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The Enterprise Strikes Back

BeyondVC

If you are looking for a story about how large enterprises digitally transform themselves into agile software organizations (to the extent they can), then I suggest reading Pivotal’s recently filed S-1 on Friday. Their ascent over the last 5 years mirrors many of the trends we are hearing about on a daily basis; cloud in all forms?—?public,

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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

As the venture capital business has come roaring back in the last 5 years, startups are awash in available capital. 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. Act Like a Startup.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

Over time, open source software the rise of the next wave of web startups and the embrace of Agile Engineering meant that startups no longer needed millions of dollars to buy specialized computers and license expensive software – they could start a company on their credit cards. Filed under: Technology , Venture Capital.

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The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Education and Corporate Innovation

Steve Blank

In addition to Stanford I also teach at Columbia, and at these research universities – Stanford, Columbia, Berkeley, and others – they all now have an internal incubator, they have maker spaces, they have their own venture funds, they connect to the community, they connect to venture capital. It’s a big idea.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Altgate

Cloud computing, open source and a global talent pool make outsourcing easier than ever before (even a few years ago). The key is to get the outsourced team locked in for the long term and to build your own lean/agile culture. link] fnazeeri I’ve seen it work (and not). link] Alex Cook Outsourcing is incredible.

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Feel free to borrow these New Year's resolutions

This is going to be BIG.

In 2012, I started my second company--a venture capital firm called B rooklyn Bridge Ventures. I started thinking more about flexibility, agility, and speed. Feel free to share your own and open source this resolution business. Becoming an entrepreneur again has been a ton of work, but incredibly rewarding.

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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

For those of you who have been following the discussion, a Lean Startup is Eric Ries ’s description of the intersection of Customer Development , Agile Development and if available, open platforms and open source. It is about when in the life of your company you do the spending.

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