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Fund Raising is a Means Not an End

Steve Blank

. • Repeatable: Startups may get orders that come from board members’ customer relationships or heroic, single-shot efforts of the CEO. Does our product or service solve a customer problem (product-market fit)? How do we attract, keep and grow customers? But to achieve scale, startups need risk capital.

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Fund Raising is a Means Not an End

Steve Blank

. • Repeatable: Startups may get orders that come from board members’ customer relationships or heroic, single-shot efforts of the CEO. Does our product or service solve a customer problem (product-market fit)? How do we attract, keep and grow customers? But to achieve scale, startups need risk capital.