Early Stage Lean Product Development Seed Stage 
This is going to be BIG.
AUGUST 22, 2012
In a way, you can think of BD as “sales when you don’t know what the product is yet.” It’s basically working with potential outside partners to reach your business goals--which could be revenue, distribution, financing, product development, awareness, etc.
Hippoland
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
Etc… At the pre-seed stage, a big way to stand out is if you have a V3 statement (as opposed to a V1 statement). Almost all of the companies we invested in in 2017 had customers even if they didn’t have much of a product. At the pre-seed stage, there is no way to prove that your thesis is right or wrong.
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Hippoland
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
Etc… At the pre-seed stage, a big way to stand out is if you have a V3 statement (as opposed to a V1 statement). Almost all of the companies we invested in in 2017 had customers even if they didn’t have much of a product. At the pre-seed stage, there is no way to prove that your thesis is right or wrong.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 27, 2009
Thirty years later we now realize that its one the causes of early startup failure. Thirty years later we now realize that its one the causes of early startup failure. This series of posts is a brief explanation of how we’ve evolved from Product Development to Customer Development to the Lean Startup.
www.vccafe.com
MARCH 11, 2013
Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Steve Blank’s Lean Startup Resources. Lean Startup Circle â?? Lean project management.
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