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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. 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. The Rise of the Lean Startup. And it may work. IPOs dried up.

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Twitter Link Roundup #235 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

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Are startup burn rates out of control? Busting the Lean-Startup Myth – crowdspring.co/1ozOXHA. How Everything We Tell Ourselves About How Busy We Are Is A Lie | Fast Company – [link] crowdspring.co/1uH6HVo. They seem to be | AVC – crowdspring.co/1rbM5FT. Hiring startup engineers?

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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. Over its lifetime a Lean Startup may spend less money than a traditional startup.

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s a burn rate of at least $10K per month that can be eliminated if you are handy with computers and Quickbooks. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. Best of all, it’s even considered “ultra-cool” these days to be a lean startup. Technology costs.

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You Don’t Need to be Rich to be an Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s a burn rate of at least $10K per month that can be eliminated if you are handy with computers and Quickbooks. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. Best of all, it’s even considered “ultra-cool” these days to be a lean startup. Technology costs.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

Both Sides of the Table

He then worked in consulting which gave him a broad base of business experience working with the newspaper, cable, and advertising industries. The second phase will be who can get the right combination lean back, lean forward, interaction, enhanced data, and make it fun. They had a very expensive burn rate at the wrong time.

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The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

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That’s a burn rate of at least $10K per month that can be eliminated if you are handy with computers and Quickbooks. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. Best of all, it’s even considered “ultra-cool” these days to be a lean startup. Technology costs.

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