steve blank @sgblank
Customer Development & Secret History, Teaching at Stanford and Columbia steveblank.com Silicon Valley Joined March 2009-
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When companies stop dreaming about the future they’ll find themselves living in the past.
Founders need to be ruthless when chasing deals steveblank.com/2024/04/16/fou…
Read the 1st @BedrockSaaS blog post, describing the future of professional learning & how we have built it in Bedrock, our SaaS social learning network that offers courses, serious games (to include wargames), and intelligence streams at scale. thebedrock.co/post/the-futur…
Getting Beyond Innovation Theater - Nov 16 - 10am PST - Fireside chat
Why Bill Gurley Was Wrong - Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get It Wrong - steveblank.com/2023/11/07/eve…
Third year of our Stanford Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class
The law of strategic planning: the number of people involved in creating the plan is inversely proportional to the actual amount of strategy it contains.
Before there was Oppenheimer there was Vannevar Bush @DeptofDefense steveblank.com/2023/08/29/bef…
This approach is a game-changer for how companies are built via @davidschonthal @gartner Talent Angle bit.ly/3K97VIe
Lean Meets Wicked Problems - steveblank.com/2023/07/25/lea… @imperialcollege #Innovation Or how I spent my summer vacation.
How to get buy-in for innovative ideas from @DavidSchonthal. bit.ly/3GBlqfP
Recognizing your organization needs to change is not the same as changing it. @PeterANewell @BMNT_inc bit.ly/3t45m1g
Essential viewing: @AlexOsterwalder, CEO of @strategyzer on how to measure innovation progress bit.ly/3JdNdpx
Why a problem-centric approach will supercharge your innovation effort via @BMNT_inc bit.ly/3qLzJeQ
'Even the best ideas struggle to get adopted' @davidschonthal, author of The Human Element, discusses #FrictionTheory with @Covel on the Trend Following podcast bit.ly/3ztF49g
3 things you need to create a successful company via @AlexOsterwalder @strategyzer bit.ly/3zOEXZd
Don't call it innovation if you're not changing behavior or solving a problem. @PeterANewell, CEO of @BMNT_inc on 5 steps that will change how your company innovates. bit.ly/3m3cGHV @ChadMcAllister
Innovation starts at the top: A CEO's guide via @strategyzer CEO @AlexOsterwalder with @DavidLancefield bit.ly/3Jlat5F
2 key attributes that will help unlock your entrepreneurial potential via @DavidSchonthal @Inc bit.ly/3ZdTrMV
Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan
206K Followers 2K Following Newsletter: https://t.co/LF0tRFpCeT 💥 Podcast: https://t.co/ZQWNT0iXvJ 💥 Jobs: https://t.co/h5qbpegVYd 💥 Lennybot: https://t.co/TqkCh3hVCa 💥 Swag and Book: https://t.co/qgtUH5DM4S
Mark Suster @msuster
332K Followers 2K Following 2x entrepreneur. Sold both companies (last to @salesforce). Now @UpfrontVC looking to invest in passionate entrepreneurs.
Mike Maples, Jr @m2jr
84K Followers 7K Following Unearthing the mysteries of outlier startups. Partner @floodgatefund. Unabashedly grateful to live in the USA.
Josh Elman @joshelman
134K Followers 3K Following I have been very lucky to work on or invest in many products I use every day including this one when it had a different name.
