Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

It follows up on my posts discussing why early stage startups should — or should not — move to Silicon Valley. Early adopters, especially those who are willing to pay for novel services, are the lifeblood of lean startups. Silicon Valley is known for early adopters among both consumer and enterprise customers.

Early Stage 54

Early Stage Austin Silicon Valley San Antonio 54

View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

We have companies in Chicago, San Francisco (and elsewhere in Silicon Valley), Omaha, and New York. Here’s Mike’s comment: Boston’s B2C problem is one of values. To become a truly special consumer tech community, Boston needs more pillar B2C companies. At NextView, we invest across the US.

Boston 120

Boston Cofounder B2C PR 120

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. We attempted to use Waterfall and market ourselves as B2C. It was a disaster.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Software Review 60

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Your presentation doesn’t have a single word about Lean Startups or Customer Development. Would you modify any of this if you had a B2B product instead of a B2C product, where every potential customer is also a potential competitor? Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Progress is the same.

Customer Development 266

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 266

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Our venture was selected for competitive accelerator spots & recognition from media and mentors from Austin, Chicago and Silicon Valley to work on this problem and capture the value its solution provided. As a boot-strapped founder aka our biggest investor, one of the things I leaned into uncovering was the unknown.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

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.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110