Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Reading the NY Times article “ Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture, ” I realized it was time for a new startup heuristic: the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. ” Fire, Ready, Aim. And it may work.
Up and Running
JANUARY 27, 2020
There is much debate as to whether Peter Drucker actually said to Mark Fields, then CEO of Ford Motor Company in March 2000. It’s a situation that causes confusion, stress, and it becomes an excuse for productivity and performance issues. “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” . The perfect strategy doesn’t exist, so keep it lean.
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Steve Blank
MARCH 17, 2020
The ripple and feedback effect of all of these closures will have a major impact on our economy, as each industry that gets impacted puts people out of work, and those laid off workers don’t buy products and services. Next, take a look at your actual revenue each month – not forecast, but real revenue coming in each month.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
It can be difficult to forecast the future trajectory of publicly listed technology companies, especially in the short term – after all, most of the available information is already capitalized in their current share prices. A global market enables the company to sell vastly more copies of its software without increasing its production costs.
ReadWriteStart
APRIL 26, 2011
MicroVentures isn't disclosing a lot of details about the first three deals that it's funded, but it says that these ranged from $2000 to $25,000 increments, with the average investment roughly $5000. MicroVentures does the due diligence for investors, running a variety of checks on financials, forecasts, use of funds, burn rate and so on.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 28, 2009
My competitors from those days STILL love to talk about how much money we raised in February 2000 (get over it already!). Our product releases took longer to ship than we had hoped. Our sales forecasts were revised downward – many times. Don’t obsess with product releases of competitors or biz dev deals.
crowdSPRING Blog
JANUARY 18, 2013
The Science of Productivity: How To Get More Done In Less Time - [link]. The Science of Productivity: How To Get More Done In Less Time – [link]. Thanks To Facebook, Strongest Year For IPOs Since 2000 With $21.5 Creative Forecast: How Marketing Will Change In 2013 | Co.Create – [link].
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