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Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 1 of 2

Steve Blank

Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Silicon Valley, New York). Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model.

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Why Board Meetings Suck – Part 1 of 2

Steve Blank

Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Silicon Valley, New York). Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model.

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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. Kennet has a white paper on that summarizes why bootstrapped businesses are the best.

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What's Wrong With Today's Board Meetings: Part 1

ReadWriteStart

Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Silicon Valley, New York). Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model.

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ProfessorVC: Why didn't I think of that??

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Some result from years of work and/or education while others are a result of trying to identify a unique solution to a consumer or business problem. We recently had our Neat Ideas Fair, which is my favorite annual event of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship at SJSU.

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Customer Development Manifesto: The Path of Warriors and Winners.

Steve Blank

Market Type Integral to the Customer Development model is the notion that Market Type choices affect the way the company will deploy its sales, marketing and financial resources. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Order Here. To Order Outside of the U.S.

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ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Business, Engineering, Computer Science, and Design were all represented. While Silicon Valley covers a large amount of turf, it is very small. Collaboration with engineering, computer science, life sciences, etc. ProfessorVC. Thursday, November 19, 2009.