Gust

JUNE 10, 2012

Even for low-tech startups, the scope of information available on the Internet, and its global reach, has had a similar financial impact on the many other challenges facing every startup founder. Founders now routinely use their home to operate their startup until they are well into the revenue phase. Facilities and staff.

Cost 139

Cost Burn Rate SEM Startup 139

Mucker Lab

MARCH 8, 2016

In reality, we are scrappy founders, just like the entrepreneurs we serve. We’ve been doing Internet stuff our whole careers, since the graphical web became a mass-market, commercial medium in the 1990s. And we aren’t afraid to roll up our sleeves and get our hands dirty alongside the founders in our portfolio. We understand.

Burn Rate 60

Burn Rate Limited Partner Bootstrapping Portfolio 60

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

I’m Hannah, founder and CEO at Babbler. We knew we would solve the problem faster by having access to the Techstars network and accelerator program (5000+ founders, mentors and investors worldwide) Learn how to scale our business and automate sales and csm by exporting our SaaS in a foreign and huge market: the US.

Burn Rate 54

Burn Rate Product Cofounder PR 54

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2020

In January of this year, he arrived in the US with his co-founders as part of the winter 2020 YCombinator batch. When the shelter in place orders began, Alpha found himself living in a tiny Airbnb with his other co-founders, Having just arrived from the UK to do the start up program, YCombinator. Alpha Lee : Right.

Artificial Inteligence 60

Artificial Inteligence Open Source Cofounder Design 60

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

In future posts I’ll describe how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provide the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. But if you have a web based product the right answer may be 300-500. Thank you, Steve.

Customer Development 253

Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 253

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

San Francisco 117

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 117

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

And even worse, wed cranked up the burn rate in order to be ready to handle all those millions of mainstream customers we anticipated. Founders push for it. In some ways, founders are even worse. My experience is that many founders actually have a deep anxiety that maybe they are not succeeding. Expo SF (May.

San Francisco 168

San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

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. Post-Mortem Title : Lessons from Kiko, web 2.0 Post-Mortem Title : BricaBox: Goodbye World!

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

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.

San Francisco 150

San Francisco Lean Agile Continuous Deployment 150