The Startup Magazine
AUGUST 11, 2023
The fundamental objective and aim of seed investment is to assist a company in launching its operations successfully. It is necessary to cover the early stages of product development, thorough market research, and other processes during the initial step. Hence they will miss the finish line.
View from Seed
MARCH 24, 2021
” Below are our favorite pieces from the past few years, divided in to a few key categories: fundraising, company building, product development, industry trends, and the life of a VC. Entrepreneurs should know their audience, and most importantly, how savvy it is about the company’s particular market segment.”
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Business Plan Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2013
Furthermore, when faced with adversity only great teams can respond to competitors, markets, funding environments, staff departures, PR disasters and the like. Rather, give titles such as VP of Engineering, Product/Technology, Sales, Marketing, Finance, etc. Hire based on functionality and avoid having too many C’s.
Steve Blank
MAY 9, 2017
I’ve seen the Valley grow from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara to today where it stretches from San Jose to South of Market in San Francisco. And to today, when its major product is simply innovation. The second thing that’s changed is that we’re now Compressing the Product Development Cycle.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
Compressing the Product Development Cycle. In the past, the time to build a first product release was measured in months or even years as startups executed the founder’s vision of what customers wanted. The New Structure of the Venture Capital industry. Starting now. Entrepreneurship as It’s Own Management Science.
The Next Web
OCTOBER 3, 2012
I have heard many founders — even in the first few months of product development — expect to raise seed rounds, pay themselves salaries, etc. Your first three years you will get the startup off the ground, establish your core team culture, and fully validate your main product/market through rapid iteration.
Genuine VC
MARCH 24, 2014
The five conditions for a Series A financing which he enumerated are: a core team ready to scale, demonstrable market size, repeatable cost effective customer acquisition, metric momentum, and plausible monetization. The strategy here is to foster product development and marketing which creates overall (semi-)organic user momentum.
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