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The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Education and Corporate Innovation

Steve Blank

Philip Bouchard : You’ve started teaching at Berkeley since 2002, Columbia in 2003 and at Stanford since 2011. At Stanford, Tom Byers , who runs the innovation and entrepreneurship program inside the engineering school, has made that a big deal and it’s now part of the curriculum. Distribution channels, brand loyalty, etc.

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#KillerSaaSPitch in 10 Words (Part 2)

Cracking the Code

When Elon Musk received $200 million from the proceeds of the PayPal acquisition in 2002, he re-invested everything to build the next big thing: $100 million in SpaceX and $100 million in Tesla. You can read the full story here ) #8 Engine Developing a scalable sales and marketing engine is a key element of success for SaaS companies.

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A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

Duct Tape Marketing

7:52] Was there competition that you had to buy up, and/or what type of acquisitions did you feel like you had to make? [9:19] Now that's, it's a little bit misleading in the sense that the investment, I could write the software myself because I got a software engineering degree from mit. Learning how to code myself was the investment.

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The Rise of the Secondary Market for Emerging Growth Equities– Necessary But Insufficient

Pascal's View

This enabled consolidation among the brokerage houses and banks, which led to the loss of multiple distribution channels for securities and reduced the ability for small players to survive. We should all be concerned about this because small companies are the engines for job growth and new job creation in America. cents or 6.25

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

The Past (1985-2002). They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks?

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It’s Time to Play Moneyball: The Investment Readiness Level

Steve Blank

Teams use the Lean Startup toolkit: the Business Model Canvas + Customer Development process + Agile Engineering. These three tools allow startups to focus on the parts of an early stage venture that matter the most: the product, product/market fit, customer acquisition, revenue and cost model, channels and partners.

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53 Top Conversion Optimization Tools Reviewed by Experts

ConversionXL

Adobe’s recent acquisition of Comscore’s Digital Analytix business adds another product integration to their future roadmap. Cons: Measurement of acquisition channels appears to be a mute point with Clicktale. By this I mean to say that getting completion rates of tasks by marketing channel is not a part of the tool.