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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. The mantra of “ first mover advantage ,” the idea that winners are the ones who are the first entrants in their market, became the conventional wisdom of investors in Silicon Valley.“ The Rise of the Lean Startup. But NewTV doesn’t plan on testing these hypotheses. And it may work.

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Beyond the Lemonade Stand: How to Teach High School Students Lean Startups

Steve Blank

While the Lean LaunchPad class has been adopted by Universities and the National Science Foundation, the question we get is, “Can students in K-12 handle an experiential entrepreneurship class?” For their first startup, we chose a 3-year old funded company that was working to refine its customer segment and channel for its physical product.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.” But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit.

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How to Raise Money – It’s a Journey Not An Event

Steve Blank

And thanks to Ann Miura-Ko of Floodgate (my first Lean LaunchPad co-instructor) for her suggestions. At the end of this post, we’ll discuss the valuation at each step (how much the investors value your company and therefore how much of it you need to give up to get this money) and how much revenue you should generate at each step.).

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

www.readwriteweb.com

Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here. You can register for the next roundtable here. She has founded three companies, writes a business blog, Sramana Mitra on Strategy , and runs the 1M/1M initiative.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

www.readwriteweb.com

Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here. You can register for the next roundtable here. She has founded three companies, writes a business blog, Sramana Mitra on Strategy , and runs the 1M/1M initiative.

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Twitter Link Roundup #125 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. Billion Valuation, Multiple VCs Say – [link]. Lean Marketing Tips: Hyperlocal Marketing Channels – [link]. How Chicago Is Beating Silicon Valley At The Patent Game – [link]. Spotify Is Raising At A Stunning $3.5