Business Model Customer Development Finance Incubator 
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 7, 2011
Ironically one of the things that’s holding back the Finnish cluster is Tekes , the government organization for financing research, development and innovation in Finland. It’s hard enough to pick which existing companies with known business models to aid. And they should give themselves a 5-10 year plan to do so.
Steve Blank
MARCH 8, 2011
It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. Get Out of the Building and test the Business Model. We made clear that this class wasn’t an incubator.
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Steve Blank
JUNE 26, 2015
The first, the notion of the “ ambidextrous organization ” from O’Reilly and Tushman , posits that companies that want to do continuous innovation need to execute their core business model while innovating in parallel. Horizon 1 activities support existing business models. Horizon 1 is the company’s core business.
Steve Blank
MARCH 4, 2014
These groups are adapting or adopting the practices of startups and accelerators – disruption and innovation rather than direct competition, customer development versus more product features, agility and speed versus lowest cost. Every large company, whether it can articulate it or not, is executing a proven business model (s).
Steve Blank
JULY 1, 2014
Investors sitting through Incubator or Accelerator demo days have three metrics to judge fledgling startups – 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling PowerPoint slides, and 3) a world-class team. a language corporate innovation groups can use to communicate to business units and finance.
ReadWriteStart
OCTOBER 13, 2011
Steve Blank is a retired serial entrepreneur, educator, thought leader and creator of the rigorous "Customer Development" methodology detailed in his book, "The Four Steps to the Epiphany." It's hard enough to pick which existing companies with known business models to aid.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 20, 2013
Business Model Issues. Recently, the financing of innovation in medical devices has collapsed even further with most Class III devices simply unfundable. