Steve Blank
DECEMBER 9, 2013
As our Lean LaunchPad for Life Sciences class winds down, a good number of the 26 teams are trying to figure out whether they should go forward to turn their class project into a business. Or is it something that can grow to a size that will result in an acquisition or some liquidity event?
Steve Blank
JANUARY 22, 2014
Over the years Dino and I brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. However, four critical advances over the past decade (cloud, accelerators, Lean, and Angels) not only changed the math for tech investing but made regional tech clusters possible. The Bend Experience. Build $10-30M funds.
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Steve Blank
JUNE 23, 2016
Capital is returned to these investors through liquidity events (originally public offerings, but today mostly acquisitions). Innovation can come from inside the corporation, by adopting Lean Startup language and methods, developing intrapreneurship, and fostering innovation-driving behaviors such as GE’s FastWorks program.
Steve Blank
MARCH 18, 2011
Lean Startups/Back to Basics (2000-2010): No IPO’s, limited VC cash, lack of confidence and funding fuels “lean startup” era with limited M&A and even less IPO activity. The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup. Visibility.
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 10, 2013
Presented with these mental pictures and the recommendations from so many of us that have done deals with and without investment bankers, you may lean toward interviewing a group of your industry’s best for the size of your deal, and being convinced that creating such a team is a good investment. The liquidity event and beyond'
Berkonomics
AUGUST 20, 2020
Keep the deal a secret even as the buyer leans in? The months between the LOI and the closing are as stressful as any you will experience as a CEO, and there are few ways to reduce the stress. Email readers, continue here…] First, should you inform your employees of the deal?
Berkonomics
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Presented with these mental pictures and the recommendations from so many of us that have done deals with and without investment bankers, you may lean toward interviewing a group of your industry’s best for the size of your deal, and being convinced that creating such a team is a good investment. Your next steps.
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