Teresa Torres @ttorres
49K Followers 3K Following Author of Continuous Discovery Habits, Speaker, Coach Learn more: https://t.co/LamDBWmO1u https://t.co/aN6yLy52sK https://t.co/3tBZUQPGY1
Hiten Shah @hnshah
267K Followers 2K Following Building SaaS businesses for 20+ years. CEO at Nira (@niradotcom). Started @CrazyEgg & KISSmetrics. Customer obsessed. Early adopter. Always grateful 🙏🏽
Bilal Zuberi @bznotes
43K Followers 2K Following GP at Lux Capital. @appliedint @ironclad_inc @openspaceai @NozomiNetworks @aurorasolarinc @Saildrone @DesktopMetal @commureOS + more. MIT. 🇺🇸🇵🇰
Alex Osterwalder🇨�.. @AlexOsterwalder
114K Followers 292 Following Founder https://t.co/YUON2gPUF9. Author. Becoming who I want to be a bit more every day. Passionate about guiding people to discover stuff. ❤️🏔⛷🇨🇭
parker @pt
25K Followers 2K Following fast cars and slow cookers. mostly hanging out on Threäds now, so don’t expect me to see your stuff here.
Gibson Biddle @gibsonbiddle
29K Followers 3K Following Former Netflix/Chegg VP/CPO. Many virtual talks/workshops. Guest lecturer @INSEAD & Stanford. My free “Ask Gib” Product Newsletter: https://t.co/EM21Ic1Ag4
Dave McClure @davemcclure
344K Followers 21K Following founder: @PracticalVC, 500 Startups, https://t.co/KqRD4JAavT || alum: Johns Hopkins, PayPal, Founders Fund || fanboi: Dr. Seuss, The Muppets, Sesame Street
Dave Kellogg @Kellblog
22K Followers 6K Following EIR at Balderton Capital, principal at Dave Kellogg Consulting, and author of Kellblog. See FAQ for disclaimers. RT != endorsement.
Jason Cohen @asmartbear
35K Followers 638 Following Keyword, buzzword, half-truth, adjective, hey look at me! (founder of two unicorns: https://t.co/Cc4OvZx0T9, https://t.co/JTEGCe7Zq6)
Chris Fralic @chrisfralic
43K Followers 10K Following Board Partner @FirstRound. Technology historian + futurist. Student of business. Teacher. Collector. Producer. Among first 💯 on Twitter, will be last 💯 of X.
Bob Sutton @work_matters
70K Followers 1K Following Organizational psychologist @stanford. Books include Good Boss Bad Boss, Scaling Up Excellence, No Asshole Rule, and now,The Friction Project.
Rita Gunther McGrath @rgmcgrath
39K Followers 237 Following Strategy & innovation. @Columbia_Biz. @Thinkers50 top 10 & #1 in strategy. Bestselling author of #TheEndofCompetitiveAdvantage & #SeeingAroundCorners.
Nick Mehta @nrmehta
31K Followers 7K Following CEO @gainsighthq #customersuccess; family, football, philosophy, physics, fashion, Tay-Tay, The Boss. "I come back stronger than a 90s trend."
David Ulevitch 🇺�.. @davidu
53K Followers 3K Following GP @a16z — Building American Dynamism 🇺🇸 — Destroying the Anarcho-Tyranny — Anthropologist — Formerly Founder/CEO @OpenDNS — Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu
Rob Walling @robwalling
34K Followers 933 Following Helping SaaS bootstrappers via @startupspod. Connecting founders around the world through @microconf. Wrote the playbook for SaaS, https://t.co/FfaUnyJj5N.
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Mark Suster @msuster
332K Followers 2K Following 2x entrepreneur. Sold both companies (last to @salesforce). Now @UpfrontVC looking to invest in passionate entrepreneurs.
Tomasz Tunguz @ttunguz
98K Followers 217 Following Venture capitalist at @theoryvc. Student of Startups. Author of Winning with Data https://t.co/awOpZcRsC6. Author of https://t.co/IWw3R3RVLm
Alex Osterwalder🇨�.. @AlexOsterwalder
114K Followers 292 Following Founder https://t.co/YUON2gPUF9. Author. Becoming who I want to be a bit more every day. Passionate about guiding people to discover stuff. ❤️🏔⛷🇨🇭
Strategyzer @strategyzer
40K Followers 883 Following Practical tools to help you understand customers, design better value propositions, and find the right business model.
