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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 6: Channel Hypotheses

Steve Blank

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment with a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. Virtual channels include Dedicated e-commerce, Two-step e-distribution and Aggregators. Their goal is to deploy CarrotBot this week in the farm fields in Avenal, California, on the way to the World Ag Expo.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

A serious study here: [link] concluded that younger people being more creative is a highly predictable at the aggregate level. Same idea – too young and naive to know it can’t be done. However, it is far more unpredictable at the individual level. my “too young and naive to know it can’t be done theory.&#

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Out of the Crisis #3, Jen Pahlka and Raylene Yung on creating the U.S. Digital Response

Startup Lessons Learned

She and Raylene Young, who you'll hear in a minute, have collaborated to form the USDR, The United States Digital Response, activating an entire network of government technologists, lean and agile practitioners, to bring them together with state and local governments solving problems of immediate need. So I'm lucky to have that.

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Coffee With Startups

Steve Blank

They see the big “Write Once, Publish Everywhere&# and immediately think “this is ping.fm or posterous, but you have to pay for it&#.

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

They created a program called Onward California in partnership with the State of California and with the support of governor Newsom. Their model in California was so successful they eventually created a new organization, Onward US, dedicated to putting American workers displaced by COVID-19 back to work.

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Assessing fit with the Wisdom of Crowds

Startup Lessons Learned

In order to get optimal results from a group-based effort, you need three things: diversity, Independence , and an objective method for aggregating results. Aggregate results carefully. It ended with a large layoff and a transfer of jobs from NY to California and Bangalore. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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7 Incredible Web Design, Branding, Digital Marketing Experiences

Occam's Razor

", and the page is exactly the same for me in California or someone in London? They also make it clear they only serve California, rather than telling you after you click the Submit button! by creating a great experience, reassuring me with clear pricing, and they won't even have to pay a bounty to their aggregators!

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