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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. A business model competition would emulate the “out of the building” experience of real entrepreneurs executing the customer development / business model / agile stack. The 47th (-46) Annual Business Model Competition.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 16 – Acquisition & Sustainment – Ellen Lord

Steve Blank

One of the ways our adversaries try to gain the advantage is by attacking our supply chain through methods like fraud, introduction of counterfeit materials, control of raw materials, cyber and intellectual property attacks, denying access to strategic materials and rare earth minerals. Which isn’t helping us.

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6 Keys To Convince Investors Of Your Competitive Edge

Startup Professionals Musings

There are a myriad of other important ways that you can demonstrate your competitive advantages in your presentations, discussions, and business plan, including the following: Highlight your intellectual property. Present a clear differentiation and a laser market focus.

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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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Teaching Entrepreneurship – By Getting Out of the Building

Steve Blank

First Team Presentation – What’s the Idea and How Large is the Opportunity. Regulation and Intellectual Property. Final Team Presentation – What’s the Business Model? Presenting the Project. The presentations were graded on: Did they quickly summarize their idea? Customer Discovery. Building Startup Teams.

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How to Impress Angel Investors and Make It into “Startup Heaven”

Up and Running

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.). Entrepreneurs impress me most with a professional, but also kind/down-to-earth presentation. Tweet This Tip.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Hope your presentation here in Washington, DC reaches a few new minds today. Thirdly, revamp how intellectual property rights are applied to software and code. Iteration, iteration, iteration. Expo SF (May.

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