagree with what I said, or
2:08.6	questions about lean startups or customer development if you have that as well.
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