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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 4- Semiconductors

Steve Blank

Our guest speaker for our fourth class was John Hurley , former Member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, an expert on semiconductors and supply chains, and former Captain, U.S. The goal is to meet its local chip demand by 2030. [Please watch the video, review the slides and blog posts]. Optional Rebecca S.

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Lean LaunchPad – For Deep Science and Technology

Steve Blank

For example, life sciences versus commercial applications have radically different reimbursement, regulatory, clinical trials, scientific advisory boards, demand creation, etc. Ended in Week 10 as a B2C platform for scheduling on-demand at-home senior care. 2016 Instructors : Jeff Epstein, Steve Weinstein.

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Traction Metrics Seed Real Startup Funding And Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Build an inside advisory board of influencers and experts. If Bill Gates has agreed to be on the board of your software startup, that’s major traction, even with no paying customers. Show evidence of growing and unsatisfied customer demand. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 06/14/2016.

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7 Steps To Turning Business-As-Usual Into A Moonshot

Startup Professionals Musings

Moonshots are simply efforts that demand breakthroughs that are not possible within business-as-usual practices. It’s time for the executive team and advisory board to commit the necessary funds and people resources to complete the plan. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 07/15/2016.

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Swedish Immigrant Helps Reinvent the Mouthguard Industry

Hearpreneur

We brought a product to the market that you cannot find anywhere else, and in addition a product there is a need and high demand for. This made it possible for us to demand payment on order and consequently we had almost no A/R for the first couple of years. Sometimes a great advisory board can be just as useful.