Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Did the partner have a good or bad day, etc. Your presentation doesn’t have a single word about Lean Startups or Customer Development. We were able to raise a Seed round from Bessemer Venture Partners on a powerpoint idea, and never found the repeatable customer model. Did the VC’s like your team ? In fact, just the opposite.

Customer Development 266

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 266

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. As a boot-strapped founder aka our biggest investor, one of the things I leaned into uncovering was the unknown. Lean into it. What did our customers think? Step on the scale. We pitched.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

"When youve bootstrapped a business where youre not drawing a salary and depleting whatever savings you have, thats one of the very difficult things to do," says Toby Stuart, a professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.

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Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110