Cloud, Early Stage, Lean and Metrics

Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Over the years Dino and I brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds. However, four critical advances over the past decade (cloud, accelerators, Lean, and Angels) not only changed the math for tech investing but made regional tech clusters possible.

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Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 30, 2009 Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder Im very excited to announce a pair of events that will kick off a very busy fall speaking tour. The event will include a talk from Eric on The Lean Startup over dinner, followed by moderated table discussion and then final Q&A with Eric.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We back very early stage companies and work alongside executive teams as their build their teams, launch their products, announce their companies and raise their first downstream capital rounds. The biggest change for us in early-stage investing is that we now need to commit earlier. dot-com bonanza.

Pre-Money Valuation

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The Lean Startup Tokyo edition

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, June 9, 2009 The Lean Startup Tokyo edition I had a blast speaking at Startonomics Tokyo , which was organized to foster ties between the startup cultures in Japan and Silicon Valley. christinelu : if youre building a disruptive innovation.the only people who you want to talk to are early adopters.

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Lean San Francisco Japan Continuous Deployment

Lean Analytics: The Best Numbers for Non-Tech Companies

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. Analytics spark more questions and discussion than almost any other aspect of the Lean Startup method. Alistair and Ben, co-authors of the book Lean Analytics, will help you sort it out in our next webcast, Lean Analytics for Non-tech Companies.

Analytics

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Building a new startup hub

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

The companies I spoke to all agreed that the community there was extremely supportive, especially in the critical ulta-early-stage. Then, create an encouraging environment for early-stage companies. Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. And do your customer development.

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Create Structure out of the Gate and You’ll Thank Yourself Later

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Following is his advice to early stage entrepreneurs for creating structure in their company. So, I’ll explain my reasoning through the story of ASC, a fictitious company that has a combination of characteristics I’ve seen across a number of early stage companies. It’s too early for that s**t.

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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

In an early-stage startup especially, revenue is not an important goal in and of itself. Let’s start with a simple question: why do early-stage startups want revenue? Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. Time-to-complete-a-sale is not a bad metric for validated learning at this stage.

Customer

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Lessons Learned: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done.

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Another advantage of the early stages is that most dont have to juggle too many competing priorities. Growth - when you have existing customers, the pressure is on to grow your key metrics day-in day-out. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

The people who are the lifeblood of an early-stage startup are earlyvangelists. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev.

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San Francisco Customer Lean Continuous Deployment

It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

In a startup context, numbers like gross revenue are actually vanity metrics, not actionable metrics. One way to conceive of our goal in an early-stage venture is to incrementally “fill in the blanks&# for the business model that we think will one day power our startup. June 8, 2009 1:16 AM Colin said.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup

Lessons Learned on Mashable today

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2009

For the rest of us, there is an alternative: to create credibility by building a lean startup. At IMVU, we were terrified by how early we shipped (and charged for) our first product. The core of the article is my first attempt to articulate the key metrics (in graph form) that I believe demonstrate customer value. Expo SF (May.

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Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and what's changed since.

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 8, 2009

Lean methods present a third option: to invest in our process so that our design gets more feedback sooner and is more adaptable to changes in purpose. SBCE feels like it should fit into the lean startup nicely, but I can't quite figure out how. August 8, 2009 6:08 AM Phil Winkler said. August 9, 2009 2:54 AM Eric said.

Software Review

Software Review Design Software San Francisco

Lo, my 2295 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 4, 2009

This is important, especially if you are a very early stage company. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Expo SF (May.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

The Promise of the Lean Startup

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, August 20, 2009 The Promise of the Lean Startup Im honored to have a guest post on GigaOm to introduce the concept of the lean startup to their audience. The ultimate goal of a lean startup is to identify where its vision intersects with what reality can accommodate.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment

Lean Startup Workshop scholarship program

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 12, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, June 12, 2009 Lean Startup Workshop scholarship program I havent had much time to write lately, and so havent been able to share much about the Lean Startup Workshop series I have been producing with OReilly in their Master Class division. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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Lean Programming San Francisco Continuous Deployment

Lessons Learned: The lean startup at UC Berkeley Haas School of.

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, February 24, 2009 The lean startup at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Image by Jessica_Mah via Flickr Last week I had the opportunity to lecture again in Steve Blank s entrepreneurship class at Haas, which is always a great learning experience - for me at least! Eric takes a different approach.

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC

Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more)

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

Three premier early-stage venture investors have joined forces to sponsor the event: Baseline , Floodgate , and First Round Capital. Three premier early-stage venture investors have joined forces to sponsor the event: Baseline , Floodgate , and First Round Capital. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. Step 1: Start with a lean plan. We created UpKeep to fill this void—a cloud-based solution that was affordable for any size business.” – Ryan Chan, founder of UpKeep.

Software Review

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast

Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, March 13, 2009 Dont launch Heres a common question I get from startups, especially in the early stages: when should we launch? This is the usual reason given for a marketing launch, but for most early stage startups, its a failure. Know what the success metrics are for the launch.

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Lo, my 1032 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

What all these teachers had in common were two things: they were technology early adopters that were willing to take a chance on a new software product, and they all had similar problems organizing their classes and students. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

10 years of entrepreneurship

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

We were focused on revenue, but we didnt understand that revenue is not important for its own sake in an early stage company. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? Expo SF (May. Conference streaming, sponsors, discounted tickets.

San Francisco

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC

Join the Conversation at The Lean Startup Conference – Three Ways To Participate

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. With five days remaining before The Lean Startup Conference , we wanted to lay out what we’re offering that’s unlike any other entrepreneurship conference and explain the different levels of participation available to you.

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Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder

www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

This was actually a great piece of advice, because ideas change and evolve in the early stages of the startup, it’s about the other person not the idea as much. The Alchemist Series: Customer Development and Metrics. Pitch 2009 is a unique startup competition open to early-stage ventures globally. Santa Clara, CA.

Cofounder

Cofounder Technical Review San Francisco Founder

Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Aptana Cloud (svn, IDE, php, java, rails etc…). Cloud Infrastructure. see the Libcloud -compatible cloud providers.

Software Review

Software Review Technical Review Startup

StartUpRoar

Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder

Trending Sources

The Changing Venture Landscape

The Lean Startup Tokyo edition

Lean Analytics: The Best Numbers for Non-Tech Companies

Building a new startup hub

Create Structure out of the Gate and You’ll Thank Yourself Later

Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Lessons Learned: The four kinds of work, and how to get them done.

How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people

It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Lessons Learned on Mashable today

Revisiting the Software Design Manifesto (and what's changed since.

Lo, my 2295 subscribers, who are you?

The Promise of the Lean Startup

Lean Startup Workshop scholarship program

Lessons Learned: The lean startup at UC Berkeley Haas School of.

Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more)

The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Lo, my 1032 subscribers, who are you?

10 years of entrepreneurship

Join the Conversation at The Lean Startup Conference – Three Ways To Participate

Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder

Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

Startup Resources

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