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Why Founders Should Know How to Code

Steve Blank

As the farm fields flew by on the interstate I listened as Dave described how he translated his vision into a series of hypotheses and mapped them onto a business model canvas. The emphasis on the rapid development and iteration of MVP’s is to speed up how fast you can learn ; from customers, partners, network scale, adoption, etc.

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5 Things You Need to Learn Before Launching a Startup

ReadWriteStart

Business Models and Pricing Know your business model prior to launching a startup. However, sometimes founders only think about their big idea and forget about the strictly business side of a startup. However, you don’t need them all, you need the ones that suit your business model.

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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. Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model. 1) It’s an obligation that came with the check.

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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. Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model. 1) It’s an obligation that came with the check.

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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. Yet boards of large companies exist to monitor efficient strategy and execution of a known business model. It's an obligation that came with the check.

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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

Based on your article you might be interested in my book,which you can see on my web site www.bootstrapping101.com Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Labels: bootstrapping , education , entrepreneurship. 1 comment: Bob. April 4, 2010 8:34 AM.

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Why Content Favors the Old (Entrepreneur)

pandodaily.com

But it’s possible that as the secret sauce of new media swings farther from disruptive technology and business models to a focus on curated and quality content, it’s the older entrepreneurs who are in the pole position. Media companies are amongst the stodgiest "old boy network" environments out there. 25 comments.