Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

A version of this article is in the Harvard Business Review. Technology cycles have become a treadmill, and for startups to survive they need to be on a continuous innovation cycle. 20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. Technology Cycles Measured in Years. This seems to be occurring more and more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. One more key employee or one more investor will probably not turn the situation around. due diligence employees investors startup'

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David Teten

MAY 7, 2019

Do you wish there was a product to help companies “Get things done” by leveraging your own employees, your employees’ networks, and more broadly other influencers around you? . Q: Is this civic tech? You must have a strong product management pedigree. If the answer is yes to any of these, keep reading. A nonprofit?

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David Teten

JULY 10, 2019

Do you wish there was a product to help advocacy organizations and companies “Get things done” by leveraging their own employees, their employees’ networks, and more broadly other influencers around them? . Q: Is this civic tech? Our technology can also scale to other geographies. A nonprofit? Q: Who’s on the team?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2016

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. One more key employee or one more investor will probably not turn the situation around. How complex is the capitalization table?

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 9, 2022

The landscape businesses operate in has been permanently altered after two years of remote working due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s certainly tested traditional management styles as managers continue to learn to trust people and ensure they are productive, meet deadlines and meet KPI’s with ease. 5: Team building.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We Running comparative calculations, Arsenault figures that “two senior engineers plus a product manager/marketer for 40 hours per month, times 6 months, would be 720 hours to get to our MVP.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The key to successfully managing this type of schedule? Having excellent project management skills and being able to prioritize tasks effectively across all your clients’ projects. Effective project management skills are key in managing a flexible schedule. How much do fractional CMOs make?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. You need to have passionate tech entrepreneurs who want to build businesses locally. The ingredients are all here.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We Running comparative calculations, Arsenault figures that “two senior engineers plus a product manager/marketer for 40 hours per month, times 6 months, would be 720 hours to get to our MVP.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

You’ve got a great idea and domain expertise, but limited money and insufficient technology resources. intrapreneurs, e.g., the employee of GE who is tasked with launching a new business. intrapreneurs, e.g., the employee of GE who is tasked with launching a new business. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. Hire fewer employees until you’re bursting at the seems with work for the ones you have.

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Altgate

JUNE 25, 2012

—————– Dead equity — equity held by employees and founders no longer working at the company — is a large and growing problem. Facebook’s situation is far from unique, even among recent tech IPOs. Re-posted from post co-authored with Prof. Noam Wasserman on Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Let me preface by saying I obviously have a vested interest in being wrong about tough times ahead but as the old saying goes, “hope for best, plan for the worst.”. Here talking about lithium-ion batteries and the early lead we’ve squandered in that market: “ With some technologies, both scaling and innovation take place overseas.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

Always have a vesting schedule. If you work too long without victories, your investors, employees, family, and you yourself will lose faith. Pick new ideas because they’ve been made possible by other social or technological change. Being good at engineering has nothing to do with being good at product management.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. And if trouble withinvestors is one of the biggest threats to a startup, managing themis one of the most important skills founders need to learn.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

There are many ways to measure technical skills and check work histories and achievements, but assessment of team chemistry is a high art form. Startups often hand out shares, options, and warrants for employees and for contractors rendering needed services. Are the logistics manageable? Some products are very simple to message.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

The macro reason: that’s the way most of the great technology companies have been built. At Andreessen Horowitz, our primary goal is to invest in the great technology franchises. VMware—Diane Greene. (*) While not technically cofounders, Andy Grove and Thomas Watson, Sr. Sun—Scott McNeely. Thomas Watson, Sr.

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www.mattbartus.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

We will grant him/her X% fully diluted shares up front, and every time he/she makes an introduction, he/she will vest in 100 shares.” People tend to underestimate how much record keeping is involved with managing employees and consultants, and this just adds an unacceptable extra burden. link] Casey Allen. Keep on rocking!

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The Next Web

JUNE 21, 2015

Suggested by: Brittany Berger , Content & PR Manager @ Mention. Suggested by: Brittany Berger , Content & PR Manager @ Mention. Suggested by: Brittany Berger , Content & PR Manager @ Mention. This book has been on my radar even since Buffer announced they were experimenting with having no managers.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

I was having trouble managing remote teams and keeping track of their billable hours after working with them for a long, therefore Hubstaff was born. Increased productivity means increased profits allowing manufacturers to pay higher wages and attract the best employees. As with any other firm, this one is destined for success.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 10, 2011

One of the biggest lessons I learned is when going into business that requires heavy technical work, such as the e-commerce website (programmed in PhP) we ran, it is better to find a programmer that will work with you on a profit sharing basis rather than payment per task. You can guess what happened.

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venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

but it’s manageable. The best sellers can sell to customers, partners, investors, and employees. He can be technical, but he must be able to wield the tools of influence. What you don’t know Business founders who don’t code use bad proxies for picking technical co-founders (&# 10 years with Java!&# ).

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The Startup Toolkit

JANUARY 10, 2017

First, some examples: A buddy of mine had done the hard work of finding two excellent tech cofounders. Another friend was thrown for a loop when his cofounder not only quit, but then actively poached the entire tech team to work for his new agency. Employees can blackmail or extort you. A solution at the end.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. Allen, Greylock, and General Atlantic wouldn’t be in the building on weekends and neither would the employees bother to come in. Go vest yourself. You should sign up for our newsletter here. During this year they. Company : RiotVine. Author : Kabir.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I have the knowledge in tech to implement it. If you’re looking for technical talent – go to the dev meetups. what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project?

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Right now, my business is just myself and a part-time employee who does support, testing, and product usability design. Im confident that this business will be able to compensate these two additional principles along the way, after initial risk of investing their time, and will later reward their vesting with an exit strategy.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Good investors use the valuation discussions to gauge the business savvy of the management team and to understand their ability to appreciate and deal with economic market forces that set values.   For individual angels and others investing their own money, this may be more fluid than for someone with responsibility for a managed fund.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

He also has strongly held ideas about structuring a company to institutionalize these intentions to make sure the next leader, future employees, and the next board will be true to that philosophy. 47:49) Brian on the letter he wrote to employees to announce the layoffs and the response to it. (50:17) 6,000, 7,000 employees.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Doubtful we’d have access to such a rich employee pool any other way. Vest, young man. Starting a company without vesting your stock is like getting your girlfriend pregnant on the first date. I will store and review again and again. I will store and review again and again. So when can I pitch to you?

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). Guess which technology we have the least trouble with. You have a CEO that clearly hasn’t taken the time to understand a technology platform. More comments at the end.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Beware The Consultant John Greathouse – Posted in: Cash Flow Management , Launching Venture , Strategic Planning. Unlike employee training costs, which can typically be spread over years of service, the relative return from training a consultant is modest and pricey. Thanks for visiting! Consultant.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Now most of yourpeople will be employees rather than founders. Poor Investor Management As a founder, you have to manage your investors. How hard you have to work on managing investors usually depends onhow much money youve taken. It happens so oftenthat weve reversed our attitude to vesting.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 16, 2012

In February, I got contacted by a former management consultant who was now working in an operations role for a high profile startup. I wasn't hiring, but I agreed to meet him due to his generous offer. It's not even a matter of considering your potential employees carefully. We met up and I was super impressed.

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