David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

VC Platform community has grown approximately 120% in the last 3 years. I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. For instance, tracking ‘months-of-runway’ combined with the month-over-month change to that metric allows us to rapidly identify companies that may be distressed. Customer Development.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 29, 2010

Tactics were discussed out of context, and there wasnt an overarching framework for figuring out what works for what kinds of companies, industries, and stages of growth. Sure, everyone knows that getting customer feedback is important. And do I still need to get out of the building if Ive got great metrics and surveys?"

San Francisco 120

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

The students “get out of the building” and test their hypotheses in front of potential beneficiaries using the Customer Development methodology, all while building and updating their Minimal Viable Products. He’s hoping to take some of the Lean methods back to his work in economics. “I For example, I love the idea of prototyping.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

The students “get out of the building” and test their hypotheses in front of potential beneficiaries using the Customer Development methodology, all while building and updating their Minimal Viable Products. He’s hoping to take some of the Lean methods back to his work in economics. “I For example, I love the idea of prototyping.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

My colleagues Sebastian Soler , Steven Greenberg and I recently launched a new online community, PEVCTech.com , exclusively for PE/VC investors; engineers who work at PE/VC funds; and other technologists who specialize in working on this problem. to motivate their angel community to support their startups. are using AngelMob.co

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

2) Vanity Metrics : Especially for those working to increase awareness, social change groups often report member numbers, Facebook likes, and news hits as proxies for impact (which may in turn generate further revenue). How can we come up with impact metrics that go further than vanity and get to the core outcomes we''re working to achieve?

Lean 167

Lean San Francisco Metrics Angel Investor 167

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 26, 2009

That engine of creativity has led to a catalog of something like 2 million virtual goods authored by a hundred thousand developers. Most importantly, there is almost no niche or trend that is unserved by this community. When you participate in an open community like these you take advantage of tremendous amounts of effort.

Product Development 88

Product Development Developer San Francisco Product 88