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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

As a reminder, the Dot Com bubble was a five-year period from August 1995 (the Netscape IPO ) when there was a massive wave of experiments on the then-new internet, in commerce, entertainment, nascent social media, and search. Startups with huge burn rates – building leases, staff, PR and advertising – ran out of money.

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Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 1 of 2

Steve Blank

Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model. The Wrong Discussion s. Not Real-time.

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Why Board Meetings Suck – Part 1 of 2

Steve Blank

Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model. The Wrong Discussion s. Not Real-time.

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

You have to know your business model. Most startups launch before theyve figured out what business theyre in. And even worse, wed cranked up the burn rate in order to be ready to handle all those millions of mainstream customers we anticipated. Most startups arent so fortunate. March 13, 2009 11:20 PM Urs E.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

For four years we have offered the synchronization service for no charge, predicated on the hypothesis that a business model would emerge to support the free service. Thin line between life and death of internet service is a number of users. We had the wrong business model. Author : Todd. Company : YouCastr.

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Investors Beware: Today’s $100M+ Late-stage Private Rounds Are Very Different from an IPO

abovethecrowd.com

As these late-stage private companies digest these large fund raises, they are pushing profitability further and further into the future, as well as the proof that their business model actually works. If you want to know if the business model truly hunts, you must pay careful attention. Consider the case of Fab.com.

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ProfessorVC: Crowdfunding - Good Idea or Really, Really Stupid.

Professor VC

I wont go into the details of the bill, but at a high level, it allows entrepreneurs to raise funds over the Internet up to a maximum of $1M annually (or $2M with audited financials). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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