Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. These bubble startups were actually guessing at their business model and did premature and aggressive hype and early company launches and had extremely high burn rates – all predicated on an IPO to raise more cash. The Rise of the Lean Startup. And it may work. IPOs dried up.

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Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Are startup burn rates out of control? Busting the Lean-Startup Myth – crowdspring.co/1ozOXHA. How Everything We Tell Ourselves About How Busy We Are Is A Lie | Fast Company – [link] crowdspring.co/1uH6HVo. They seem to be | AVC – crowdspring.co/1rbM5FT. Hiring startup engineers?

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. Even if you must launch to your customers, avoid the urge to also launch in extra places, just because your PR firm can do it at the same time. If you are having trouble raising money, sometimes a little PR can help. Help you raise money.

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San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

The Startup Toolkit

JUNE 27, 2012

For example, it’s very hard to go back to your old burn rate once you’ve hired a VP sales and it’s hard to re-vamp your product focus after a big PR campaign. 3] I mean organisational scale rather than technical scale — hiring, funding, advertising, etc. 2] Data via the startup genome project. [3]

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Burn Rate PR Campaign Hiring 35