Customer Development Internet Seed Capital 
Steve Blank
MAY 9, 2017
I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley. the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of Venture Capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally.
Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 26, 2009
Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. And do your customer development. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Accept that many successful companies are going to want to be backed by big-name firms in other cities.
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Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2013
If you’re a scalable startup, you want to spend small amounts of money (seed capital) as you run experiments testing your hypotheses. In times of unlimited cash (internet bubbles, frothy venture climates) you can fix your mistakes by burning more dollars. Why small amounts? No startup ever spends less then it raises.
Steve Blank
JUNE 11, 2013
If you’re a scalable startup, you want to spend small amounts of money (seed capital) as you run experiments testing your hypotheses. In times of unlimited cash (internet bubbles, frothy venture climates) you can fix your mistakes by burning more dollars. Why small amounts? No startup ever spends less then it raises.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 24, 2010
the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of venture capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally. the wave of internet commerce applications in the first decade of the 21 st century. In the 1950’s and ‘60’s U.S.
VC Cafe
JULY 26, 2020
Ditch the business plan and when assumptions are proven wrong, pivot Customer Development: Build a product your customers want (vs. what you think they might need) by talking to customers and testing every aspect of the product features, pricing, etc. Capital resources alone don’t do the trick.
maplebutter.com
JANUARY 8, 2013
Instead of spending 4 years at university, I spend 4 years starting 2 internet companies that failed. What is the first step in creating an internet-based business (After planning) ? Finding a team of developers, finding funding, or beginning the creation of the site and services with whatever resources are available?
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