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Bigger in Bend – Building a Regional Startup Cluster–part 1 of 3

Steve Blank

When Customer Development and the Lean Startup were just a sketch on the napkin, Dino Vendetti, a VC at Bay Partners, was one of the first venture capitalists I shared my ideas with. Over the years we brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Silicon Valley Transplants.

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Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder

www.women2.org

After quitting my job and starting Sorced , I spent a few months validating my business concept by creating the product mockups and doing customer development. Just like you’d go to the Mission in San Francisco to find a hipster, you need to identify where these people are hanging out both online and offline. Acquisition.

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Why we need to teach MBA’s about modern entrepreneurship (and what Harvard Business School is doing about it)

Startup Lessons Learned

This week, the startup tribe from Harvard Business School is making their annual trek to Silicon Valley. It’s a common refrain around Silicon Valley to disparage the role of MBA’s in entrepreneurship. It’s a common refrain around Silicon Valley to disparage the role of MBA’s in entrepreneurship.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley 12: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

This is the second of three posts about the rise of “risk capital” and how it came to be associated with what became Silicon Valley. ———————– The First Valley IPO’s Silicon Valley first caught the eyes of east coast investors in the late 1950’s when the valleys first three IPO’s happened: Varian in 1956, Hewlett Packard in 1957, and Ampex in 1958.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Do you know of any VC or angel investors that are interested in targeting the Hispanic Market? investors like great companies, that’s really the filter. That’s how I got my first 10-50 customers. How should I approach an angel investor? I would love to present our BP. Always a warm introduction. 1) Hire A’s.