Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Bob Dorf has been a startup coach/consultant/trainer for nearly a decade, after spending earlier decades founding 7 startups and investing in 30 more. He helps startups three key ways: o "growth coaching" ceo's and teams to get un-stuck or accelerate revenues and business models o training founders and their teams in 1/2/3-day and 6-10 week boot camps and virtual incubators o training cadres of startup educators/coaches/mentors in startup ecosystems around the world Bob co-authored the "Startup Owner’s Manual," a global bestseller now in 21 languages. He travels the world energizing startup ecosystems and providing hands-on, hyperactive training programs for startup groups and corporations driving disruptive innovation. The process Bob teaches has guided thousands of startups and corporate intrapreneurs, reducing the toxic failure rate of innovation. Among Bob's recent high-impact projects: • A weeklong lean innovation workshop/simulation for 50 Moroccan corporate Executive MBAs • Six-part interactive webinar training series for 50 agribusiness startups • Training 75 Tunisian startup leaders to teach and coach entrepreneurs on "lean" methods • Hands-on one-, two, and three-day Lean Startup Boot Camps • Ten-week "LeanStartupsMX" program, a virtual incubator pilot for the Mexican government • Startup Academy Moscow: six-time top-rated trainer in a four-day lean principles boot camp • Corporate Innovation boot camps for giants including GE, Merck, NewsCorp Carvajal SA, OCP • Keynote speeches, often to thousands, in many corners of the globe
Counselor to fast growth startups and entrepreneurial students and alumni on disruptive innovation and business models at startups and intrapreneurial big companies. - trained scores of startups in US, latam, europe/asia/africa - coached 250 c's and ceos driving their stodgy old businesses into the modern digital era - belly-to-belly kickass, real world honest coaching r us - co-author of STARTUP OWNERS MANUAL with the legendary Steve Blank, co-developer with him of the step-by-step lean startup method for "get out of the building" and build what customers will buy
Co-author with the legendary Steve Blank of the global-bestselling "Startup Owner's Manual" and tons of training programs that help entrepreneurs use it to drive startup success. Global speaker/consultant/coach/trainer who has conducted: o dozens of successful startup training/coaching programs globally o Lean innovation training/coaching with many Fortune 500 teams o scores of one/two-day business model/customer development workshops o a bazillion speeches and training sessions for entrepreneurs, corporations, universities Bob co-authored bestselling Startup Owner’s Manual with valley guru Steve Blank. Now in 16 languages, the 608‐page work is consistently the #1 Business/Entrepreneurship title at Amazon.com. It's a painstakingly detailed guide to the Customer Development method for getting startups right, and to the Business Model Canvas, which forms the foundation for rigorous testing and iteration to make any business idea repeatable, sustainable, and profitable. Dorf travels the world lecturing, running indepth workshops, and speaking about Customer Development and his breakthrough book, one of the top business bestsellers of 2012. He trains entrepreneurs, academics, and corporations to use the Customer Development methodology that takes big and brand-new businesses alike from "cocktail napkin" ideas, often to revenue-generating businesses, often in as little as eight weeks. Bob spent five years as Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Columbia University. Earlier, he was the founding CEO of seven startups: two homeruns, two base hits, and "three great tax losses" over 45 entrepreneurial years. He started his first "homerun" business shortly after his 22nd birthday. Dorf has worked with more than a score of the "Fortune 500," participated in 7 IPO's, and addressed audiences throughout the world, from Cleveland to China, from Kiev to Kansas City, and loves helping startups "avoid the many startup mistakes I've personally made over four decades."
Founding CEO of the biggest, boldest, fastest-growing CRM consulting organization in the US. Author of books and articles on CRM and its implementation. Speaker on CRM and 1to1 marketing at more than 200 conferences throughout the world.
A small early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2000 and now closed to new investments. Focused on identifying innovative online and software businesses