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Reinventing Life Science Startups – Evidence-based Entrepreneurship

Steve Blank

What we found is that during the class almost all of them pivoted - making substantive changes to one or more of their business model canvas components. In the real world a big pivot in life sciences far down the road of development is a very bad sign due to huge sunk costs. identify financing vehicles before you need them.

SBIR 319
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How to Build a Healthcare Startup

Up and Running

For example, having flexible work hours means you can hire talented candidates from different time zones, which will increase your productivity while keeping the costs down. Your health startup business plan should be a tool to guide your growth. At first, you need to focus on developing your business model and validating it.

SBIR 73
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Office of Naval Research (ONR) Goes Lean

Steve Blank

Dual-use” products reduce the cost for defense adoption of products. Prioritization : Once a list of innovation ideas has been refined by curation, it needs to be prioritized using the McKinsey Three Horizons Model. Horizon 1 ideas provide continuous innovation to a company’s existing business model and core capabilities.

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