VC Cafe

JULY 26, 2020

Ditch the business plan and when assumptions are proven wrong, pivot Customer Development: Build a product your customers want (vs. what you think they might need) by talking to customers and testing every aspect of the product features, pricing, etc. Maximum Viable Product.

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Lean Seed Capital Startup Burn Rate 214

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

And to today, when its major product is simply innovation. And I’ve been lucky enough to watch innovation happen not only in hardware and software but in Life Sciences – in Therapeutics, Medical Devices, Diagnostics and now Digital Health. The second thing that’s changed is that we’re now Compressing the Product Development Cycle.

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Restful Silicon Valley Puerto Rico San Jose 243

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Wave after wave of hardware, software, biotech and cleantech products have emerged from what has become “ground zero” of entrepreneurial and startup culture. Compressing the Product Development Cycle. This meant building every possible feature the founding team envisioned into a monolithic “release” of the product.

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley United States Venture Capital Software Review 335

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Raising Seed Capital – crowdspring.co/MX18CE. don’t return investors’ capital” – crowdspring.co/1dhuwIO. How To Turn Your Online Visitors Into Customers Without Them Even Knowing – crowdspring.co/1fLcnYW. How about one of these strange products? What’s up with the Series A?

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Good interview with @jasonfried about meetings, spam, productivity & culture – [link]. Five tips for startups & small business about delivering great customer service – [link].

Social Media 88

Social Media Small Business Design Media 88

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Building Product 2. Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. Would it be a good idea clubbing all the other products / services under 1 venture, because some of them are totally unrelated.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44