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Steve Blank arrived in Silicon Valley at the start of the business boom in 1978.<ref name="SB">{{cite web |url=http://steveblank.com/about/ |title=About Steve |author=Steve Blank |year=2012 |publisher=Steve Blank |accessdate=2 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="ASGB" /> His first job in the region was with ESL, a startup that was a pioneering company for National Reconnaissance.<ref name="FOUN">{{cite web |url=http://www.founderly.com/2011/04/steve-blank-part-1-of-5/ |title=Steve Blank |author=Andy |date=8 April 2011 |publisher=Founder LY |access-date=2 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731084056/http://www.founderly.com/2011/04/steve-blank-part-1-of-5/ |archive-date=31 July 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The company helped the government understand the [[Soviets]]' technological and arms developments during the [[Cold War]].<ref name="FOUN" />
Some of his ventures include [[Zilog]] and [[MIPS Computer]]s, [[Convergent Technologies]], [[Ardent Computer|Ardent]], [[UMAX Technologies|SuperMac Technologies]], [[ESL Incorporated|ESL]] and [[Rocket Science Games]].<ref name="UCB" /><ref name="SE">{{cite web |url=http://engineering.stanford.edu/profile/sblank |title=Steve Blank |author= |year=2012 |publisher=Stanford Engineering |access-date=2 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113115319/http://engineering.stanford.edu/profile/sblank |archive-date=13 November 2012 |df= }}</ref>
Blank co-founded his 8th and last startup, the Customer Relationship Management provider [[E.piphany]], in 1996 and retired the day before its IPO in September 1999.<ref name="SSA">{{cite web |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2558044/crm/ssa-global-to-buy-epiphany-for--329m.html |title=SSA Global to buy Epiphany for $329M |author=Stacy Cowley |year=2005 |publisher=Computer World |accessdate=14 February 2019}}</ref>
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