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No One Wins In Business Plan Competitions

Steve Blank

I suggested that they first might want to read my post on why business plans are a poor planning and execution tool for startups. A startup is not executing a series of knowns. A simple way to think about it is that in a startup no business plan survives first contact with customers. Business Plan Versus Business Models.

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Digital.NYC: The First Ecosystem Hub

Gust

On October 1st, 2014, after more than two years of partnership and development, Gust proudly joined the Mayor of the City of New York and IBM in announcing the launch of Digital.NYC , NYC’s new official hub for tech and startups. Most of the profiles of startups and investors are provided by Gust.

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MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN

Austin Startup

The panel will take questions and give stories and advice on startup sales from their vast wealth of experience in the entrepreneurial world. The W3 Method equips startups with the tools to articulate their strategy with their team, company, investors and customers. What are they buying? Why do they buy?

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How to Flip Your Startup in 5 Steps

ReadWriteStart

Steve Blank, author of Four Steps to Epiphany , has helped formulate the thinking behind the Lean Startup methodology , together with Eric Ries. I had an opportunity to meet him during a discussion around the Startup Genome project. What would be the methodology for startups that simply want to flip? 1: Find a Simple Idea.

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