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14 Interesting Findings From The Startup Genome Project

YoungUpstarts

This week Blackbox , founded by entrepreneurs Bjoern Lasse Herrmann and Max Marmer, released its first Startup Genome Report — a 67-page in depth analysis on what makes Silicon Valley startups successful based on profiling over 650 startups. Founders overestimate the value of IP before product market fit by 255%.

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Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – The Startup Genome Project

Steve Blank

But he left to work on what he told me he came to do - crack the innovation code of Silicon Valley and share it with the rest of the world. Founders overestimate the value of IP before product market fit by 255%. . (He was part of the Sandbox network - a group of incredibly smart under 30 year olds.).