Agile Cofounder Later Stage 
Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2009
Posted on June 11, 2009 by steveblank When my students ask me about whether they should be a founder or cofounder of a startup I ask them to take a walk around the block and ask themselves: Are you comfortable with: Chaos – startups are disorganized Uncertainty – startups never go per plan Are you: Resilient – at times you will fail – badly.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 24, 2017
Why do these founders get to stay around? Because the balance of power has dramatically shifted from investors to founders. VCs competing for unicorn investments have given founders control of the board. A pre-IPO board usually had two founders, two VCs and one “independent” member. Technology Cycles Measured in Years.
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Steve Blank
MAY 9, 2017
The founders were simply wrong about their assumptions about customer needs. It turns out the term “visionary founder” was usually a synonym for someone who was hallucinating. Founders Need to Run the Company Longer. So, almost like clockwork 20 th century startups fired the innovators/founders when they scaled.
Startup Lessons Learned
FEBRUARY 20, 2009
The sooner you pass your work on to a later stage, the sooner you can find out how they will receive it. Sounds very similar to agile development which is the way. This is actually a hard case to make, because most of the benefits of small batches are counter-intuitive. Small batches mean faster feedback. Expo SF (May.
Up and Running
AUGUST 19, 2014
The type of deals and industries they invest in, the company stages, and the amount they invest depends on the individual or angel group. I have pitched to hundreds of angel investors over the years as a result of co-founding two tech companies and raising just shy of $1M in angel capital. Angels vs. venture capitalists. 51 percent).
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 6, 2008
The advantages of cross-functional teams are well documented, and for a thorough treatment I recommend the theory in the second half of Agile Software Development with Scrum. In order to prevent people from bunching up in the later stages of the work pipeline, those leaders need to be focused on automation and continuous improvement.
Agile VC
OCTOBER 5, 2012
One of the most common questions I get is “What’s the best career path to becoming a founder someday?” ” The very short answer is that most people who are ultimately founders (or usually co-founders ) of a company “tack” towards that goal in a series of career steps.
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