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No Plan Survives First Contact With Customers – Business Plans versus Business Models

Steve Blank

We thought we’d take our plan and go raise seed money. We can’t raise money knowing our plan is wrong.”. Then they had a five-year P&L statement, balance sheet, cash flow and cap table. He replied, “Well the customers are not acting like we predicted in our plan! Here’s why. It was an exquisitely crafted plan.

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Should Startups Care About Profitability?

Both Sides of the Table

If you don’t have a strong balance sheet and can’t hire more people that’s fine — but understand this may lead to slower growth. They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 I know this seems obvious but I promise you that even smart people forget this when talking about profitability.