Steve Blank

Current

• Board Member at California League of Conservation Voters
• Trustee at UC Santa Cruz
• Director at Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST)

• Commissioner at California Coastal Commission
• Lecturer at Stanford University, Graduate School of Engineering
• Lecturer at UC Berkeley, Haas Business School
• Director at Audubon California

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Past

• Director at CafePress.com
• Director at IMVU
• Director at National Audubon Society

• Director at Macrovision
• Director at Immersion
• Cofounder, President, VP Marketing at E.piphany
• cofounder, CEO at Rocket Science
• VP Marketing at SuperMac
• cofounder, VP Marketing at Ardent
• VP Marketing, acting VP Sales at MIPS Computer
• VP Marketing, Unix Division at Convergent Technologies
• Product Marketing Manager at Zilog
• Training Manager at ESL
• Electronic Warfare at U.S. Air Force

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Recommended

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Connections

407 connections

Industry

Computer Hardware

Websites

• Course Textbook
• Stanford University Course
• My Website

Steve Blank’s Summary

Over the last 25 years, Steve has been part of, or co-founded eight Silicon Valley startups. These have run the gamut from semiconductors, video games, personal computers, and supercomputers. (MIPS, Zilog, Rocket Science, SuperMac, Convergent Technologies, Ardent, ESL) Steve's last company was E.piphany, an enterprise software company.

Steve serves on the California Coastal Commission and is on the board of Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST,) Audubon California and the California League of Conservation Voters.

Steve currently teaches entrepreneurship at U.C. Berkeley Haas Business School, the joint Berkeley/Columbia MBA program, and at the Stanford University Graduate School of Engineering. In 2009 he was awarded the Stanford University Undergraduate Teaching Award in the department of Management Science and Engineering.

Steve teaches a methodology of starting and managing marketing, sales and business development in high technology startups.
(See the course text at www.cafepress.com/kandsranch and blog at www.steveblank.com)

Steve Blank’s Specialties:

Marketing, sales and business dev strategies for emerging startups.
Conservation and environmental organizations.

Steve Blank’s Experience

• Board Member

  California League of Conservation Voters

  (Non-Profit; Political Organization industry)

  November 2009 — Present (1 month)

  http://www.ecovote.org/about/

• Trustee

  UC Santa Cruz

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  July 2009 — Present (5 months)

• Director

  Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST)

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

  http://www.openspacetrust.org/

• Commissioner

  California Coastal Commission

  (Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Government Administration industry)

  February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)

  http://www.coastal.ca.gov/

• Lecturer

  Stanford University, Graduate School of Engineering

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  July 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)

  http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?author=282

• Lecturer

  UC Berkeley, Haas Business School

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 2002 — Present (7 years 3 months)

  www.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/blank.html

• Director

  Audubon California

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  February 2002 — Present (7 years 10 months)

  http://www.audubon-ca.org/

• Director

  CafePress.com

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  March 2002 — July 2009 (7 years 5 months)

  www.cafepress.com

• Director

  IMVU

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  January 2004 — January 2009 (5 years 1 month)

  www.imvu.com

• Director

  National Audubon Society

  (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  January 2005 — June 2008 (3 years 6 months)

  http://www.audubon.org/

• Director

  Macrovision

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; MVSN; Computer Software industry)

  February 2002 — September 2007 (5 years 8 months)

  www.macrovision.com

• Director

  Immersion

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; IMMR; Computer Hardware industry)

  January 1996 — November 2005 (9 years 11 months)

  www.immersion.com

• Cofounder, President, VP Marketing

  E.piphany

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; EPNY; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 1996 — September 1999 (3 years 2 months)

  www.epiphany.com
  http://www.echeng.com/software/epiphany/financing.html

• cofounder, CEO

  Rocket Science

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)

  January 1993 — July 1996 (3 years 7 months)

  http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.11/rocket.science.html

• VP Marketing

  SuperMac

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  January 1989 — December 1992 (4 years )

• cofounder, VP Marketing

  Ardent

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  January 1986 — December 1988 (3 years )

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardent_Computer

• VP Marketing, acting VP Sales

  MIPS Computer

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  July 1984 — June 1986 (2 years )

  www.mips.com/

• VP Marketing, Unix Division

  Convergent Technologies

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  January 1981 — July 1984 (3 years 7 months)

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_Technologies_(Unisys)

• Product Marketing Manager

  Zilog

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  January 1978 — December 1980 (3 years )

  www.zilog.com

• Training Manager

  ESL

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  January 1976 — September 1978 (2 years 9 months)

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESL_Inc.

• Electronic Warfare

  U.S. Air Force

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

  August 1971 — August 1975 (4 years 1 month)

  Korat, Ubon & Udorn Thailand: F-4D & E, F-105G, AC-130A & H
  Wurtsmith AFB: B-52H

Additional Information

Steve Blank’s Websites:

• Course Textbook
• Stanford University Course
• My Website

Steve Blank’s Interests:

History of Technology Innovation. Invited talk given at Google and the Computer History Museum on the "Secret History of Silicon Valley." Now posted at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTC_RxWN_xo Lecture at Stanford on Customer Development http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2056

Steve Blank’s Groups:

Audubon California, POST