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Fund Raising is a Means Not an End

Steve Blank

And what are its costs? If you’re a scalable startup, you want to spend small amounts of money (seed capital) as you run experiments testing your hypotheses. 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?

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Fund Raising is a Means Not an End

Steve Blank

And what are its costs? If you’re a scalable startup, you want to spend small amounts of money (seed capital) as you run experiments testing your hypotheses. 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?