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I-Corps @ NIH – Pivoting the Curriculum

Steve Blank

We’re changing the order in which we teach the business model canvas and customer development to better-fit therapeutics, diagnostics and medical devices. “Customer Development” to test the hypotheses outside the building and. We’ve pivoted our Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum.

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The top 10 companies investing billions in the Metaverse

VC Cafe

As an early stage investor in the world of gaming and metaverse technology at Remagine Ventures, I find these companies have the potential to set the agenda, become the potential platforms for developers building in this space and future acquirers/consolidators of startups building the next generation of the Internet. Here we go! Epic Games.

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Qualcomm’s Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – Lessons Learned (Part 2)

Steve Blank

Doing so meant they would have to take risks for IP acquisition and customer/market risks outside their experience or comfort zone. I earnestly believe that large corporations should emulate Lean Startups (Business model design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering.) Lessons Learned.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. I am heavily indebted to earlier theorists, and highly recommend the books Lean Thinking and Lean Software Development. Labels: customer development , lean startup 8comments: Amy said.

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How to Use Generative AI and LLMs to Improve Search

TechEmpower

This enables internal users to swiftly find answers to queries such as "What is our internal IP address?" Enhancing Front-End Product Search We also developed a front-end search tool that revolutionized the way users search for products. or "How can I modify my direct deposit account?"

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4 Ways to Amplify Digital Innovation in 2018

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Ford is currently using tomatoes to develop new plastics for cars. Suggestion #4, stated a different way is: Digital tech extends it’s fingers so far beyond the IT silo and typical areas for systems development that the normal approaches CIO’s use aren’t going to work well. If you don’t your competition will.

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Tips For Protecting Intellectual Property

YoungUpstarts

Many individuals encounter problems later in the development phases that make going forward in a partnership much more difficult. Your patents will have more support when your IP is seen online often. Open-Source IP. A great way to give your IP and ideas a competitive advantage is to open-source them.