YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2020

In the early stages, it isn’t uncommon for businesses to bank their earnings on a handful of customers (or sometimes, just one). Conduct a post-action review. If the company has employees, by implicating the entire team, each member can obtain a clear view of the process and contribute to future fixes and enhancements.

Customer 347

Customer Development Team Review Advisory Board Private Equity 347

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2022

Complicating the development of a useful product is the stringent safety and compliance approval testing that varies based on country and industry. Businesses have a lot to think about when they have a new product idea and one missed step in the product development lifecycle can significantly impact business success.

Design 166

Design Development Team Review Product Technical Review 166

Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2010

Yet at their early stages, they are not small versions of larger established companies. By now, the board has a good sense of the skill set of the CEO and executive team as entrepreneurs. The table below helps elucidate some of the characteristics of entrepreneurial executives by stage of the company. What’s Next.

Agile 120

Agile Development Team Review Leadership Merger 120

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Placement on the list was determined by a combination of the company’s G/SCORE assessment, stage and pace of growth, and business potential. Guidewire Group is a global market intelligence and advisory firm focused on technology entrepreneurship in early-stage companies and emerging technology markets.

Israel 87

Israel Technical Review South Korea Mexico 87

OnlyOnce

MARCH 14, 2011

In Part Two, I’ll talk about some of the practices we’re using in our product management and development teams. Finally, back-end support and process—an accounting team that gets the invoices out, an HR team that helps make strategic hires—makes the folks engaged in product development more productive.

Software Review 67

Software Review Development Team Review Later Stage Technical Review 67

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Snyk was founded with the mission to help developers make their code secure, providing a platform to automatically assess and remediate open source vulnerabilities. The company’s success has been largely driven by its developer-led freemium model, going from Series A funding to a valuation of $2.6B in just 30 months.

Early Stage 62

Early Stage Open Source Development Team Review Security 62

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Another advantage of the early stages is that most dont have to juggle too many competing priorities. If you dont have customers, a product, investors, or a board of directors, you can pretty much stay focused on just one thing at a time. What is customer development? Using AdWords to assess demand for your new online.

San Francisco 88

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 88