Steve Blank is the author of "The Four Steps to the Epiphany, " which details his customer development process for minimizing risk and optimizing chances for startup success.

本文作者史蒂夫•布兰科是《四步的顿悟》（The Four Steps to the Epiphany）一书的作者。 布兰科在书中详述了自己发掘客户的方法，它能帮助新创企业降低风险、提升成功几率。

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As serial entrepreneur Steve Blank points out, one of Silicon Valley's most pervasive myth is that "all winning startups are founded straight out of school by 20 year olds from Stanford or Harvard."

正如知名企业家史蒂文·布兰克所说，硅谷长盛不衰神话缔造的原因之一便是“所有硅谷传奇都是由那些毕业于斯坦福大学和哈佛大学20出头的毕业生创造的”。

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Steve looked blank and said he had no idea what I was talking about.

史蒂夫显得很迷惑，说他不知道我在说什么。

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This concept is very much part of the lean startup culture developed by Steve Blank and championed by Eric Ries.

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