Steve Blank

JULY 1, 2014

When I first read about the Investment Readiness Level (IRL) on Steve’s blog, I was excited by Steve’s attempt to bridge the capital-efficient Lean Startup process for founders with the capital-raising process for funders. Lessons Learned: Investment Readiness ties capital-raising to the capital-efficient Lean Startup methodology.

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Up and Running

MARCH 18, 2010

So this post is my opinion only, not to be taken as expression of the angel group. Without going into detail here, our deal terms lean towards companies that will be getting a larger investment from professional venture capital within a year or so. Likelihood of exit.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

As a boot-strapped founder aka our biggest investor, one of the things I leaned into uncovering was the unknown. Lean into it. Or, I’d recommend consumer-facing founders start networking with the Angel groups in Silicon Valley immediately. What did our customers think? Step on the scale.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A major angel group uses Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. Investors are also mining for leads such sources as: – product crowdfunding sites ( Indiegogo *); – tech communities ( Producthunt ); – angel group platforms ( Gust ); – expert networks (e.g.,

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Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2011

Everyone I met in this program “gets” the principles of Agile, Lean and Customer Development big time. You see it in the existing angel groups and VC’s. Getting a few experienced super-angels and/or VC’s seeding 5-10 Lean Startup deals here a year, with a couple of Cleantech/energy deals as well, could kickstart the culture.

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Up and Running

MARCH 30, 2015

My latest book, “Lean Business Planning” has a chapter on these pitches, which is also on the website as “Your Business Pitch.” In my work on lean planning, I recommend that a lean business plan includes just a brief strategy summary. ” See Also What My Startup Accelerator Taught Me About Pitching.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

This is why we love the lean startup methodology. If folks don’t know what lean startup is you want to check out Eric Ries’ book, because he talks about customer validation, and also this is in the lean canvas model as well when it comes to shorter planning cycles. Really those are the two toughest, and the most important.

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2013

3) Lean Startup Machine - A three-day workshop that teaches entrepreneurs and innovators how to build disruptive products. 5) Angel Capital Association - this organization includes more than 160 angel groups and 20 affiliate organizations across North America.

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