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Nice write-up, but their history/bio still doesn't give me any proof of their success in the startup world, outside of marketing lean startup stuff to other ent
by sayemm 15y ago
Nice write-up, but their history/bio still doesn't give me any proof of their success in the startup world, outside of marketing lean startup stuff to other entrepreneurs, ironically. Taking advice from failed entrepreneurs is dangerous and a waste of time, I think.
- davidw 15y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Ries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Ries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMVU http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMVU http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Blank http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Blank They are both the real deal - especially Steve Blank, who did multiple companies.
- sayemm 15y agoThanks a lot, that's helpful. I do think is Steve Blank is more legit, but not because he did multiple companies - if you worked on several venture-backed companies throughout your life but they all went nowhere, you must suck as an entrepreneur. I just looked up Epiphany and this answers my question, he founded it, did $71.5M in revenue, and it IPO'd, so Blank definitely knows what he's talking about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany,_Inc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany,_Inc. IMVU on the other thand had good traction and Eric Ries was VP of Engineering there, but what's happened to it since? Just looking it up on crunchbase: http://www.crunchbase.com/company/imvu http://www.crunchbase.com/company/imvu - no big exit/big numbers or anything special like Epiphany? And here's his LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/eries http://www.linkedin.com/in/eries - it just doesn't show any blockbuster results as an entrepreneur, just a lot of advising/marketing/blogging.