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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

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. Startups wrote business plans, generated expansive 5-year forecasts and executed (hired, spent and built) to the plan. ” Fire, Ready, Aim. He just hired Meg Whitman.

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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant

Steve Blank

Sloan put in place GM’s management accounting system (also borrowed from DuPont) that for the first time allowed the company to: 1) produce an annual operating forecast that compared each division’s forecast (revenue, costs, capital requirements and return on investment) with the company’s financial goals. What happened to him?

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14 Entrepreneurs Share Their Views on Writing a Business Plan or Not

Hearpreneur

2- Yes, to build a customer-centric business model Photo Credit: David Brewer We based and built it around the idea that our industry could, and should do better and that was the model that we were going to implement that idea as our core objective. Thanks to Evan Tunis, Florida Healthcare Insurance ! #2-

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. Your pitch is going to cover your strategy (what you’re going to do), your tactics (how you’re going to do it), your business model (how you will make money), and your schedule (who is doing what and when).

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Lean Management: 3 Things Your Business Can Learn from Toyota

Transformify

Initially, it will be your processes and product development road map that will require attention, to be followed by your product development roadmap and go to market strategy. Why so many startups and small businesses fail to build a sustainable business?

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9 Deadliest Start-up Sins

Steve Blank

Any dispassionate observer would recognize that on Day One, a start-up has no customers, and unless the founder is a true domain expert, he or she can only guess about the customer, problem, and business model. Founders, presuming they know their customers, assume they know all the features customers need.

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I’ve seen the Promised Land. And I might not get there with you.

Steve Blank

The startup founder who gets fired just as his/her company is growing into large company could be a cliché – if it wasn’t so true – and painful. I’ve been the founder who got fired, I’ve been on the board as my friends got fired and I’ve been the board member who fired the founders.

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