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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development

Startup Lessons Learned

Brant and Patrick undertook a difficult challenge: to provide a generally accessible introduction to Customer Development, without diluting its impact or dumbing-down its principles. This new volume also tackles examples from the Internet and wireless startups of today, both B2B and B2C. I think theyve succeeded.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 In startup world low GM almost always equals death which is why many Internet retailers have failed or are failing (many operated at 35% gross margins). In these kinds of businesses I’m on the record as advising “ Ring the Freakin Cash Register.”

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Why Continuous Deployment?

Startup Lessons Learned

Of all the tactics I have advocated as part of the lean startup , none has provoked as many extreme reactions as continuous deployment , a process that allows companies to release software in minutes instead of days, weeks, or months. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May. for Harvard Business Revie.

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A real Customer Advisory Board

Startup Lessons Learned

Every time you listen to customers, you fear diluting your vision. Every time you listen to customers, you fear diluting your vision. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? That’s natural. That’s natural. Expo SF (May.

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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

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Let’s take an example – In the case of an internet or app business, the user traction and market penetration is a must. Bootstrapping inculcates the entrepreneurial discipline and financial responsibility to run a lean business. ? Raising higher capital at an early stage means more equity to be diluted to the investors.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

And thanks to the radical transparency enabled by the internet, the quality of these proposals is actually constantly rising, to the point that it’s almost impossible to judge the quality of the final product – because all the proposals look polished and professional, even the terrible ones. 12comments: Dougvs said.

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8 Questions to Help Decide if You Should be Raising Money Now

Both Sides of the Table

Are you in the “lean&# phase? I’m a very big believer in the “Lean Startup&# principles as espoused by Steve Blank and Eric Ries. If you are able to raise money from credible sources at a reasonable dilution percentage then I personally favor getting the round done now and building your business. 25% dilution).