Trae Stephens @traestephens
17K Followers 1K Following Partner, Founders Fund; Co-Founder, Anduril; Co-Founder, Sol
Tina Seelig @tseelig
32K Followers 1K Following Knight-Hennessy Scholars, Stanford Technology Ventures Program @Stanford. Author: Creativity Rules, inGenius, What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20
Ray Powell @GordianKnotRay
13K Followers 3K Following https://t.co/rn0ADorvlK Director / Co-host of @IndoPacPodcast #osint #southchinasea #grayzone #podcast
S.E. Robinson, Jr. @SERobinsonJr
26K Followers 210 Following • Information Broker • Tesla • SpaceX • Neuralink • • The Boring Company • Starlink • 𝕏 • xAI • Musk • • M - F @ Closing Bell •
Rohan Patel @rohanspatel
30K Followers 2K Following Tesla Policy and Bizdev. Fmr Special Asst to @potus44 and senior advisor for climate policy. Elkhart, IN born and raised.
Whale Hunting @WhaleHunting_
4K Followers 187 Following Discovering hidden stories of how the world works. By @ProjectBrazen founders @bradleyhope & @tomwrightasia Podcast: https://t.co/9w5buzu041
Niko Germish @NikoGermish
843 Followers 797 Following Marketing enthusiast, pizza lover, Istanbul resident. I believe in taking small steps for big wins. On a journey to build 🦄🦄🦄
Oleg Kutkov 🇺🇦 @olegkutkov
11K Followers 258 Following All kinds of engineering. Creating and solving technical challenges. Electronics, RF, signals processing. Linux and embedded development. Space and Astronomy.
GiamMa-based research.. @giammaiot2
10K Followers 1K Following #ArtTechnology #IT #Hardware #Security #OSINT #SIGINT #COMINT #HamRadio #SoftwareDefinedRadio #IoT #Hack #Maker #STEM #Research #Jedi #Sith #SuperSaiyanII
hackaday @hackaday
261K Followers 2K Following 🔥 Read: https://t.co/KG4TpCzO7H ☠️ Contribute: tips at hackaday dot com 👉 Projects: @hackadayio #Fediverse: @[email protected] 📒 Learn: https://t.co/p1jaCktSDt
bunnie @bunniestudios
26K Followers 276 Following Good at following directions. Bad at obeying rules. Sponsor me on github: https://t.co/2tvC9KKsit Trying out mastodon: @[email protected]
Ken Shirriff @kenshirriff
69K Followers 1K Following Computer history. Reverse-engineering old chips. Restored Apollo Guidance Computer, Alto. Ex-Google, Sun, Msft. So-called boffin.
Space Development Age.. @SemperCitiusSDA
3K Followers 49 Following Space Development Agency, U.S. Department of Defense. Engagement is not endorsement.
Zanegler @HinrichsZane
5K Followers 667 Following Tesla Semi Advocate, Giga NV Drone Coverage, $TSLA & Rivian Investor/Supporter, MS Plaid Owner
Tesla Charging @TeslaCharging
186K Followers 88 Following New Supercharger sites, announcements and all things charging.
Gunter Krebs 🚀 �.. @Skyrocket71
4K Followers 1K Following Spaceflight Historian & Analyst, Nerd, Physicist and Editor of Gunter's Space Page (https://t.co/dEIzsX3s6C) - also to be found on @[email protected]
USNI News @USNINews
36K Followers 102 Following Twitter of @NavalInstitute news site. We're interested in all things related to national security and maritime. Retweets, of course, are not endorsements.
U.S. Naval Institute @NavalInstitute
216K Followers 1K Following An independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of seapower.
Nicholas Drummond @nicholadrummond
67K Followers 1K Following Defence industry analyst & consultant specialising in Land Warfare. Former British Army infantry officer. Views expressed are my own.
