9 secrets for startup success

Lean Startup taught the world how to find product/market fit, but in the B2B world that isn’t enough. B2B founders must then find a way to build repeatable, scalable and profitable growth before they are ready to step on the accelerator and grow at high speed. In this talk, five-time serial entrepreneur and author of the ForEntrepreneurs blog, David Skok, breaks this journey down into 9 distinct stages and explains the playbook at each stage. Warning: trying to force growth by skipping a step is the number one mistake entrepreneurs make, and it is often fatal.

[shrey]

10th Secret: Don't cut off people giving you incredible feedback/ value.

[welcomeme]

this is probably one of the best presentations ive seen on start ups ever!

[bfpskater]

wow that was incredibly rude to cut him off like that. He was making a final point.

[sebastianstefan]

This video is a classic. It is still relevant after 7 years

[petercoppinger]

One does not interrupt the wisdom of David Skok!

[smartboon]

Why on earth will they cut this man off?

[alxleiva]

is this for real? Did they really cut him off just like that? I've never seen something that unprofessional and rude. Wow! Thank you David, really useful insights.

[manjiahil]

So you actually cut off David Skok before he was done? 🤨

[JDenim]

I can’t believe they didn’t let the man finish such an important line of thought.

[RileyRoberts-elof]

I just wanna note something most of people in business kinda miss: linearly growing bookings (as the bar chart suggests) lead to a quadratic growth in ARR not exponential.

Exponential is a shiny word, but let’s not use it loosely. 10:32

Exponential growth in ARR happens if you have exponential growth in bookings too. This can happen if your product is so good that each customer is referring 2+ other customers as well.

I might have stretched the concept too much, but that’s what stress-commenting looks like 😂

[tma]

dang... that was wrong to end off like that!

[alghamdiaag]

this man shouldn't stop talking like forever

[marcfiliuta]

Incredibly rude interruption. I really want to hear the points he was unable to cover!!

[verticaadvivedi]

He should have been given a chance to share the end part. Didn't like the robotic way he was cut off. Be human.

[nicholasrameka]

Geez. Cutting off the great David Skok. Nice one.

[telebiopic]

wtf. What kind of shiiity event where there leave audience and speaker in suspended animation.

[arunsk]

I think it's an automated system that manages timings in this meeting. It is not manual control. So guys, relax!