Comments on: Ardent War Story 4: You Know You’re Getting Close to Your Customers When They Offer You a Job http://steveblank.com/2009/10/15/ardent-war-story-4-you-know-you%e2%80%99re-getting-close-to-your-customers-when-they-offer-you-a-job/ Entrepreneurship and Conservation Tue, 29 May 2012 21:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: steve http://steveblank.com/2009/10/15/ardent-war-story-4-you-know-you%e2%80%99re-getting-close-to-your-customers-when-they-offer-you-a-job/#comment-5892 Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:17:43 +0000 http://steveblank.com/?p=3815#comment-5892 wow that was a lot of traveling around, talking to customers, Ardent must have been well enough funded to afford all that travel, in a time when travel wasn’t cheap… got any photos of yourself from that time period? i’m wondering if you had an afro :)

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]]> By: David Semeria http://steveblank.com/2009/10/15/ardent-war-story-4-you-know-you%e2%80%99re-getting-close-to-your-customers-when-they-offer-you-a-job/#comment-1702 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:52:12 +0000 http://steveblank.com/?p=3815#comment-1702 Steve,

I’m loving this series, but have just one little nitpick.

You mentioned in the previous post that you basically used Cray’s (public domain) information to compete against them. Yet every source of advice for startups advises against being too protective of the company’s mission and plans.

Clearly, the situations are not totally comparable, but do see situations where startups should be careful about not giving too much information away?

]]> By: Matt Daniels http://steveblank.com/2009/10/15/ardent-war-story-4-you-know-you%e2%80%99re-getting-close-to-your-customers-when-they-offer-you-a-job/#comment-1700 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:55:53 +0000 http://steveblank.com/?p=3815#comment-1700 Awesome story so far–inspiring for aspiring marketers.

]]> By: The Chad http://steveblank.com/2009/10/15/ardent-war-story-4-you-know-you%e2%80%99re-getting-close-to-your-customers-when-they-offer-you-a-job/#comment-1699 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:31:33 +0000 http://steveblank.com/?p=3815#comment-1699 “You can’t understand customers from inside your building.”

I am on the front lines of that battle right now.

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