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Fund Raising is a Means Not an End

Steve Blank

In a Lean Startup , the goal is to preserve your cash until you find a repeatable and scalable business model. In normal times, when there aren’t dollars to undo mistakes, you use Customer Development to find product-market fit. How much do they need to own at a liquidity event? When to raise money.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

Lean Startups/Back to Basics (2000-2010): No IPO’s, limited VC cash, lack of confidence and funding fuels “lean startup” era with limited M&A and even less IPO activity. They taught you about customers, markets and profits. The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering.

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Fund Raising is a Means Not an End

Steve Blank

In a Lean Startup , the goal is to preserve your cash until you find a repeatable and scalable business model. In normal times, when there aren’t dollars to undo mistakes, you use Customer Development to find product-market fit. How much do they need to own at a liquidity event? When to raise money.

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Startup Resources

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Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Steve Blank’s Lean Startup Resources. Lean Startup Circle â?? on demand billing and fraud management. Lean project management. Customer Development. Codeacademy. Steve Blank.