VC Cafe

JULY 26, 2020

“After the crash, venture capital was scarce to non-existent. ” Steve Blank, “Is the lean startup dead?” ” The Lean Startup movement started out of necessity. Capital resources alone don’t do the trick. Quibi didn’t stop to test the hypothesis with a lean startup approach.

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Lean Seed Capital Startup Burn Rate 214

The Startup Magazine

MAY 7, 2024

Lastly, note that using free crowdfunding sites provides an excellent cost-effective solution compared to seed capital or personal loans with high-interest rates. So if your campaign strongly leans towards social issues, Causes brings an exciting opportunity to leverage the power of passionate supporters.

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Campaign Seed Capital Social Network Global 146

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2013

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? What are revenue strategy and pricing tactics? If you’re a scalable startup, you want to spend small amounts of money (seed capital) as you run experiments testing your hypotheses.

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Venture Capital IRR Liquidity Event Business Model 334

Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2013

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? What are revenue strategy and pricing tactics? If you’re a scalable startup, you want to spend small amounts of money (seed capital) as you run experiments testing your hypotheses.

Venture Capital 226

Venture Capital IRR Liquidity Event Business Model 226

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of Venture Capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally. Venture Capital used to be a tight club clustered around formal firms located in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York.

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Restful Silicon Valley Puerto Rico San Jose 243