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Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – The Startup Genome Project

Steve Blank

In April 2010 I received an email that said, “I’m an incoming Stanford student in the fall and working on a project that a number of people suggested I get in touch with you about.&#. Founders overestimate the value of IP before product market fit by 255%. . Ok, I get a lot of these. I was feeling pretty old.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My.

Steve Blank

No business plan survives first contact with customers The real value is finding the product/market fit. Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy » 24 Responses Tweets that mention Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My Slides?! That’s not found in a set of slides.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

There is no question that organic business development is better for customers, the economy, and businesses that are attempting to create real long-term value rather than the flip -- aka corp outsourcing of R&D, which has essentially been the primary exit the past few years. April 6, 2010 8:23 AM Colie Brice said. Good stuff.

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Several “experts” in marketing and advertising, and IP lawyers, tried to talk me into changing it. In 2010, I started building a software that analyzed why websites ranked highly on Google’s SERP. values of leadership, and the cherry on top is that it is easily pronounceable in most languages! Buttercloth was born.

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One More Time: No NDAs

dashes.com

May 7, 2010. Its great that were in such a fertile phase for the tech industry that lots of people have new ideas, and Im very flattered that people value my input or ideas enough to want to share their projects with me. The biggest value I can probably offer you is that I would talk about what youre working on. zuccaro.joe. |

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

More and more VCs have deals in their portfolios that have long outlasted their investment value, and more and more VCs are seeking to unload these deals, at a loss, as reverse merger vehicles. Submissions once a day till Nov 26, 2010 per category Top 5 per category will advance to finalists round Good luck to everyone!

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

More and more VCs have deals in their portfolios that have long outlasted their investment value, and more and more VCs are seeking to unload these deals, at a loss, as reverse merger vehicles. Submissions once a day till Nov 26, 2010 per category Top 5 per category will advance to finalists round Good luck to everyone!