The Startup Owner's Manual : the step-by-step guide for building a great company Vol 1
Steve Blank, Bob Dorf
- 1st, ed.
- United States of America : Wiley, 2020
- xxix, 571 p. ; 28 cm.
The Startup Owner's Manual guides you, step-by-step, as you put the Customer Development process to work. This method was created by renowned Silicon Valley startup expert Steve Blank, co-creator with Eric Ries of the "Lean Startup" movement and tested and refined by him for more than a decade. This 608-page how-to guide includes over 100 charts, graphs, and diagrams, plus 77 valuable checklists that guide you as you drive your company toward profitability. It will help you: - Avoid the 9 deadly sins that destroy startups' chances for success - Use the Customer Development method to bring your business idea to life - Incorporate the Business Model Canvas as the organizing principle for startup hypotheses - Identify your customers and determine how to "get, keep and grow" customers profitably - Compute how you'll drive your startup to repeatable, scalable profits.