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.

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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?

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

I’m Hannah, founder and CEO at Babbler. We change the way PR gets done by connecting companies with relevant reporters. We are simplifying the process of getting featured (for companies) and curate PR content (for reporters). As Uber’s founder Travis Kalanick is fond of quoting: “Uber is efficiency with elegance on top.

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Burn Rate Product Cofounder PR 54

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Announce a new product, start its PR campaign, and engage in buzz marketing activities. Even if you must launch to your customers, avoid the urge to also launch in extra places, just because your PR firm can do it at the same time. If you are having trouble raising money, sometimes a little PR can help. Help you raise money.

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San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

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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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 117

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

When a co-founder walks out of a company — as was the case for me — you’ve already been dealt a heavy blow. So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders. Too much PR, too early. Furthermore, founders become highly emotional about their companies.

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Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

Launch with a PR blitz, including mentions in major mainstream publications. The passionate early adopters who flocked to the product at its launch could not sustain this outsized burn rate. As with many Silicon Valley failures, a flawless PR launch turned into a flawed customer acquisition strategy. Expo SF (May.

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