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The 47th (-46) International Business Model Competition

Steve Blank

This startup search process is the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. When founders discover their assumptions are wrong, as they inevitably will, the result isn’t a crisis , it’s a learning event called a pivot — and an opportunity to update the business model. And they are ready to share!

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The Future of America’s Innovation Economy- Progress and Challenges at the USPTO

David Teten

I took fairly detailed notes at last night’s panel on ‘ The Future of America’s Innovation Economy Progress and Challenges at the USPTO’ It was sponsored by The Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology; Seton Hall University School of Law; and the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association.

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19 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Being a Trademark Attorney and owner of an Intellectual Property Law Firm, The Law Firm of Andrea Hence Evans, LLC, I know the importance of launching a business with a strong name that is not generic but rather suggestive and requires some thought or imagination. The rest is history. Thanks to Billy Lowe, Gloss & Toss® ! #6-

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The Rise of the Lean VC – Consumer Internet Gets Its Own Investors

Steve Blank

I think you can blame Customer and Agile Development for a small part of it. The two watershed events for biotech startups were the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 and the Orphan Drug Act of 1983. Lean VC’s are expert in on-line distribution, Agile and Customer Development. Here’s why. Electron-based Venture Capital. Lessons Learned.

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Workstreamer Launches Public Beta

Austin Startup

This allows team members to comment or share ideas on company events of interest. Given the expanded user base that will surely come starting today, I’m sure the team of agile developers will have even more great ideas to implement in Workstreamer. The company was founded with seed capital from Austin Ventures.

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Digital Technology MoshPit

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Participants in MoshPit sessions do extensive preparation, including research and ideation, alone, before the group event. All frameworks (Agile, Lean, CPS, Design Thinking, Stage-Gate) require people to come up with fresh ideas, and MoshPit has a new and better way to do that.

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

We have great intellectual property protection, and have efficient ways to enforce contracts. Prime Ventures, Endeit, Newion and HenQ), great events and publications (eg. Our socially progressive attitude has helped shape the most creative and agile playing of the global game. But this shouldn’t take a whole generation.