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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

On top of all this it was considered very bad form not to have at least four additional consecutive quarters of profits after an IPO.) They taught you about customers, markets and profits. The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down.

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Reinventing Life Science Startups – Medical Devices and Digital Health

Steve Blank

Because device IPOs are rare, and M&A is much tougher, liquidity for investors is hard to find. Some startups in this field are actually beginning with Customer Development while others struggle with the classic execution versus search problem. Customer Development Lean LaunchPad Science and Industrial Policy Teaching'

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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

It’s entirely possible for the startup to be a massive success without having large aggregate numbers, because the startup has succeeded in finding a passionate, but small, early adopter base that has tremendous per-customer behavior. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup?

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Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases non-events

Startup Lessons Learned

Recently, he was bitten by the lean startup bug and has started writing about his experiences attempting to apply lean startup and customer development principles. Managing weekly releases got a lot harder once I started doing customer development. Things started to slip. Things started to slip.

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

(Steve calls this just Customer Validation , but I like to emphasize the learning aspect, so I accept a far more awkward phrase.) First of all, it means that most aggregate measures of success, like total revenue, are not very useful. Labels: agile , customer development 15comments: Scott Shapiro said.

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Lessons Learned: Please teach kids programming, Mr. President

Startup Lessons Learned

But aggregated across many schools, there are thousands or tens of thousands of them. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. ► May (3) Thank you Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the. .

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? [link] August 24, 2009 2:50 PM Quentin said. Very good "chewy" stuff, Eric - well done & thanks. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.