Customer Development Equity Product Development Search 
David Teten
APRIL 1, 2021
I’ve recently advised a number of emerging private equity and VC funds who are wrestling with the question: What are the highest impact steps they can take to support their portfolio companies? . Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies.
Steve Blank
MARCH 4, 2014
These groups are adapting or adopting the practices of startups and accelerators – disruption and innovation rather than direct competition, customer development versus more product features, agility and speed versus lowest cost. Somewhere in the dim past of the company, it too was a startup searching for a business model.
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Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 14, 2009
Unlike other incubator-led programs, this workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn, and it does not require companies take investment or give out equity. Im working on a future post where Ill share the details of how I used customer development to shape both the content and packaging of this event, so look for that soon.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 5, 2010
It is the ultimate product development get-started guide to Lean Startup. Also included is the incredible Venture Hacks Bible, which is worth the price of admission on its own, and The Entrepreneurs Guide to Customer Development (which I previously reviewed here). And theres so much more. And theres so much more.
viniciusvacanti.com
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
I write this post to put you out of your miserable technical co-founder search and give you some realistic options. In hindsight, the $3,000 we spent basically served to keep us busy while we continued to search for a co-founder. I still believe the guy writes great code but we just weren't getting anything useable out of him.
Startup Lessons Learned
OCTOBER 30, 2008
Offer equity instead of cash. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Everybody should be selling. Selling is an honorable profession. Everyone from the receptionist to engineers is selling. Not just about expenses, about increasing revenue. Voluntary salary reduction program.
ConversionXL
FEBRUARY 9, 2016
Startups don’t have access to the same resources or brand equity. September 2013 – Ryan Holiday publishes Growth Hacker Marketing and urges people to build growth into the product itself so that it’s a self-sustaining, scalable growth machine. An Epic List of 100 Growth Hacks for Startups by Search Engine Journal.
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