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Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

Over the years Dino and I brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. However, four critical advances over the past decade (cloud, accelerators, Lean, and Angels) not only changed the math for tech investing but made regional tech clusters possible. The inevitable failures then damaged returns.

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From Idea To Execution: Building An Efficient Workflow For Your New Venture

The Startup Magazine

It’s not just about a logo or a tagline; it’s the experience you promise your customers. Develop a marketing strategy that leverages both digital and traditional channels. Whether it’s through bootstrapping, seeking angel investors, or applying for grants, explore all options available to you.

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Born Global or Die Local – Building a Regional Startup Playbook

Steve Blank

They realized if they could develop and promote a well-coordinated sports technologies industry, they could capture their unfair share of the $300 billon sports consumer market. channel partners and Chinese manufacturers and customer acquisition and activation programs outside their home country. This meant they would need U.S.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

Mobile Mondays : Boston chapter of the world’s largest Mobile professional community. Topics have included “Leveraging Pinterest”, “Mobile Commerce”, and “Facebook Advertising”. Lean Startup Circle Boston – Meetup dedicated to the lean startup and customer development methodology. Entrepreneurial Development Firms.

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Zhongguancun in Beijing – China’s Silicon Valley (Part 4 of 5)

Steve Blank

In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. The numbers of mobile subscribers are staggering – 1.18 Beijing Venture/Angel Ecosystem. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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Amsterdam’s Rockstart Accelerator Sees Good First Year, Announces 2nd Edition

YoungUpstarts

“The results of programs like 500 Startups, Techstars, and Y-Combinator are well known, but due to the culture here in Europe there’s still a lot of unknowns in terms of the track record for follow on funding and results of accelerator programs based in Europe,” says Don Ritzen, co-founder and CEO of Rockstart Accelerator.

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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. Bayh-Dole allowed for private ownership of government funded intellectual property developed in universities while the Orphan Drug Act created incentives for developing drugs for disorders afflicting fewer than 200,000 Americans. Here’s why.

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