Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

Behind this analysis is a spreadsheet model, complete with detailed metrics for a set of customer behaviors that show just how valuable the new product will be. They are on-schedule and on-budget, but their gross metrics are way off. They are on-schedule and on-budget, but their gross metrics are way off. Expo SF (May.

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Hockey Stick San Francisco Entrepreneur Lean 105

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. This wasn’t very impressive, but we had two things going for us: A hockey stick shaped growth curve. People often forget the most important part of the hockey stick: the long flat part. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

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Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Ill exclude those non- lean startups who basically exist for the purpose of raising bigger and bigger sums of money. Most important slide: hockey stick Micro-scale results Key questions: who is the customer, and how do you know? How does a lean start-up find the all-star team worthy of pitching? Expo SF (May.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 128

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

The full audio and slide deck are free to watch above, and the full transcript can be read below: 14 Tips on How to Pitch and Get Funded: Caroline Cummings: I first want to talk a little bit about LivePlan. Food, technology, bioscience, services, you need to know the metrics for your model. How many people are going to leave?

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Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60