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Am I a Founder? The Adventure of a Lifetime. « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Posted on June 11, 2009 by steveblank When my students ask me about whether they should be a founder or cofounder of a startup I ask them to take a walk around the block and ask themselves: Are you comfortable with: Chaos – startups are disorganized Uncertainty – startups never go per plan Are you: Resilient – at times you will fail – badly.

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A conversation with Scott Kupor of Andreessen Horowitz, author and speaker at Lean Startup Conference 2019

Startup Lessons Learned

He's been with the firm since its inception in 2009 and has overseen its rapid growth, from three employees to 150+ and from $300 million in assets under management to more than $10 billion. First, the introduction of seed money as an institutional form of capital.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

link] Lean Startups Blog – rants and raves from the startup trenches. 4:32 pm on September 3, 2009 Reply Tags: business (100) Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret. § [.]. link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise? link] 200+ Startup Questions Distilled Down To Five | Startup Lean. [.]

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

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Tweet View Comments Guest Author Sep 20, 2009 This guest post was written by Meebo CEO Seth Sternberg. For both companies, the initial traction enabled raising seed money to get them to a traditional VC investment.) link] Internet Strategy, Marketing & Technology Links – Sept 22, 2009 | Sazbean [.]