Start Up

Steve Blank: a startup is a temporary organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable Business Model.

  • does that mean you're no longer a Start Up once you reach Product-Market Fit?
    • A company is a permanent organization designed to execute a repeatable and scalable business model.
    • startups go through a series of steps before they become a large company: Search, Build, Grow
  • he also notes in that post that changing (part of) your Business Model is a Pivot

usually starts as a SmallCo

In addition to being fun (Innovation/D And D), you might get some Employee Equity - now you're a Capitalist!

http://startuptools.pbworks.com/

Gabriel Weinberg roadmap http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2011/03/codified-advice.html


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