Lean Startup Metodology to biotech
Is possible applied the Lean Startup Metodology to biotech industry and startups? How?
Is possible applied the Lean Startup Metodology to biotech industry and startups? How?
This is my talk from 2012 Startup School, pretty much exactly as delivered. It's been more than 7 years since we started YC. In that time, we've funded 467 startups so I've seen a lot of patterns....
As the PLF2013 makes it way to the French Senate before being approved, Gilles Babinet says that VC firms are already packing their bags.
Below are “7 Deadly Sales Sins” committed by many startups today. Some of these may sound familiar to you, but by identifying and address these mistakes, you will help your company succeed.
I was reading Paul Graham’s latest essay, How to Get Startup Ideas, and the second paragraph jumped out at me. He says: The very best startup ideas tend to have three things in common: they’re something the founders themselves want, that they themsel
Design flows that are tied to clear objectives allow us to create a positive user experience and a valuable one for the business we’re working for.
Some startups go crazy with hype and users right after launch. And some don’t. I don’t know the founders, but I thought I’d take apart Pinterest’s story to discuss growth and virality in consumer web startups. Pinterest was not an overnight success.
Stop building your idea. Start solving a problem. Startup ideas are bound to fail. This is not something that I realized until I tried to build one myself.
There isn't a shortage of developers and designers. There's a surplus of founders.
Google Circles and the new Path showcase some great interaction design, but the product ideas might be inherently flawed.
Learn entrepreneurship from Steve Blank: How to start a company using the customer development method to refine your hypotheses in this free online class.
With VentureVillage's first birthday just around the corner, we're getting into the celebratory spirit with a brand-spanking new iPad3 up for grabs.
Is running a successful venture skill, luck or timing?
A year ago I noticed a pattern in the least successful startups we'd funded: they all seemed hard to talk to. It felt as if there was some kind of wall between us. I could never quite tell if they understood what I was saying.
What follows is FAKEGRIMLOCK's perspective on the importance of vision in a startup. He understands that vision and iteration are allies, for there can be no science without vision. Only vision is worth testing. I'll let him take it from here...
This list is for someone looking to start their first Internet Startup who is interested in bootstrapping a reliably profitable company that can then open the door to the next big project.
Fred Wilson recently posted a great video on his blog with the CEO of Forrester Research, George Colony. The money slide is the graphic below.