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Lean LaunchPad – For Deep Science and Technology

Steve Blank

We just finished the 11th annual Lean LaunchPad class at Stanford — our first version focused on deep science and technology. ” Below are the Lessons Learned presentations from the Lean LaunchPad for deep science and technology, as well as additional learnings from the class. Team TakeCare. Team CareMatch.

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Denouement

View from Seed

2009-2011: Retrenchment. But there is also opportunity in lean times. Roughly 18-24 months ago, people started to revisit the question of unit economics… what is the underlying profitability of a B2C transaction or a B2B SaaS contract once all the appropriate costs are factored in. Survival is the order of the day.

IPO 202
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Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor

Seeing Both Sides

As we have seen with the recent speed bumps at highfliers like Groupon and Zynga, taking “lean startups” from foundation to creating sustainable, scalable, profitable business models is a very rare and special task. Going B2C was daunting and not in our core DNA,” Kaufer remarked. As I mentioned in my post last week , scaling is hard.

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Denouement

Agile VC

2009-2011: Retrenchment. But there is also opportunity in lean times. Roughly 18-24 months ago, people started to revisit the question of unit economics… what is the underlying profitability of a B2C transaction or a B2B SaaS contract once all the appropriate costs are factored in. Survival is the order of the day.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. based companies initially funded by venture capital between 2006 and 2011, 84% now are closely held and operating independently, 11% were acquired or made initial public offerings of stock and 4% went out of business, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Most Popular.

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.

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How To Suck At Social Media: An Indispensable Guide For Businesses

Occam's Razor

In this post let's look at each Social Network, see what B2B and B2C brands are doing there today, from that draw lessons as to 1. In my Oct 2011 post, Best Social Media Metrics , I'd created four metrics to quantify this value. Let's look at B2C companies. So, let's fix that error. Success Metrics.