Customer Development Employee Forecast IPO 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
With fewer than 10 employees but almost $2-billion dollars in the bank, they plan on jumping right in. As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
When Ive asked mentors of mine who have worked in big companies about the role of the CTO, they usually talk about the importance of being the external face of the companys technology platform; an evangelist to developers, customers, and employees. I am very impressed and will use this and a direct reference many times.
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Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 30, 2008
Get 18 months or more of cash (runway) in the business against a conservative forecast. Over-communicate with employees, investors, customers. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Act now, act with speed. Defer all facilities expansions, capital expenditures.
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 9, 2009
Almost all of them got scooped up by pre-IPO Google this time. That year, right before the IPO, those months mattered a great deal in terms of financial outcomes. Then I wouldnt have the chance to work with the incredible employees and mentors from whom I learned so much. I was "lucky" to not be laid off, or so I thought.
Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 13, 2008
Hes a new employee, and he was not properly trained in TDD So far, this isnt much different from the kind of analysis any competent operations team would conduct for a site outage. Instead, five whys kept leading to problems caused by an improperly trained new employee, and wed make a small adjustment. What is customer development?
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