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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. The Rise of the Lean Startup. The idea of the Lean Startup was built on top of the rubble of the 2000 Dot-Com crash. Lean started from the observation that you cannot ask a question that you have no words for. 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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8 Keys To Starting A Venture With Minimal Equity Loss

Startup Professionals Musings

Use multiple social-media channels, blogging, email and voicemail to build the same image and responsiveness as larger competitors. Adding free users or customers to increase valuation makes sense for a venture-backed startup looking to go public, but will kill bootstrapping. Operate small, but show a big-company image.

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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

Bootstrapping inculcates the entrepreneurial discipline and financial responsibility to run a lean business. ? The bridge or exit stage is generally of very large transactions and for companies with substantial valuation. I have already uploaded a video on creating a business plan on my channel – [link]. Crowdfunding.

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How Investors Think About Valuation of Pre-Revenue Startups

SoCal CTO

Because of this, I've always tried to stay up-to-speed on how early-stage investors look at valuation of companies. Bill Payne is an expert on how early-stage investors should look at valuation. He just post: Establishing the Pre-money Valuation of Pre-revenue Startups. What are they really looking for? is a requirement.

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8 Ways To Get Your Business Going Without Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Use multiple social-media channels, blogging, email and voicemail to build the same image and responsiveness as larger competitors. Adding free users or customers to increase valuation makes sense for a venture-backed startup looking to go public, but will kill bootstrapping. Operate small, but show a big-company image.

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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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