The Equity Kicker
MAY 7, 2013
These firms have had a significant impact on growth over the last 20 years through the bubbles and crashes they create – e.g. the Long-Term Capital Management crash of 1998, the Dot-Com crash of 2000, and the housing meltdown of 2008.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan. This same risk averse, conserve the cash, VC mindset would return after the 2008 meltdown of the housing market.).
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Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 8, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, November 8, 2008 What is customer development? This theory has become so influential that I have called it one of the three pillars of the lean startup - every bit as important as the changes in technology or the advent of agile development. November 9, 2008 5:40 PM Chris said.
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
The Business Plan (Concept- Alpha-Beta - FCS ) became the playbook for startups. Customer Development , Agile Engineering and the Lean methodology enforced a process of incremental and iterative development. Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998. The New Exits.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 12, 2010
For the many entrepreneurs that send me cold emails asking for me to review a business plan or answer a strategic dilemma: Im much more likely to answer if youve already tried getting an answer on the mailing list. Youll probably get a better result, anyway. Youll probably get a better result, anyway. Expo SF (May.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 2, 2009
My startup business (web development) is being shunned by virtually every other potential investor I approached thus far. The only folks who invested in me were the ones who barely understood the business plan. My 2008 revenues were over $100k on a 35k inventory. They just havd faith in me. I am chugging along.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 Waves of technology platforms I still remember the first time I switched to LAMP. Some combination of the dot-com crash and a just terrible business plan prevented us from having to take our scalability problems to the next level. Looking back, that was a special moment.
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