SubBrief @SubBrief
20K Followers 291 Following Official Twitter account of the Sub Brief YouTube Channel
Pete Modigliani @PeteModi
1K Followers 1K Following Enabling DoD to deliver better solutions faster. Defense Tech and Acquisition: https://t.co/2Fw7zwuWnk
Tom Karako @tomkarako
4K Followers 1K Following The usual caveats. @CSIS. @Missile_Defense. You’re probably muted.
Sam LaGrone @samlagrone
10K Followers 2K Following Naval reporter for @USNINews Fmr: @JanesINTEL , @newsobserver, @vmialumni Content ≠ any official @NavalInstitute stance on anything. [email protected]
Teslascope @teslascope
58K Followers 133 Following An elegant view of everything about your Tesla vehicle. We are the worldwide drivers' platform, the highest-rated vehicle companion, and always here to help. 🚘
MarcoRP (!newsfeed) @MarcoRPi1
6K Followers 730 Following Unofficially the best account for Supercharger updates in North America. "Newsfeed" account because Elon says so.
Astrobiology @astrobiology
33K Followers 2K Following Exploring The Living Universe. Life Looks For Life. Vita quaerit vitae.
The Limiting Factor @LimitingThe
45K Followers 872 Following A mustache on a mission: What's next in battery and manufacturing technology? https://t.co/hN3JngjtC6
Megan Eckstein @maeday22
6K Followers 2K Following Naval warfare reporter @Defense_News ⚓️ News/history/grammar dork 🤓 Mostly reject accusations of being a crazy cat lady 🤷🏻♀️🐱 Go Terps! 🐢
Ministry of Defense @Israel_MOD
135K Followers 85 Following Official Twitter account of Israel's Ministry of Defense
Israel ישראל �.. @Israel
1.6M Followers 5K Following The State of Israel's official Twitter account managed by the @IsraelMFA's Digital Diplomacy team 🇮🇱. #BringThemHome 🎗️#LetThemGoNow
David B. Larter @DavidLarter
35K Followers 3K Following Navy vet. Tweets on Navy, space, watches, scotch, history & other random unserious musings. All opinions mine, not employer's. Formerly Defense News, Navy Times
WikiChip @WikiChip
5K Followers 0 Following The official WikiChip Twitter account. Hardware (logic), computer architectures, & semiconductor engineering. Technical.
News from Science @NewsfromScience
586K Followers 694 Following The latest stories in science, brought to you by the @ScienceMagazine news team.
siliconmemes @realmemes6
4K Followers 310 Following Dumb ideas about markets, tech stocks and sometimes energy stocks from a cartoon delivery guy. Generally insufferable. Do your own research.
Eric Jhonsa @EricJhonsa
18K Followers 1K Following Independent tech L/S investor. Part-time consultant. Previously a tech columnist @thestreet @thestreetpro.
𝐷𝑟. 𝐼𝑎�.. @IanCutress
39K Followers 1K Following Consultant, Chief Analyst, Influencer @TechTechPotato - @MoreThanMoore2x
witeken @witeken
11K Followers 452 Following Semiconductors and all things Intel. Legacy verified. Freelance @tomshardware @SeekingAlpha @VentureBeat (LFW). https://t.co/p0B1ljf2nP https://t.co/aRV0H7XRzl
Dylan Patel @dylan522p
39K Followers 684 Following SemiAnalysis Boutique AI & Semiconductor Research and Consulting DMs are open for consulting, quotes, or to talk shop
Gavin Baker @GavinSBaker
126K Followers 4K Following Managing Partner & CIO, @atreidesmgmt. Husband, @l3eckyy. Barbarian, Diablo 4. Warlock, Destiny 2. No investment advice, views my own.
Dan Nystedt @dnystedt
20K Followers 987 Following Former journalist, now financial analyst. Based in Taipei. Tweet mainly about semiconductors and Taiwan. Not investment advice. Views are my own.
Rhodes Cartography @RhodesMaps
6K Followers 409 Following Maps, mapping, geoviz. No politics. Fellow @RGS_IBG. Board member @wmsmapsociety. Adjunct Professor @georgetownsfs.
