The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

This is a representation of 2003 – 2013. Failure plagues those who believe in the traditional business plan; the long-term planning model; the belief that sales and marketing numbers are facts. Having an engineering or scientific background is what makes you more attractive for investment, not an MBA.

Europe 163

Europe South Korea San Francisco Portugal 163

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

I wondered if business plans and 5-year forecasts were the right way to plan a startup. Experienced entrepreneurs kept finding that no business plan survived first contact with customers. That resulted in a new process for Search: Customer Development + traditional product management/Waterfall Engineering.

Lean 317

Lean Georgia Michigan Business Model 317

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 15, 2016

Ted Rheingold: In 2003 I owned and ran a web service business called OneMatchFire , and made a number of image sharing products for customers (or as side projects). By the end of 2004 I had brought on two co-founders: John Vars – who is now the Chief Product Office at TaskRabbit, and Steven Reading took over Sales and Revenue.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Cofounder SMS 48

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Ministry of Supply Puts MIT Engineering Cred Into Dress Shirts. Sakti3 Founder Sastry to Step Down From U-M. Q&A: Group Commerce Plans Hires, European Growth with $21M Funding. VP of Strategic and Emerging Business Development, Microsoft. Co-Founder and CEO, Wetpaint. Subscribe for Free. New York ›.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 16, 2011

Mon – Justin Severidt Tues – Elizabeth Frederick Wed – Denise Sheehan Thurs – Nicholas Hammernik Fri – Jennifer Nagel Books by John Jantsch Duct Tape Marketing: The World’s Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide – by John Jantsch. His latest book is The Plan-As-You-Go-Business-Plan.

Small Business 39

Small Business Marketing Cofounder Social Media 39

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

When my father had his business plan all set up, he brought it to the rabbi and got a benediction for a successful business. When he left the neighborhood, he decided that because he got a benediction from the rabbi in Crown Heights, he’d name his business (CrownTV’s parent company) Crown Heights.

Naming 48

Naming Entrepreneur LLC Software Review 48

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 18, 2014

Founder.org founder Michael Baum. In Paris today at the World Founder Forum he announced the top 10 student team winners who split $1 million in seed money prizes. Michael Baum : You remember what happened in 2003 in Silicon Valley, right? Instead of launching another startup, however, he’s launching entrepreneurs.

Founder 60

Founder Entrepreneur North America Startup 60