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Lean Meets Wicked Problems

Steve Blank

The end result was a truly ambitious, unique, and international set of curated Wicked problems. More Tools The key difference between this class and previous Lean/I-Corps and Hacking for Defense classes was that Wicked problems required more than just a business model or mission model to grasp the problem and map the solution.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

There are a lot of things I love about my Android phone--like the easy integration into the rest of my Google life. What's the business model? I hope they can get there, because it would be a major boon to the rest of the market for them to justify their lofty valuations and hopefully the valuations of exits and IPOs.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Photo Credit: Adam Greene. Thanks to Adam Greene, Cuddle Clones ! #3- Our new business model allows us to partner with other nonprofits and reaches more individuals in need of career development and soft skills training. So Bondic was born! Who knew there would ever be something better than glue? 2- Honor a special bond.

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

maplebutter.com

However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. I’m not afraid to pick up the phone, cold call someone, use LinkedIn to find someone who’s recently left a company that might be considered competitive and ask them for advise around the business model and marketplace. It’s what I use.

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I was also sick of my own curated life on Facebook and thought, there must be a place more interesting than this to hang out online. And the rest is history! 5) Became too busy. The business started because as a babysitter myself, I become too busy to work with all of my clients and referrals.