Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. Startups are in fact only temporary organizations, organized to search –not execute–for a scalable and repeatable business model.

Lean 303

Lean Business Model Customer Development Guinea 303

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Investors sitting through Incubator or Accelerator demo days have three metrics to judge fledgling startups – 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling PowerPoint slides, and 3) a world-class team. We now have the tools, technology and data to take incubators and accelerators to the next level. We think we can do better.

Oakland 329

Oakland Incubator Lean Metrics 329

Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2013

Business Model Issues. Early stage Venture Capital for medical device startups has dried up. Business Model Issues. Yet healthcare has its own unique regulatory and reimbursement issues and business model issues that must be understood. Venture Capital Issues.

Startup 299

Startup Venture Capital Lean IPO 299

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. So VCs spent a couple of years experimenting with earlier-stage investing, which is OK. The Explosion in Early-Stage Innovation.

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Updated Business tools for Startups. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Incubator List/ Local Startup Resources/ Startup Q&A. List of Startup Incubators. Israeli Center of Incubators. aggregation. broken vc model.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53