וואלה @WallaNews
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Dr. Tamitha Skov @TamithaSkov
79K Followers 5K Following Space Weather Physicist. Forecasting aurora, GPS, HF radio & radiation issues during solar storms. On TV: @HISTORY, @weatherchannel, @PopSci, @NASA, @techreview
When you are on vacation and get 15 minutes' warning to teach cartography to a class of third graders in a foreign language, there is only one question to ask: "do you have an orange and a Sharpie?"
It’s funny, until you realize how tragic and ghastly it really is
@RadioFreeTom Gonna leave this here
Meet John Padora, the Democrat running to defeat Lauren Boebert in Colorado's Fourth District. This race is about far more than just Lauren Boebert's disingenuous switch to our district. CD-4 has been abandoned and ignored for far too long, it's time for a change.
The new #SpaceWeatherWoman forecast is up! Learn about the coming fast solar wind, see where #aurora & #meteors will be visible during #NewYearsEve & find out why dark regions on the Sun's farside spell trouble for #GPS reception & amateur #radio: patreon.com/posts/95527624
1982 Waldmire Pictorial Map of Illinois A Poster of Illinois.Information-dense.24.25 x 18.25 inchesThis is an information-dense 1982 Robert Waldmire pictorial map of Illinois. It provides a fascinating study of Illinois' nature, history, and culture, with bit.ly/3RFd1z3
Christmas gift (admittedly for myself). 1897 edition of Mahan with gorgeous embossed cover and foldout maps in great condition. Hoping to do a high-res scan and research who actually drew them. It may have been McCarty-Little but that's just a theory.
That's a wrap! @JMU student teams presented their insights and innovative solutions for tech & cybersecurity challenges provided by the @StateDept @StateDeptDSS. Great work by these next-generation national security entrepreneurs during a semester of rigorous discovery.
Every founder should be able to recite this pyramid off the top of their head. steveblank.com/2010/03/04/per… via @sgblank
A10 In my book club, we're reading "The Startup Owner's Manual" by @sgblank & @bobdorf & roasting marshmallows w/them would be a privilege & an unforgettable experience. Their stories would not only entertain but also educate, inspire, & leave lasting impression #BizaPaloozaChat
Q10: If you could roast marshmallows with anyone in the world, who would it be and why? #BizapaloozaChat
The helicopter that went down was an MH-60, a variant of the Black Hawk flown in Special Operations units. Searches were ongoing yesterday and have concluded. That prompted U.S. disclosure today of five U.S. troops killed.
Just started reading @sgblank's "The Four Steps to the Epiphany" and it feels like it should be a theology book based on title vibes alone
Ryan chatted with Raj Shah of Shield Capital about his service in the Air Force flying F-16s, his time at the Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental, and his current work in venture capital. ow.ly/L9NU30sxQ0Z
Glad to speak at this conference today
Ryan chatted with Raj Shah of Shield Capital about his service in the Air Force flying F-16s, his time at the Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental, and his current work in venture capital. ow.ly/kPpx30sxOxN
1.7 magnitude #earthquake. 10 mi from Esparto, #CA, United States earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2023-10…
Great to see my research on #assassination alongside the amazing @RoryCormac and @OConnell_IntLaw in @TheEconomist. 'States are becoming more brazen about killing foes abroad.' @SwanseaUni economist.com/international/…
Congratulations Team SeaLight & @StanfordGKC! Just 2 months after site launch we have our first 🇺🇸@CRS4Congress citation. Well done, and let's keep lighting up the maritime gray zone!
15/n | The issues above, though serious, are just a few issues from a very long list. Against the backdrop of rising tensions and fast-expanding PLA capabilities, Taiwan’s military still prefers putting on drama for politics, rather than practicing for actual combat. END.
In the Kupyansk area, Ukrainian forces targeted a Russian MSTA-S battery with (most likely GMLRS) counterbattery fire, destroying one SPH and likely damaging another.
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