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Are you sure Steve Blank said that? That doesn't seem like something he would say.
by sixQuarks 13y ago
Are you sure Steve Blank said that? That doesn't seem like something he would say.
- wpietri 13y agoI am very sure. A quick Google search doesn't turn it up, so I think it must have been in the early part of Four Steps to the Epiphany. My copy of that is in storage, though, so I can't find the quote. You can see similar sentiments here: http://steveblank.com/2010/10/04/why-pioneers-are-the-ones-with-the-arrows-in-their-backs/ http://steveblank.com/2010/10/04/why-pioneers-are-the-ones-w...
- sixQuarks 13y agoI wouldn't say that's a similar sentiment. He's not saying you should throw good fundamentals out the window.
- wpietri 13y agoSorry, I'm referring to this paragraph: "They guess at their business model and then do premature, loud and aggressive Public Relations hype and early company launches and quickly burn through their cash. This is a great strategy if there’s a bubble occuring in your market or you are going to bet it all on flipping your company for a sale." That's a very similar sentiment.
- sixQuarks 13y agoThis still doesn't say "ignore all the Lean startup advice during a bubble". That's what you claimed, and this sentence doesn't say anything of that sort.
- wpietri 13y agoHe is saying that in a bubble it is a great strategy if you "guess at their business model and then do premature, loud and aggressive Public Relations hype and early company launches and quickly burn through their cash." That is precisely the opposite of the Lean Startup approach. So I believe the sentiment is, as I said, similar. If you aren't seeing that, I'm happy to disagree.