Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup. Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money. And it may work.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014
I was driving home from the BIO conference in San Diego last month and had lots of time for a phone call with Dave, an ex student and now a founder who wanted to update me on his Customer Discovery progress. neither you nor your cofounder can code and you’re building a mobile app? It takes weeks to make even a simple change.”.
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Mucker Lab
MAY 28, 2020
This post originally appeared in TechCrunch back in 2015, written by our co-founder and managing partner Erik Rannala. That sounds absurd, but founders convince themselves that they’ve hired the right people at the right moment. Sometimes founders misapply lean startup methodology. Hire the wrong people.
Feld Thoughts
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
Dick is focusing his effort on getting some early customer validation and is using a Lean Startup approach. After signing the lease, Samir suggested that they could have saved a lot of money by using a co-working space but once the decision was made and the lease signed, there was no turning back.
crowdSPRING Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2014
Inside the Mind of a Technical Founder | OpenView Blog by Larry Kim – crowdspring.co/1u7Fz1b. 5 Signs You’ve Got the Wrong Co-Founder – crowdspring.co/1u17ovZ. 12 Qualities To Look For In A Co-Founder – crowdspring.co/1m97mzy. Are startup burn rates out of control? 1ozOXHA.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 30, 2009
The passionate early adopters who flocked to the product at its launch could not sustain this outsized burn rate. I know of at least five former employees that went on to become startup founders. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. We can capitalize on new customers. Expo SF (May.
Startup Lessons Learned
MARCH 27, 2009
In lean times, it’s most important to focus on cutting costs in ways that speed you up, not slow you down. Unfortunately for the current crop of founders, there is intense pressure to engage in selective memory when companies tell the story of their founding. And, of course, theres the Lean Startup session at the upcoming Web 2.0
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