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Create Structure out of the Gate and You’ll Thank Yourself Later

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The investors, founders, and “community” are all super excited about ASC. Early customer development talks are going great which keeps the team really excited. Every now and then, investors are told things are going great and the founders are really excited about what they are doing. It’s too early for that s**t.

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Business Plans Are An Historical Artifact

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When I reread the plan several years ago for amusement, it motivated me to go dig up plans for other successful companies that I was a co-founder of or early investor in, including NetGenesis and Harmonix. I went on to create a company, with my partner Dave Jilk, that bore very little resemblance to that business plan.

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Lean Startup Machine Boulder

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What I saw yesterday is further evidence of this – 13 teams spent from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon using the Lean Startup Methodology, the concept of customer development, and the lean startup canvas to go from idea through a series of validated learnings to get to a better idea.

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NEXT by Startup Weekend in Boulder

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We learned how to do customer development, conduct empathy interviews, and build a real MVP (not just an alpha version). Single founders can sign up, but co-founders are encouraged to attend together. We learned how to take an idea and turn it into a company the right way using the Lean Startup process.

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