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Stages of a Startup

By Ping Li Ashwin Navin - Stanford
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Lecture Description

Ashwin Navin, Co-founder and President of Bit Torrent, alludes to a theory by Bob Cringely about the three stages of a company - Commandos, Infantry and Military Police. Navin suggests that startup success relies on successfully identifying and executing on the demands of each phase, as well as transitioning between phases, by bringing in the right team members for each stage of the company.

Course Index

  1. Founding Teams
  2. Stages of a Startup
  3. Why Investors Invest: Bit Torrent as an Example
  4. The Value of an Open Source Model