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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Given Verizon just shut down Go90 , its short form content video service, it will be interesting to see if Verizon distributes Katzenberg’s offerings.). Will these third parties produce something people will watch? But NewTV doesn’t plan on testing these hypotheses.

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How to Survive Four Common Worst Case Scenarios

Startup Professionals Musings

There are unknowns at every turn, leading product development, attracting customers, managing cash, and dealing with human resources and office politics. Make it clear that you intend to re-forecast your plan every three months, and communicate changes proudly to your team, rather than apologetically.

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Four Common Startup Issues Which Threaten Survival

Startup Professionals Musings

There are unknowns at every turn, leading product development, attracting customers, managing cash, and dealing with human resources and office politics. Make it clear that you intend to re-forecast your plan every three months, and communicate changes proudly to your team, rather than apologetically.

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Worst Case Survival Guide for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

There are unknowns at every turn, leading product development, attracting customers, managing cash, and dealing with human resources and office politics. Make it clear that you intend to re-forecast your plan every three months, and communicate changes proudly to your team, rather than apologetically.

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How to Use Growth Hacking to Increase Revenue 20x in Just 12 Months

Up and Running

1x hacker in charge of product/development. 1x hipster working with both product and growth. See Also: A Complete Guide to Forecasting Sales for Your Monthly Subscription (SaaS) Business. Cost of Acquisition (CAC): The total cost of acquiring a user through a given channel. Apr-15: Head of Marketing (growth team).

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Track the Ten Elements of Value for Your Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Products: You obviously can’t create value without a viable product (or service) to sell. This section of your Venture Value Scorecard should summarize the important advances you have made recently in research and product development. His website is [link].

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The Leading Cause of Startup Death – Part 1: The Product.

Steve Blank

This series of posts is a brief explanation of how we’ve evolved from Product Development to Customer Development to the Lean Startup. The Product Development Diagram Emerging early in the twentieth century, this product-centric model described a process that evolved in manufacturing industries.