Comments on: Why Startups are Agile and Opportunistic – Pivoting the Business Model

By: Great Advice from Steve Blank.. | It's Called Fishing Not Catching

Great Advice from Steve Blank.. | It's Called Fishing Not Catching — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:25:05 +0000

[...] done it once but he has now done it multiple times. He creates great companies. It comes from a discussion about a board meeting where a VC finally stands up to the rest of the board to support a new [...]

By: The startup team « The Berkeley Blog

The startup team « The Berkeley Blog — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:22:01 +0000

[...] business model. This means the brilliant idea you started with will change as you iterate and pivotyour business model until you find product/market [...]

By: Fabrice Aimetti

Fabrice Aimetti — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:12:30 +0000

Great post! a true business novel! I have translated it into french :
http://www.fabrice-aimetti.fr/dotclear/index.php?post/2011/07/24/Pourquoi-les-startups-sont-Agile-et-opportunistes-Faites-pivoter-votre-modele-economique

Thank you Steve.

Regards,
Fabrice

By: kabir

kabir — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:37:51 +0000

Great Article , as always Steve.

However, how do you know when is the best time to pivot. Many a times you may keep buying time thinking that the current model may work or sometimes you may pivot too quickly ?

By: #How to get your First Customer | Sameer Agarwal

#How to get your First Customer | Sameer Agarwal — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:29:09 +0000

[...] Steve Blank has an amazing insight into this. He calls it pivoting. I never went to a B School so pardon me if I get too excited about it. But Steve suggests that entrepreneurs need to find a pivot – an actual point in the business lifecycle when something, anything, can be repeated. And repeated. And again. [...]

By: Data Changes Everything « Innovation Leadership Network

Data Changes Everything « Innovation Leadership Network — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:16:47 +0000

[...] is referred to as the pivot – the point where your business model makes a 90 degree turn. Here’s a terrific post by Steve Blank describing the process in more detail – you should read it. Here’s part of his [...]

By: Bootstrapper

Bootstrapper — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:15:46 +0000

I think you’ll find that businesses who run their business on their own money, don’t pivot as much. They tend to get it right sooner and don’t need as much ‘pivoting’.

Its very easy to pivot on other people’s money.

By: Toby

Toby — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 06:16:35 +0000

Hi Steve,

I was watching a Stanford ETL podcast by Ann Miura-Ko a few days ago and something is really bothering me. Ann mentioned here firm looks for “Thunder Lizard’s” – people who have an unshakeable commitment to their goals. This makes sense and is a “common” trait amongst successful Entrepreneurs, but doesn’t this aspect conflict with the concept of a Pivot?

Cheers,

Toby

By: Time for a Plan B | Business in General

Time for a Plan B | Business in General — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:35:26 +0000

[...] Ries and Blank talks about the need for entrepreneurs ‘to pivot’ , authors of the book Getting to Plan B, John Mullins and Randy Komisar argue a similar point [...]

By: Technology Notables – Part 3: Verifying Benefit Superiority | Basic IP Management Inc.

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 06:19:19 +0000

[...] As Steve Blank says, inside the building are opinions, outside the building are facts. So either we have to get outside the building or we have to trick the facts into finding their way back to us. Notables are a good way to trick facts into backtracking their way to the company when you are in a large ossified bureaucracy. [...]

By: Technology Notables – Part 3: Verifying Benefit Superiority | Basicip's Blog

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:03:14 +0000

[...] Steve Blank says, inside the building are opinions, outside the building are facts. So either we have to get [...]

By: The Agile Enterprise – Current Thinking for IT Leaders — CIOpedia

The Agile Enterprise – Current Thinking for IT Leaders — CIOpedia — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:15:43 +0000

[...] Steve Blank: Why Startups are Agile and Opportunistic [...]

By: Adam Feuer » Blog Archive » The Art of the Pivot

Adam Feuer » Blog Archive » The Art of the Pivot — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:30:31 +0000

[...] we pivoted, and repositioned Mifos around hosted (“cloud”) services. Yes, pivoting is painful. I [...]

By: Second release of Eduglu | Kyle Mathews :: Dreams With In

Second release of Eduglu | Kyle Mathews :: Dreams With In — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:38:25 +0000

[...] I'm not sure hosted Eduglu is the right business model for that task but since a startup is "an organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model", we'll give this business model a try for awhile as we look for ways to freshen the stagnant world [...]

By: SKMurphy » Quotes for Entrepreneurs – April 2010

SKMurphy » Quotes for Entrepreneurs – April 2010 — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:32:25 +0000

[...] by Steve Blank’s “startups are the search to find order in chaos” and influenced by Dave Snowden’s Cynefin [...]

By: Market Risk: How Software Companies can Protect Themselves | Virtual Data Rooms - Online Document Management & Collaboration | Firmex

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:15:43 +0000

[...] and be agile in developing your product. As Steve Blank and others attest, you have to continuously “pivot” your business model and make quick adjustments to trigger commercial growth in your [...]

By: 精实创新每周精华 | 中国精实创新网

精实创新每周精华 | 中国精实创新网 — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:37:56 +0000

[...] Steve Blank在他的博客上发表了一篇很值得参考的文章，题为“为何新企业需要灵活、善于把握机会－调整商业模式” [...]

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:20:42 +0000

Glad I saw this article!
presenting a business that was built with the idea of the pivot in mind but we didn’t have a phrase for it and now we also have a good reference to refer people to in addition to examples of companies that have successfully pivoted.
Most appreciated.

By: Bill Ross

Bill Ross — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:24:23 +0000

You make many good points in this post. I’ve been an avid follower of yours for a few years and have given away many copies of your book.

I work with a lot of emerging companies that are looking to find their market(s) and then to create systematic ways of growing them. In Fact, “The Four Steps to the Epiphany” was the inspiration for this web page I created: http://www.design-works.com/war. It speaks directly to the challenges companies face when trying to get through all of the noise and get through to people that can actually make decisions about their offerings.

By: Audrey

Audrey — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:40:19 +0000

I have had to pivot many times in my business. You learn to recognize what’s work quicker everytime you pivot. Change is pretty instant and you can see the next once things start to bog down or go the wrong way.