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	<title>Midas Oracle .ORG &#187; Steve Blank</title>
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		<title>Bubble phases &#8211; (e.g., tulip mania, dot-com bubble, prediction market bubble) &#8212; [CHART]</title>
		<link>http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/06/15/we-are-in-a-tech-bubble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris F. Masse</dc:creator>
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		<title>Steve Blank: Of course, we are in a bubble, but it&#8217;s not a bad thing. &#8212; [VIDEO]</title>
		<link>http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/06/08/steve-blank-on-the-democratization-of-entrepreneurship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris F. Masse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Blank on the democratization of entrepreneurship: http://steveblank.com/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Steve Blank on the democratization of entrepreneurship:</p>
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<p><a href="http://steveblank.com/">http://steveblank.com/</a></p>
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		<title>Wanna leave for Silicon Valley? &#8212; [VIDEO]</title>
		<link>http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/05/27/steve-blank-clusters-silicon-valley-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 14:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris F. Masse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The act of getting up and leaving for Silicon Valley is the fundamental act of being innovative, according to Steve Blank. 00:25:00 into. [Download this post to watch the video, if your feed reader does not show it to you.]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The act of getting up and leaving for Silicon Valley is the fundamental act of being innovative,</strong> <a href="http://steveblank.com/2011/05/27/entrepreneurs-as-artists/">according to Steve Blank</a>.</p>
<p>00:25:00 into.</p>
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<p>[Download this post to watch the video, if your feed reader does not show it to you.]</p>
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		<title>Why accountants don&#8217;t run start-ups &#8212; [VIDEO]</title>
		<link>http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/05/13/steve-blank-why-accountants-dont-run-start-ups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 14:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris F. Masse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just love the title of this talk:]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just love the title of this talk:</p>
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		<title>Steve Blank: The Democratization of Entrepreneurship &#8212; [VIDEO]</title>
		<link>http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/03/13/steve-blank-the-democratization-of-entrepreneurship-video/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/03/13/steve-blank-the-democratization-of-entrepreneurship-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris F. Masse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More.]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://steveblank.com/2011/03/21/the-democratization-of-entrepreneurship/">More</a>.</p>
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		<title>Steve Blank is caught red-hand browsing the NASA, Drudge Report and Google News websites instead of listening to public comment during the California Coastal Commission session. &#8211; [VIDEO]</title>
		<link>http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/12/15/steve-blank-california-coastal-commission/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/12/15/steve-blank-california-coastal-commission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris F. Masse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No good.]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://steveblank.com/category/california-coastal-commission/">No good</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Death Spiral Of The Prediction Market Startups &#8211; [VIDEO]</title>
		<link>http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/11/27/the-death-spiral-of-the-prediction-market-startups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/11/27/the-death-spiral-of-the-prediction-market-startups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris F. Masse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[James Surowiecki, Robin Hanson and Justin Wolfers were the 3 boosters of the prediction markets. It turned out they were dead wrong &#8212; prediction markets are not that useful in business. 7:45 into Steve Blank nailed it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>James Surowiecki, Robin Hanson and Justin Wolfers were the 3 boosters of the prediction markets. It turned out they were dead wrong &#8212; prediction markets are not that useful in business.</p>
<p><strong>7:45 into</strong></p>
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<p>Steve Blank nailed it.</p>
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		<title>Steve Blank: There is a fine line between hallucination and vision. &#8211; [VIDEO]</title>
		<link>http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/11/26/steve-blank-vision-startup-entrepreneur/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/11/26/steve-blank-vision-startup-entrepreneur/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris F. Masse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A startup is a temporary organization that is designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.&#8221;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>&#8220;A startup is a temporary organization that is designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.&#8221;</strong></p>
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		<title>Why Silicon Valley isn&#8217;t in the Boston area? &#8211; [VIDEO]</title>
		<link>http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/11/08/silicon-valley-steve-blank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/11/08/silicon-valley-steve-blank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris F. Masse</dc:creator>
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<p><a href="http://steveblank.com/">Steve Blank</a></p>
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		<title>Customer Development starts by testing your hypotheses outside the building.</title>
		<link>http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/09/17/customer-development-steve-blank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris F. Masse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Not in planning meetings, not in writing multiple pages of nicely formatted Marketing Requirements Documents, but by getting laughed at, ignored, thrown out and educated by potential customers as you listen to their needs and test the fundamental hypotheses of &#8230; <a href="http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/09/17/customer-development-steve-blank/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://steveblank.com/2009/09/17/the-path-of-warriors-and-winners/">&#8220;Not in planning meetings, not in writing multiple pages of nicely formatted Marketing Requirements Documents, but <strong>by getting laughed at, ignored, thrown out and educated by potential customers</strong> as you <strong>listen to their needs</strong> and test the fundamental hypotheses of your business.&#8221;</a></p>
<p><a href="http://steveblank.com/2009/09/17/the-path-of-warriors-and-winners/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17245" title="customer-development" src="http://www.midasoracle.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/customer-development.jpg" alt="customer-development" width="539" height="138" /></a></p>
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