YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
It is important to take steps to protect your intellectual property. A simple way to protect your intellectual property is the hold off on filing a patent. Once a patent is filed, others can create similar products using workarounds without violating any intellectual property rights. Avoid Joint Ownership.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
While most of the early attention in a startup is paid to finding product market fit ( the match between value proposition and customer segment on the right-side of the canvas) it’s the left side of the canvas that will tell you what your founding team should look like. So What Does this Have to Do With A Founding Team?
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Steve Blank
JANUARY 30, 2013
I earnestly believe that large corporations should emulate Lean Startups (Business model design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering.) However, they need to match a top-level (board, CEO, exec staff) agreement on strategy and structure. Lessons Learned.
Steve Blank
MARCH 31, 2014
These Key Performance Indicators and processes are what make a company efficient —but they are also the root cause of its inability to be agile and innovative. A company needs innovation policies, innovation processes and innovation incentives to match those it already has for execution. Act Like a Startup.
blog.simeonov.com
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
I have been thinking a lot recently about how to apply agile development principles to investing and key aspects of startup development such as team building. Both stem from the agile principle of delaying decisions until the last responsible moment. The first post is about agile startup fundraising.
Up and Running
AUGUST 19, 2014
what’s behind your financials, your go-to-market strategy, your current traction in the marketplace, your competition and why you’re better, your intellectual property or “secret sauce,” your exit strategy, etc.). I also learned quickly that no two angels are alike. What one angel likes another may not care about.
Steve Blank
MAY 17, 2022
Their real-world performance generally degrades over time if they are not updated regularly with new training data that matches the changing state of the world. An AI can recognize patterns which don’t match the behaviors expected for a particular system, out of millions of different inputs or transactions. Carpe Diem.
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