Business Model Developer Liquidity Event Revenue 
Steve Blank
MARCH 16, 2016
But startups require money upfront for product development and later to scale. While you might be interested in building a company that changes the world, regardless of how long it takes, your investors are interested in funding a company that changes the world so they can have a liquidity event within the life of their fund ~7-10 years. (A
Steve Blank
JANUARY 22, 2014
Over the years Dino and I brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Few entrepreneurs find this scalable and repeatable business model because it’s not easy. The cloud , open-source development tools and web 2.0 I visited Bend last year and caught up with his progress.
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Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
Proposed private equity deal: Eventually, this business will require private equity to provide sufficient funding to develop some of the more robust aspects of the technology that will attract Fortune 500 clients. That is to say, they’d want to be able to control costs and revenues at a high level.
Steve Blank
JUNE 23, 2016
These resulting business models made them look incredibly profitable. They knew how to execute the current business model. Intel under their last two CEOs delivered more revenue and profit than any ever before. Horizon 1 – execute their existing business model(s). Lessons Learned.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 7, 2015
How the solution and business model work to fund the business. Every customer understands that your solution has to generate more revenue than cost, but you should not put that data in a customer pitch. Investors will impatiently expect a winning business model, customer segment definitions and volume projections.
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter. The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. The Business Plan (Concept- Alpha-Beta - FCS ) became the playbook for startups.
Steve Blank
JULY 15, 2010
Most of the startups they invested in either died by running out of money before they found a scalable business model or ended up in the “land of the living dead” by never growing (failing to Pivot.). Until 1995 startups going public typically had a track record of revenue and profits. Startup lifecycle in an IPO Market.
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