| Keep Testing Your Core Assumptions | February 25, 2004 |
Ann Winblad
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Hummer Winblad Ventures |
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Speaker Series |
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| Video 9 of 14 from this talk |
- 04:19Introduction to Hummer Winblad and Mobius Venture Capital
- 07:37Drivers for Software Innovation
- 03:46How Consumer Markets and Enterprise Markets Drive the Software Industry
- 02:392004: Start of an Era of Optimism
- 02:24Trends in Seed and Series A Investing
- 04:06Hummer Winblad's and Softbank's Recent Investments
- 06:24VC Words of Wisdom for Entrepreneurs
- 01:22Keep Testing Your Core Assumptions
- 03:18Outsourcing Software Development to Asia
- 03:14Customers are Key
- 02:24The Economic Context in 2004
- 02:53The Java Standard (and Competing Technology Standards)
- 02:09The Threat of Linux to Microsoft
- 04:05Are Technologies Ahead of Their Time?
Description
Ann Winblad advises entrepreneurs to boil down their business plan and tell everyone in the company the top five assumptions for success. "As time goes on, turn the assumptions into facts," says Winblad. She also reminds entrepreneurs to constantly reevaluate these assumptions as their company moves forward.
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