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When Customers Make You Smarter

Steve Blank

—— We’re into week 9 of teaching a Lean LaunchPad class for Life Sciences and Health Care (therapeutics, diagnostics, devices and digital health) at UCSF teaching with a team of veteran venture capitalists. He’s an expert in the intersection between technological innovations and system improvement in healthcare.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC

ReadWriteStart

Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV (( Technology Crossover Ventures ). I have been in and around technology for over ten years. I will say the one thing we tell all our portfolio companies is to get fit and lean in. I like the get fit and lean in. Jonathan Siddharth .

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This Is Why You Should Start A Subscription Box Business

YoungUpstarts

Subscription business models have been around for a pretty long time, but thanks to modern technology, this model has evolved from milk or newspapers delivery to a versatile eCommerce experience. by Stefan Pretty, founder of Subbly. It is a bootstrappable model. In most cases, urgency and overwhelm can create a lot of stress.

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How to Craft (Or Pivot) Your Agency Value Proposition

ConversionXL

These days, many agencies start as a lean operation. Inversely, if you’re using the agency model to fund another startup or product, you should probably keep things lean. Churn rate was high for a service that many organizations saw as a “nice to have.” Why—or why not—pivot your agency service offering? Image source ).

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How to Write a Business Plan for a Subscription Box Service

Up and Running

But if you’re writing a plan as an internal guide for strategic growth, you should consider a lighter version— a Lean Plan. A Lean Plan can also serve as an initial plan that helps you think through all the aspects of starting your business. The five key metrics to judge your subscription model’s success are: Churn and churn rate.

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Focus on awareness and metrics are keys to success

Up and Running

These students are typically attracted to Internet and technology start-ups, given that these share favourable industry characteristics such as significant addressable markets, low barriers to entry, modest initial capital requirements and relatively low costs of customer acquisition. Who needs a business plan when there is work to be done?”

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