Steve Blank
JANUARY 22, 2014
The cloud , open-source development tools and web 2.0 as a distribution channel have vastly reduced the amount of capital a startup needs at the early stage when the risk is greatest. Late stage large regionally based funds that invest in late stage or mezzanine deals. The inevitable failures then damaged returns.
Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2009
Yet for every founder there are 10-20 other employees who take the near-equivalent risks in joining an early-stage company. If you’re not a founder (by choice, timing or temperament,) you may be an early employee or a later stage startup employee. link] a few seconds ago from web [.] You’re not joining a big company.
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Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
He had an idea for a new class of enterprise software insight-as-a-service based on big data web analytics as a Cloud/SaaS (Software As a Service) application. Bob had taken to heart the business model canvas and Customer Development lessons. Filed under: Customer Development , Family/Career/Culture.
Startup Lessons Learned
FEBRUARY 20, 2009
The sooner you pass your work on to a later stage, the sooner you can find out how they will receive it. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,
Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 12, 2009
However, this financial bar has had the effect of excluding one segment of potential customers that Id really like to see there - early stage entrepreneurs who have all the intelligence and vision of their later stage counterparts, but simply cannot afford the cash flow to attend. Expo SF (May. . Expo SF (May.
Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2013
A seed round can come from friends, family, Kickstarter, angels – and most importantly, early customers. These sources are a lot more forgiving of iterations and pivots than later-stage venture-capital funds. In normal times, when there aren’t dollars to undo mistakes, you use Customer Development to find product-market fit.
Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2013
A seed round can come from friends, family, Kickstarter, angels – and most importantly, early customers. These sources are a lot more forgiving of iterations and pivots than later-stage venture-capital funds. In normal times, when there aren’t dollars to undo mistakes, you use Customer Development to find product-market fit.
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