Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2016

Capital is returned to these investors through liquidity events (originally public offerings, but today mostly acquisitions). They’re better than large companies at identifying customer needs/problems and finding product/market fit by pivoting rapidly. Filed under: Corporate Innovation , Customer Development.

Architecture 227

Architecture IRR Balance Sheet Liquidity Event 227

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

They taught you about customers, markets and profits. The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. Startups needed millions of dollars of funding just to get their first product out the door to customers. and aim for hundreds of millions of customers. The New Exits.

Internet 335

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 335

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

Number of Venture Backed Liquidity Events 1991-2000. Number of Venture Backed Liquidity Events 2000-2010. New, agile and adroit venture firms with new business models have emerged to deal with the reality that 1) web 2.0 During the decade between 1991 and 2000, nearly 2000 venture backed companies went public.

Venture Capital 303

Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 303

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Customer service. Event platforms. Google Custom Search Engine. Customer Relationship Management. great web customer acquisition tutorials. customer retention, churn reduction, lifetime value. free/cheap web customer relationship mgmt software.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53