Customer Development Design Lean Liquidity Event 
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 9, 2013
As our Lean LaunchPad for Life Sciences class winds down, a good number of the 26 teams are trying to figure out whether they should go forward to turn their class project into a business. It was a lifelong lesson that taught me to never start a business where you hate your customers. It never goes well. You just want them to go away.
Steve Blank
JUNE 23, 2016
ARM, a competitor, not only had a better, much lower power processor, but a better business model – they licensed their architecture to other companies that designed their own products. Capital is returned to these investors through liquidity events (originally public offerings, but today mostly acquisitions).
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Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
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.
Steve Blank
JULY 2, 2009
Video Games At SuperMac , Peter Barrett was the witty and creative 24-year old Australian engineer who had designed several of our most successful products, culminating with the software for the Video Spigot. I had no idea what I wanted to do next, and would get paid to think about it? How could it go wrong? Little did I know.
Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2013
Just as a reminder, a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. In a Lean Startup , the goal is to preserve your cash until you find a repeatable and scalable business model. How much do they need to own at a liquidity event? What’s a Startup? What is an IRR?
Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2013
Just as a reminder, a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. In a Lean Startup , the goal is to preserve your cash until you find a repeatable and scalable business model. How much do they need to own at a liquidity event? What’s a Startup? What is an IRR?
www.vccafe.com
MARCH 11, 2013
Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Customer service. Event platforms. Design/Front End: Twitter Bootstrap : Include this in your website, and you are half finished. LiveRoad : A Great IDE for design is very helpful. Codeacademy.
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