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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.) Lean Startups aren’t Cheap Startups « Steve Blank (tags: startup product-management strategy) [.]

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Quote Of The Day

Altgate

Why I Canceled My CO2stats Account → Quote Of The Day Posted on January 9, 2009 by fnazeeri We intend to continue forward and be very supportive of your down rounds this year.&# Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Venture Capital and tagged venture capital. I think it takes a VC to appreciate this humor!

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The Collapse of the VC Ecosystem & What It Will Look Like Post.

Altgate

Later stage funds will end up owning more of their portfolio companies via down rounds and ultimately should see ok returns. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Venture Capital and tagged collapse , economy , series B , startups , venture capital. Bookmark the permalink.