Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money. The idea of the Lean Startup was built on top of the rubble of the 2000 Dot-Com crash. And it may work. IPOs dried up.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

When competitors raise money and you don’t the following happens (assuming all else equal on product development, which I know is not always the case): they have a PR advantage both in terms of perceived momentum and also money to spend on it. They get the PR bump. They evolve the product faster.

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www.kalzumeus.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

However, given that it is a well-understood norm, it gives you a bit of an edge in the PR battle should someone decide to just drop a 0-day on you.). First startup I worked at was in 2000, I found a compromised system and recommended exactly the above. And gulp their dependencies.). Yes, exposing bugs is great.

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