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This book was written by steve blank and bob dorf, who are serial entrepreneurs. The first chapters are available on the book s website. During his fruitful tenure as a silicon valley serial entrepreneur, blank came to realise that startups, by their very nature, should not be diminutive versions of larger companies and should therefore. Blank revolutionized the practice and teaching of entrepreneurship and innovation. The empirical importance of customer development wearebrain. Christensen finally was able to diagnose why and propose solutions. Bob dorf is a serial entrepreneur, customerdevelopment consultant and coauthor of the startup owners manual.
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