VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Till now most people even in Silicon Valley have implicitly assumed that scaling a startup meant switching to manager mode. Stay Agile and Evolve Emerging managers must be ready to pivot their investment thesis as markets change. In effect there are two different ways to run a company: founder mode and manager mode.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

This post describes how companies using the Customer Development model can increase their credibility, valuation and probability of getting a first round of funding by presenting their results in a “Lesson Learned&# venture pitch. They will realize that you have built a startup that’s agile, resilient and customer-centric.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

After these slides, these VC’s recognized that this company had dramatically reduced risk and built a startup that was agile, resilient and customer-centric. Not just because we can command a 3-4x step up in valuation if we find product/market fit pre [.] Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Order Here.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Github - Free public repositories, collaborator management, issue tracking, wikis, downloads, code review, graphs Pivotal Tracker – Agile project management tool that enables real time collaboration. WebSequenceDiagrams - sketch sequence diagrams. Bontq – hosted bug tracking and project management needs.

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