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Startup CEO (OnlyOnce- the book!), Part III – Pre-Order Now

OnlyOnce

The book has been described by a few CEOs who read it and commented early for me along the lines of “The Lean Startup movement is great, but this book starts where most of those books end and takes you through the ‘so you have a product that works in-market – now what?’ questions”.

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Traction Metrics Seed Real Startup Funding And Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

While thinking about the parameters of traction, and how to measure it, I was impressed with a new book, “ Scaling Lean: Mastering the Key Metrics for Startup Growth ” by Ash Maurya, a serial entrepreneur, and creator of the one-page business modelling tool Lean Canvas. Build an inside advisory board of influencers and experts.

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What Do I Do Now? The Startup Lifecycle

Steve Blank

You’ll realize you’re ready to exit the Search step when you have customer validation: You’ve found a sales channel that matches how the customer wants to buy and the costs of using that channel are understood. If he already had an advisory board (formal and/or informal), add CEO’s who have been through this phase.

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Startup Resources

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Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Steve Blank’s Lean Startup Resources. Lean Startup Circle â?? great web customer acquisition tutorials. Lean project management. Executive / Advisory Board Compensation. Lean Startup Machine.

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How much equity do I give an advisor? What do they give me?

The Startup Toolkit

Those numbers get completely thrown out when the advisor is your distribution channel. if the company is sold, they get their entire stake immediately, whereas the founders often have to start a new vesting period in the terms of the acquisition). Don’t rush to “fill” your advisory board.

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