Steve Blank is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, and business model innovation expert who co-authored The Lean Startup methodology. His frameworks for customer discovery and validated learning have become standard practice in startup ecosystems worldwide. He teaches at UC Berkeley and has mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs.
4 Books Recommended by Steve Blank
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The Innovator’s Dilemma
18 people recommendedThe foundational read for managing disruptive innovation.
Also recommended by: Mark Cuban, Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs, Drew Houston, Ev Williams, Marc Andreessen, Marc Benioff, Michael Bloomberg, Aaron Levie, Ben Horowitz, Bill Gurley, Caterina Fake, Blake Scholl, Chris Dixon, Guy Kawasaki, Max Levchin, Tim Oreilly
The Lean Startup
16 people recommendedA 'must have' for your shelf.
Also recommended by: Mark Cuban, Dustin Moskovitz, Kevin Systrom, Marc Andreessen, Sheryl Sandberg, Andrew Ng, Ben Horowitz, Chris Dixon, Patrick Bet David, Jason Calacanis, Marty Cagan, Mike Maples Jr, Raoul Pal, Tim Oreilly, Derek Sivers
Value Proposition Design
Captures the core issues around understanding and finding customer problems and designing and validating potential solutions.
