Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The mantra of “ first mover advantage ,” the idea that winners are the ones who are the first entrants in their market, became the conventional wisdom of investors in Silicon Valley.“ Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money. Then one day it was over. IPOs dried up.

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Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2012

Agile is a Sham- [link]. Billion Valuation, Multiple VCs Say – [link]. What Every Start-up Should Know about PR – [link]. How Chicago Is Beating Silicon Valley At The Patent Game – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. Never Make Counter-Offers – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The signals are loud and clear : seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. Underwriters realized that as long as the public was happy snapping up shares, they could make huge profits from the inflated valuations.

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Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 335

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Github - Free public repositories, collaborator management, issue tracking, wikis, downloads, code review, graphs Pivotal Tracker – Agile project management tool that enables real time collaboration. WebSequenceDiagrams - sketch sequence diagrams. Bontq – hosted bug tracking and project management needs.

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Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110