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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

This allowed startups to build Minimal Viable Products (MVPs) – incremental and iterative prototypes – and put them in front of a large number of customers to get immediate feedback. And if the company does go public, the valuations are at least 10x of the last bubble.

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Lessons Learned: The three drivers of growth for your business.

Startup Lessons Learned

The law of large numbers (of customers) says you cant help but make at least some money - your valuation is determined by how well you monetize the tidal wave of growth. In this model, you take some fraction of the lifetime value of each customer and plow that back into paid acquisition through SEM, banner ads, PR, affiliates, etc.

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How to Flip Your Startup in 5 Steps

ReadWriteStart

Flip startups are agile startups that aim to exit quickly. This is lean development without any customer development. In addition, channels such as Applifier, Appsumo or the Humble Indie Bundle have made it easy to reach large groups of users. The development part is similar to a lean startup: you want to be agile.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

When the product and channel are bits, adoption by 10’s and 100’s of millions and even billions of users can happen in years versus decades. Continuous innovation requires the imagination and courage to challenge the initial hypotheses of your current business model (channel, cost, customers, products, supply chain, etc.)

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Startup Resources

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