Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
These bubble startups were actually guessing at their business model and did premature and aggressive hype and early company launches and had extremely high burn rates – all predicated on an IPO to raise more cash. Yet while we had plenty of language and tools for execution, we had none for search. The Lean Startup isn’t dead.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
What this meant for entrepreneurs and VCs was a bit more complex– the IPO market was all but closed (with the Google IPO in 2004 as a brilliant exception), but it was possible find a buyer for your company. My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing.
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Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 19, 2011
Consumers responded to name and concept well, solves real problem, o Took 4 months to build initial prototype. Good when you’re testing and trying to learn the initial findings – is this a real business/good investor business, concept, replicable model but when you do let it go and GET BIG FAST.
Duct Tape Marketing
OCTOBER 5, 2023
We dive deep into the transformative realm of the Fractional CMO, uncovering the nuances and potential it holds for modern businesses. 05:20] Could you shed some light on your business model? 06:14] One challenge of the Fractional CMO model is essentially selling your time. Do you collaborate with a team or partners? [06:14]
Growthink Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2010
Not mentioned in the movie is the unbelievable story of a Peter Thiel one of the founders of PayPal investing $500,000 in 2004 in exchange for approximately 5% of Facebook. No doubt Thiel's cat-bird seat as CEO of PayPal in the late 1990's allowed him to "get" instantly the scalability of the Facebook business model.
reidhoffman.org
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. In 2004, the consumer internet was just beginning to rebound. In 2004, investors regained interest in the consumer internet again.
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 7, 2022
Marcel Petitpas (01:17): I, you know, you didn't even ask me how to pronounce my last name, which is the mistake most hosts make. John Jantsch (01:30): Well as somebody whose last name, uh, ends with five consonants, you know, I'm very, very aware of people's last names. That's on the bio introduction, but you nailed it.
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