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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

But the 2013 Snowden revelations damaged that tenuous relationship yet again. After 9/11, with the memories of the fall of the twin towers, this ecosystem of military, academic, corporate, and startup actors coalesced for the decade as U.S. companies felt a patriotic duty to help their country defeat a common enemy. persons.

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Why Big Companies Can’t Innovate

Steve Blank

———– What’s striking about Fast Company’s 2013 list of the world’s 50 most innovative companies is the relative absence of large, established firms. Here’s Ron’s blog post.

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Why Big Companies Can’t Innovate

Steve Blank

———– What’s striking about Fast Company’s 2013 list of the world’s 50 most innovative companies is the relative absence of large, established firms. Here’s Ron’s blog post.

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10,000 Startups – Startup Weekend Next

Steve Blank

The program expands to all of Startup Weekend’s 350 member communities in 2013 where it will be offered up to five times a year in each city. The first four-week Startup Weekend Next classes will start on Nov. 28 in more than 25 cities worldwide. The cost of attending a Startup Weekend Next is ridiculously inexpensive.

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Free Reprints of “Why the Lean Startup Changes Everything”

Steve Blank

The Harvard Business Review is offering free reprints of the May 2013 cover article, “ Why the Lean Startup Changes Everything “ Available here.

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Free Reprints of “Why the Lean Startup Changes Everything”

Steve Blank

The Harvard Business Review is offering free reprints of the May 2013 cover article, “ Why the Lean Startup Changes Everything “ Available here.

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When Product Features Disappear – Amazon, Apple and Tesla and the Troubled Future for 21st Century Consumers

Steve Blank

In July 2013 Google completely redesigned Google Maps – and users discovered that on their desktop/laptop, the new product was slower than the one it replaced and features that were previously available disappeared. The irony was the two books Amazon deleted were Animal Farm and 1984.). Google – Well It Looks Better.

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