Steve Blank hands a new owner's manual to startup founders

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Post by waderoush » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 12:16 PM UTC

Steve Blank hands a new owner's manual to startup founders
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Re: Steve Blank hands a new owner's manual to startup founders

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Post by davidw » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 12:56 PM UTC

I'm curious to have a look - I ordered mine a few weeks ago. I was a bit disappointed by Eric Ries' book - after reading "Start Small, Stay Small", I've grown even less interested in hand wavy, "big picture" business books, and want more practical advice of stuff I can do. I'm not a huge company that wants to hire Eric to help me 'get lean'. I'm one guy working alone with limited time, and really appreciate it when authors give me specific stuff I can do. The fact that he's labeling it a 'manual' gives me hope that it'll contain a lot of good stuff.

Re: Steve Blank hands a new owner's manual to startup founders

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Post by ovi256 » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 2:13 PM UTC

FWIW, I ordered mine from a link I got in the last thread discussing this, from the Book Repository, which sells it for 20 Euros with free worldwide shipping. For me, it was a better deal than the local Amazon.

http://www.bookdepository.com/Startup-Owners-Manual-Steve-Bl...

Re: Steve Blank hands a new owner's manual to startup founders

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Post by ianpurton » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 2:16 PM UTC

Hey Mr Blank, kindle version please.

Re: Steve Blank hands a new owner's manual to startup founders

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Post by picardo » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 2:23 PM UTC

ianpurton wrote: post #4

Hey Mr Blank, kindle version please.

I second this. In this day and age, when ebook sales have surpassed hard cover sales, it's beyond ridiculous to publish a new book without a digital version, and, oh, only in hard cover format. That makes me doubt Steve Blank's judgment, more so than anything he writes.

Re: Steve Blank hands a new owner's manual to startup founders

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Post by lclaude01 » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 2:29 PM UTC

In any type of "gold rush", this is the one selling "shovels" who's making money.

Re: Steve Blank hands a new owner's manual to startup founders

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Post by carsonm » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 2:33 PM UTC

ianpurton wrote: post #4

Hey Mr Blank, kindle version please.

I'll third that, with a request for an audio book version too.

Re: Steve Blank hands a new owner's manual to startup founders

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Post by Ecio78 » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 2:37 PM UTC

ovi256 wrote: post #3

FWIW, I ordered mine from a link I got in the last thread discussing this, from the Book Repository, which sells it for 20 Euros with free worldwide shipping. For me, it was a better deal than the local Amazon. http://www.bookdepository.com/Startup-Owners-Manual-Steve-Bl...

In my case it's not available in the local Amazon so I think i'll do the same

Re: Steve Blank hands a new owner's manual to startup founders

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Post by rcamera » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 2:37 PM UTC

davidw wrote: post #2

I'm curious to have a look - I ordered mine a few weeks ago. I was a bit disappointed by Eric Ries' book - after reading "Start Small, Stay Small", I've grown even less interested in hand wavy, "big picture" business books, and want more practical advice of stuff I can do. I'm not a huge company that wants to hire Eric to help me 'get lean'. I'm one guy working alone with limited time, and really appreciate it when a…

I got mine almost 2 weeks ago. Didn't read much, I skimmed through alot of it and read around 80 pages (it really is a reference, a manual, not a textbook that you can read linearly and quickly). My first impressions were:

1) it is a pretty big book;

2) So far, its text has been easier to read than "the 4 steps to epiphany";

3) IMO, its "killer feature" is NOT that it integrates Business Model Canvas content into Customer Development Model, but that it discusses and exemplifies the application of the Customer Development Model to offline businesses as well as online ones.

Re: Steve Blank hands a new owner's manual to startup founders

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Post by ovi256 » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 2:39 PM UTC

ianpurton wrote: post #4

Hey Mr Blank, kindle version please.

I saw somewhere that a kindle edition is incoming.

For the older book, he refused to publish one, because he thought that it was more like a workbook, you're supposed to dogear it, take notes on the margins, color code, put postits on the pages, carry it around with you.