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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” How little we all knew how ironic that term would become but has nonetheless endured. just to name a few! each with partners as the lead.

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Why Continuous Deployment?

Startup Lessons Learned

Of all the tactics I have advocated as part of the lean startup , none has provoked as many extreme reactions as continuous deployment , a process that allows companies to release software in minutes instead of days, weeks, or months. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

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Lessons Learned: A hierarchy of pitches

Startup Lessons Learned

Ill exclude those non- lean startups who basically exist for the purpose of raising bigger and bigger sums of money. Their idea was to build a next-generation autonomous robot, that could be used by defense and security agencies around the world. How does a lean start-up find the all-star team worthy of pitching? Expo SF (May.

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John Doerr's 10 lean startup tips

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, October 30, 2008 John Doerrs 10 lean startup tips I just saw video of John Doerrs talk yesterday at VentureBeat’s “How to manage your start-up in the downturn&# roundtable event. All cash in most secure possible instruments. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Bullpen Capital's Duncan Davidson on VC Funding and "The Era of Cheap"

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There used to be the Four Horsemen of the IPO world, back in the '80s and '90s. Brown & Sons, Montgomery Securities. When they exited the scene, the small IPO market followed suit. A company can validate its growth metrics, Bullpen believes, in as little as four to six months after its initial funding periods.

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Minimum Viable Product: a guide

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, August 3, 2009 Minimum Viable Product: a guide One of the most important lean startup techniques is called the minimum viable product. I was delighted to be asked to give a brief talk about the MVP at the inaugural meetup of the lean startup circle here in San Francisco. Thanks Eric.

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Lessons Learned: The ABCDEF's of conducting a technical interview

Startup Lessons Learned

I remember once being asked in a Microsoft group interview (and dinner) about the ActiveX security model. I remember answering "What security model?" Turns out, I had been lecturing the creator of the ActiveX security model. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. At the time, I was a die-heard Java zealot.