Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 26, 2009
The companies I spoke to all agreed that the community there was extremely supportive, especially in the critical ulta-early-stage. Then, create an encouraging environment for early-stage companies. Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. And do your customer development.
Startup Lessons Learned
NOVEMBER 17, 2008
Another advantage of the early stages is that most dont have to juggle too many competing priorities. Growth - when you have existing customers, the pressure is on to grow your key metrics day-in day-out. And if you neglect maintenance, you may not have a business left at all. Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23.
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Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 14, 2009
In an early-stage startup especially, revenue is not an important goal in and of itself. Let’s start with a simple question: why do early-stage startups want revenue? Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. Time-to-complete-a-sale is not a bad metric for validated learning at this stage.
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 30, 2009
A discounted price is available for early stage entrepreneurs and students. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. Tickets are available now and include dinner.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 14, 2008
The people who are the lifeblood of an early-stage startup are earlyvangelists. Startup Visa update ► February (5) Kiwi lean startup + Australia next Why diversity matters (the meritocracy business) Beware of Vanity Metrics (for Harvard Business Rev. They just dont need another authority figure in their life.
Startup Lessons Learned
JANUARY 2, 2009
The core of the article is my first attempt to articulate the key metrics (in graph form) that I believe demonstrate customer value. Unfortunately, they are disinterested in doing the hard work to help early stage entrepreneurs and companies. Startup Lessons Learned - the Conference (April 23.
Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 5, 2009
In a startup context, numbers like gross revenue are actually vanity metrics, not actionable metrics. One way to conceive of our goal in an early-stage venture is to incrementally “fill in the blanks&# for the business model that we think will one day power our startup. June 8, 2009 1:16 AM Colin said.
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