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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. The idea of the Lean Startup was built on top of the rubble of the 2000 Dot-Com crash.

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How To Identify New Venture Assistance Organizations

Startup Professionals Musings

According to the International Business Innovation Association ( InBIA ), there are over 2,000 of these locations worldwide, and new online versions springing up all over the place, like Founders Space in Silicon Valley. Peer-to-peer networking with other startups and founders in the same stage.

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Accelerators Have Resources To KickStart Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

According to the International Business Innovation Association ( InBIA ), there are over 2,200 of these locations worldwide, and new online versions springing up all over the place, like Founders Space in Silicon Valley. Peer-to-peer networking with other startups and founders in the same stage.

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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

Both Sides of the Table

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I acknowledged this in the article. I said both in the article but felt compelled to provide a statement up front for the skimmers. It was early 2000. They get a cheaper price, they wipe out much founder stock value and they reissue you new options. That was market.

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The Search For the Fountain of Youth – Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Enterprise

Steve Blank

In fact the people a large firm needs for this kind of innovation looks suspiciously like startup founders and the processes needed look like Customer Development. F urther Reading : Harvard Business Review Articles. Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Change, Clayton Christensen/Michael Overdorf: March/April 2000. -

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Mastering SEO in the Age of AI

Duct Tape Marketing

Mastering SEO in the Age of AI written by Tosin Jerugba read more at Duct Tape Marketing  The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Stephan Spencer, an acclaimed SEO expert and founder of net Concepts, an interactive agency specializing in search engine optimization.

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Product Launches: 5 Unexpected Lessons from the Real World

ConversionXL

Articles on product launches often lay out a start-to-finish strategy that applies tactics along a linear path to success. This article details five unexpected lessons from real-world experiences to aid that preparation. Hugo Woodhead is the founder of Pilcro , which sells brand management software. That rarely happens.

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