Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Today’s topic was Acquisition and Sustainment and Modern War. Some of the readings for this week included How the DOD Acquires Weapons Systems , The Planning, Programming and Budgeting Process , Acquisition Reform in the NDAA , Defense Primer on DOD Contractors , and on the Defense Industrial Base.

Acquisition 284

Acquisition Technical Review Technology Security 284

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2022

In addition, you need to focus on the unique value you bring, and maintaining the gap between what customers are willing to pay versus your best cost. Business agility can also be improved by proactively looking ahead – for new trends and technologies that will likely attract competitors and customers.

Intellectual Property 322

Intellectual Property Acquisition Non-Compete Merger 322

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Here is where you learn to listen and communicate with people and customers. Commitment, tenacity, and agility are key in this stage. Here you need a team, people with disparate but complementary skills bonded by your leadership, to ship product and go live. The test – iterate and pivot, based on market feedback.

Entrepreneur 348

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Incubator Merger 348

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

They taught you about customers, markets and profits. Startups needed millions of dollars of funding just to get their first product out the door to customers. Tech IPOs were a receding memory, and mergers and acquisitions became the only path to liquidity for startups. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2022

For additional growth, most companies expand the product portfolio to cater to more customers, and sell more to existing customers. The challenge during this phase is to stay innovative and agile. This is the end game for an industry, and many companies, characterized by mergers and acquisitions to a few dominant players.

Dilution 355

Dilution Startup Merger Flash 355

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

The size of the red bars (IPO’s) versus blue (mergers and acquisitions) illustrates that while venture-backed startups did get acquired, the IPO market was booming. But unlike an IPO where you sold stock to the public and got to run your company, in an acquisition your company is gone, and the odds are in a year or so you will be too.

Venture Capital 297

Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 297

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2019

For additional growth, most companies expand the product portfolio to cater to more customers, and sell more to existing customers. The challenge during this phase is to stay innovative and agile. This is the end game for an industry, and many companies, characterized by mergers and acquisitions to a few dominant players.

Dilution 224

Dilution Merger Flash Global 224