Steve Blank

When someone offers to help, just say thank you.

Your team members take cues from what you say and do -- but also subtle signals, like what you wear.

The number of hours an employee works in a day does not equal how effective they are.

Don't simply go through the motions of customer development. You should have a deep understanding of the purpose behind it.

Tip: Don't explain your startup like it's your PhD dissertation.

I was always aggressive and relentless -- until a series of Zen-like moments helped me move to a different level that changed how I operated.

Business products are generally purchased because they solve problems, so a deep understanding of the buyer is required.

You must analyze the market and the opportunity to see if you should move forward, or pivot.

The only way to prove you have a winning concept is to get your product or service into customers' hands. But don't confuse that with selling.

Getting off on a bad foot is not fatal for young companies. Serial-entrepreneur Steve Blank explains how a pivot can turn things around.

A recent analysis of 39 billion-dollar companies says most stuck to their original vision. Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank argues that isn't true.

On Election Day, serial entrepreneur Steve Blank takes a moment to remember why freedom of speech, expression and thought are critical to entrepreneurship.

A pivot should not be an excuse for a lack of a coherent strategy or a lack of impulse control, writes Steve Blank.

A frustrating early-morning airport experience reminds serial entrepreneur Steve Blank that there's almost always a path to a goal.

With venture-capital investment flocking to social-media startups, who will back nascent startups innovating in such critical industries as material science, sensors, robotics, medical devices and life sciences?

Author Steve Blank argues that the road for innovation does not go through committee.

Professor Steve Blank says the quickest way to create the next Instagram is to move basic human social needs -- like friendship, dating and sex -- into the digital world.