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> [Using the Product Development Waterfall diagram for Customer Development activities is like using a clock to tell the temperature. They both measure something, but not the thing you wanted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-blank/using-the-product-development-waterfall-diagram-for-customer/)

[Steve Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-blank/)

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## More by Steve Blank

> [There are no facts inside the building so get the hell outside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-blank/there-are-no-facts-inside-the-building-so-get-the-hell-outside/)

[Steve Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-blank/)

> [You need to ask yourself, ‘Where do you want to work: startups, mid-size or large companies?’ If you find yourself debating the ‘startup versus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-blank/you-need-to-ask-yourself-where-do-you-want-to-work-startups-mid-size/)

[Steve Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-blank/)

> [A business model describes how your company creates, delivers and captures value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-blank/a-business-model-describes-how-your-company-creates-delivers-and/)

[Steve Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-blank/)

> [We now know that something between 85 and 90 percent of most software product features are unwanted and unneeded by customers. That is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-blank/we-now-know-that-something-between-85-and-90-percent-of-most-software/)

[Steve Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-blank/)

> [“The first customer ship date does not mean the company understands its customers or how to market or sell to them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-blank/the-first-customer-ship-date-does-not-mean-the-company-understands/)

[Steve Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-blank/)

> [The core tenant of what I teach is there are no facts inside the building. When we come up with a new idea, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-blank/the-core-tenant-of-what-i-teach-is-there-are-no-facts-inside-the/)

[Steve Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-blank/)

> [For students to understand what the future of journalism is going to be, they're going to have to invent it. It's a big idea.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-blank/for-students-to-understand-what-the-future-of-journalism-is-going-to/)

[Steve Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-blank/)

> [When you're gone would you rather have your gravestone say, 'He never missed a meeting.' Or one that said, 'He was a great father.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-blank/when-you-re-gone-would-you-rather-have-your-gravestone-say-he-never/)

[Steve Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-blank/)

> [No Plan Survives First Contact With Customers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-blank/no-plan-survives-first-contact-with-customers/)

[Steve Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-blank/)

> [Unless you have tested the assumptions in your business model first, outside the building, your business plan is just creative writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-blank/unless-you-have-tested-the-assumptions-in-your-business-model-first/)

[Steve Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-blank/)

> [Startups don’t fail because they lack a product; they fail because they lack customers and a profitable business model.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-blank/startups-don-t-fail-because-they-lack-a-product-they-fail-because/)

[Steve Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-blank/)

> [The company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-blank/the-company-that-consistently-makes-and-implements-decisions-rapidly/)

[Steve Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-blank/)

> [Business plans are the tool existing companies use for execution. They are the wrong tool to search for a business model.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-blank/business-plans-are-the-tool-existing-companies-use-for-execution-they/)

[Steve Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-blank/)

> [Disruption on the first day always looks like a toy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-blank/disruption-on-the-first-day-always-looks-like-a-toy/)

[Steve Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-blank/)

> [Startups are painful, stressful and at times demoralizing. You need to be a true believer in the vision of what you are doing. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-blank/startups-are-painful-stressful-and-at-times-demoralizing-you-need-to/)

[Steve Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-blank/)

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