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Startup Tools

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The Class That Changed the Way Entrepreneurship is Taught

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The business school was invented in the first decade of the 20th century in response to a massive economic transformation in the U.S. The country exited the Civil War as a nation of small businesses and ended the century with large national corporations (railroads, steel, oil, food, insurance, etc.). Soon others were created.

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When Krave Jerky Showed up in Class with a $435,000 Check

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I remind my students that I’m teaching them a methodology they can use the rest of their careers, not running an incubator. Hershey just bought Krave Jerky, a team in our 2011 Berkeley Lean LaunchPad class, for >$200 million. The Lean LaunchPad class works for existing businesses as well as new startups.

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Startup Resources

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Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Small Business tools list. customer retention, churn reduction, lifetime value. free/cheap web customer relationship mgmt software. small business CRM. outsourcing for small business. List of Startup Incubators. Codeacademy.

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What is the perfect startup team?

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Find Questions, Topics and People Add Question Add Question Team Configuration 500 Startups Guerilla Marketing Organizations Entrepreneurship Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs Startups Startup Incubators and Seed Programs Seedcamp Y Combinator TechStars Lean Startups What is the perfect startup team? Could not have said it better myself.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

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2) Co-Founders are the largest form of dilution (if you’re raising) 3) Everything around LeanStartup / Customer Development 4) Understand the micro economics of your business early. the overseas business is a $billion security market. 3) Does an online business really need a tech co-founder? (3) A few nuggets.