#LeanCoffeeKL 85 - Startup Success Probability

We started discussing this topic a few weeks back but ended up chasing the "anonymous assassination marketplace" concept, seen here (http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/7/e/8/8/highres_228332392.jpeg).

This week, we're going to revisit "the odds" and look at Startup Success Probability. I'll be researching factual data / real-world examples and we'll break things down into a few areas:

People; e.g. 2 pizza teams Funding; e.g. bootstrapping Time; e.g. to ship Market; e.g. blue ocean Product; e.g. is your MVP minimally viable to your engineers, or to your early adopters?
Bring some stories of products you've seen succeed and fail; let's break it down and find some commonalities.

Mats:

http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2009/06/09/calculating-a-start-ups-odds-of-success/ http://www.startupnation.com/NET_ROOT/calculator/