Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

As a result, the companies get a lot of exposure to VCs, investors, and partners in larger, more traditional startup hubs. Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. And do your customer development. These quotes are, as is my custom, straight from twitter.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Lean 113

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2013

Does our product or service solve a customer problem (product-market fit)? How do we attract, keep and grow customers? Who are the partners? If you’re a scalable startup, you want to spend small amounts of money (seed capital) as you run experiments testing your hypotheses. And what are its costs? What is an IRR?

Venture Capital 334

Venture Capital IRR Liquidity Event Business Model 334

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2013

Does our product or service solve a customer problem (product-market fit)? How do we attract, keep and grow customers? Who are the partners? If you’re a scalable startup, you want to spend small amounts of money (seed capital) as you run experiments testing your hypotheses. And what are its costs? What is an IRR?

Venture Capital 226

Venture Capital IRR Liquidity Event Business Model 226

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? “How What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. A few nuggets.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44