Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 2, 2009
For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. Over its lifetime a Lean Startup may spend less money than a traditional startup. Lets see why.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
This post describes how following the traditional product development can lead to a “startup death spiral.&# In the next posts that follow, I’ll describe how this model’s failures led to the Customer Development Model – offering a new way to approach startup sales and marketing activities.
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Up and Running
OCTOBER 7, 2019
However, as a founder of a small business or startup, you’re juggling many things. While the right metrics will depend on your business objectives and specific circumstances, there are some basic KPIs you should keep an eye on: Startup KPIs. Customer churn rate: shows the percentage of customers lost in a given period (e.g.,
Steve Blank
APRIL 20, 2009
This wave of 1950′s/’60′s startups (Watkins-Johnson, Varian, Huggins Labs, MEC, Stewart Engineering, etc.) military by other new startups; Sylvania Electronics Defense Laboratory, Granger Associates, Philco, Dalmo Victor, ESL and Argosystems.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 24, 2017
The longer you wait to start your own business, the higher the default burn rate, and the less happy you will be to take a financial step down. Relish being the expert within a limited vertical domain. Thus big-company executives tend to under-estimate learning costs in a startup.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 23, 2011
Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00 Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. What gets you interested in a startup? (16:35-19:35). The entrepreneur’s story and what brought them to their startup business. 6:00 – 7:30). 16:35-19:35). 22:00-33:00).
www.chubbybrain.com
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time. Update – As a followup, we analyzed all of these startup failure post-mortems to identify the top 20 reasons for startup failure. Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. Post-Mortem Title : How My Startup Failed.
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