YoungUpstarts
MARCH 30, 2016
It’s not easy giving up on the original plan but startups are so lean that they can only execute on one plan at a time. This will help you to understand what part of your product works and what innovations are needed to make an impact early on in the industry. If you’re exiting one industry for another, let go of what once was.
Up and Running
MARCH 11, 2015
Eric Ries of The Lean Startup has called Andrew Chen’s blog “one of the best entrepreneurship blogs of all time.” Probably the grand-daddy of VC blogs, Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson has been posting every day since 2003. But, he also has great advice on growth strategies for early-stage companies. andrewchen.co.
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Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 23, 2011
But ultimately great people drive the ideas and Highland Capital is proactive in reaching out to entrepreneurs even at early stages. In 2003 one of their first investments was Qiigo, Mike Yavondite’s company. So it is a combination of markets and people. 34:30 – 37:00).
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 29, 2013
Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. Last week, we hosted a webcast conversation, Lean Startup for Growing Companies , with Eric Ries, Wyatt Jenkins of Shutterstock, and Ari Gesher of Palantir. Wyatt and Ari will both be speaking at The Lean Startup Conference in December.
Duct Tape Marketing
DECEMBER 28, 2023
And it's the same thing for individuals because at that early stage of a business, when you don't yet have a product, even sometimes when you don't yet have customers, you don't yet have traction and sales, how are you going to judge it? These are the kind of decisions we wanted to help people with at that early stage.
Duct Tape Marketing
JANUARY 19, 2023
And it's the same thing for individuals because at that early stage of a business, when you don't yet have a product, even sometimes when you don't yet have, um, customers, you don't yet have traction in sales, how are you gonna judge it? These are the kind of decisions we wanted to help people with at that early stage.
View from Seed
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. But there is also opportunity in lean times. And even for early stage startups, VCs raise eyebrows at companies that have modest gross margins.
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