View from Seed
AUGUST 17, 2021
One industry specific example is the strange fascination among some LPs and GPs around term IRR. Even though everyone knows that VC funds take 10+ years to come to fruition, one often can’t help but benchmark themselves based on IRR in the early days. What I was purporting was just “the greater fool theory”.
View from Seed
AUGUST 17, 2021
One industry specific example is the strange fascination among some LPs and GPs around term IRR. Even though everyone knows that VC funds take 10+ years to come to fruition, one often can’t help but benchmark themselves based on IRR in the early days. What I was purporting was just “the greater fool theory”.
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View from Seed
AUGUST 17, 2021
One industry specific example is the strange fascination among some LPs and GPs around term IRR. Even though everyone knows that VC funds take 10+ years to come to fruition, one often can’t help but benchmark themselves based on IRR in the early days. What I was purporting was just “the greater fool theory”.
Steve Blank
MARCH 31, 2014
Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. For example they can reduce component cost, introduce a line extension or create new versions of the existing product.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
We are all more reachable through powerful and mobile personal computer devices, and the world is more and more connected with the Internet of Things (IoT). Today as companies use tools to collect massive amounts of data on desired consumers, brands are able to increasingly market to very specific groups of people, at less cost.
Steve Blank
MARCH 4, 2014
Facing continuous disruption from globalization, China, the Internet, the diminished power of brands, changing workforce, etc., This first post will describe some of the structural problems companies have; follow-on posts will offer some solutions. existing enterprises are establishing corporate innovation groups.
Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2013
And what are its costs? In times of unlimited cash (internet bubbles, frothy venture climates) you can fix your mistakes by burning more dollars. What is an IRR? How do we attract, keep and grow customers? What are revenue strategy and pricing tactics? Who are the partners? Who to take money from? When to raise money.
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