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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Given Verizon just shut down Go90 , its short form content video service, it will be interesting to see if Verizon distributes Katzenberg’s offerings.). Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000.

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21 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- After a disappointment on my biggest day. 4- Provide intelligence to the government and the public. Government and the American public. Each story is different though the reasons may be the same. Photo Credit: Rob Kessler.

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Presidential Innovation Fellows, round two

Startup Lessons Learned

Yes, there are Lean Startups even in the United States federal government. For my take on how this is possible, you can see my previous post on Lean Government here. If you'd like to try your hand at being an entrepreneur inside one of the world's largest bureaucracies, you can apply right here starting today.

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The fundamental lesson of the forces governing scaling startups

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Yet, it’s the job of a Product Manager at that mid-sized company to invent, discover, design, implement, and nurture those products — something that most entrepreneurs will never succeed at. Recruiting. Employee #2 will join a startup for the experience. Risk-mitigation.

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Startup Communities: Creating A Great Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In Your City

Feld Thoughts

I also plan to price it low so it has the potential for broad distribution. Pre Internet Bubble (1995 – 2000). Led By Entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs. Government. Reliance on Government. Entrepreneurs vs. Government. Comments of any sort are welcome and encouraged! Boulder As A Laboratory.

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Nonprofit CEO Providing PPEs For Essential Workers

Hearpreneur

Now, the company and its CEO Ella Gudwin are taking that a step further—offering their resources and capabilities to assist in the manufacturing and distribution of PPE for essential workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 effort. He arrived at the project site as a young optometrist to find 2000 people waiting to have their eyes checked.

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Why The SBIC Doesn’t Work For Venture Capital Anymore

Feld Thoughts

Each of the SBIC funds were raised in the 2000 – 2002 time period. The US government, however, lost most of the $2 billion it put into SBIC firms.” One of the other problem is SBA and SBIC’s behavior in governance of the fund. “Then when you dig into it, there were some problems.”

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