Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Over the years Dino and I brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. However, four critical advances over the past decade (cloud, accelerators, Lean, and Angels) not only changed the math for tech investing but made regional tech clusters possible. The inevitable failures then damaged returns.

Early Stage 290

Early Stage Silicon Valley Oregon Technical Review 290

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Lean Startups/Back to Basics (2000-2010): No IPO’s, limited VC cash, lack of confidence and funding fuels “lean startup” era with limited M&A and even less IPO activity. The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2013

In a Lean Startup , the goal is to preserve your cash until you find a repeatable and scalable business model. How much do they need to own at a liquidity event? The test is: If you add one more sales person or spend more marketing dollars, does your sales revenue go up by more than your expenses? When to raise money.

Venture Capital 334

Venture Capital IRR Liquidity Event Business Model 334

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2013

In a Lean Startup , the goal is to preserve your cash until you find a repeatable and scalable business model. How much do they need to own at a liquidity event? The test is: If you add one more sales person or spend more marketing dollars, does your sales revenue go up by more than your expenses? When to raise money.

Venture Capital 226

Venture Capital IRR Liquidity Event Business Model 226

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Small but important, this museum is the real deal with almost every artifact of the computing and pre-computing age (make sure you check out their events calendar.) If it’s a clear day and you have the money after a liquidity event, it’s a mind-blowing trip. South of Market (SoMa) is the home address and the epicenter of Web 2.0

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Venture Capital 335

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Amazon Web Services. Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Web Tools: Hereâ??s We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging. Mobile Tools: If you are a web developer, you donâ??t

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The Startup Lottery I need to stop here and say this: with a “hot idea&# startup the odds are overwhelmingly against ever getting funding, much less having a liquidity event that puts money in your pocket. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder.

Marketing 50

Marketing Software Review Technical Review Startup 50