by Steve Blank via Harvard Business Review
Launching a new enterprise—whether it’s a tech start-up, a small business, or an initiative within a large corporation—has always been a hit-or-miss proposition. According to the decades-old formula, you write a business plan, pitch it to…
This might seems an off-topic, but I think it is important to talk about those many startups that keep living in a “zombie” (or “sleeping” or “on hold”) status. Especially in Europe, creating and leading a company is good food for CEOs’ egos, even if the company is not actually running. This is…
(Article initially published on the Leanometry blog)
Guest Post by Ryan Burch
The sad fact of business is that startups will often fail; the US Small Business Administration has said in the past that 50% of all small business startups are destined to fail within their first 5 years….
Myth 1: “You Need to Have Deadlines”
It’s hard to find companies, new or old, that don’t have deadlines. It’s in the business culture to set deadlines. And deadlines, on the surface, seem even more important in a newly launched Internet startup as a gauge of rapid progression.
Myth 2: “You…
I had the good fortune to work with many inspiring entrepreneurs from the US, Asia, Australia on Customer Development. I am also very fortunate to learn from seeing Kevin Dewalt, Justin Wilcox, Joel Gascoigne, Hiten Shah, Jason Evanish, Tristan Kromer, Trevor Owens, coaching…
Thanks to the work by Eric Ries and the Lean Startup movement, startups are using the scientific method to build products, test markets, and grow their userbase and revenue. One of the tenets of this movement is for founders to “Get Out Of The Building” because there are no answers inside…
Last week I participated to the Startup Weekend in Lausanne, Switzerland and I joined a team made of young students. I was, of course, the oldest, but regrettably the one with the youngest mindset.
We eventually won the 2nd prize with the Pickl.li team mostly because I “forced”…
…says Harvard Study (2010)
A study published by professors at the Harvard Business School shows that angel-backed companies are more likely to succeed and show more growth than those funded by venture firms alone. Researched and written by William Kerr and Josh Lerner, the report found that…
One of the things I’ve noticed lately is how much the investment process is about building confidence. More often than not an investor-entrepreneur relationship begins with an introduction from a mutual contact. There is some base level of confidence that the entrepreneur isn’t a bum off the…
