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7 Keys To Scaling Your Startup To Be The Next Unicorn

Startup Professionals Musings

Switch your focus from product development to sales. Working with the media is required, both social as well as the press, through public relations and internal channels. Drive productivity and engagement through shared values. Utilize mergers and acquisitions to accelerate growth.

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The Leading Cause of Startup Death – Part 1: The Product.

Steve Blank

This series of posts is a brief explanation of how we’ve evolved from Product Development to Customer Development to the Lean Startup. The Product Development Diagram Emerging early in the twentieth century, this product-centric model described a process that evolved in manufacturing industries.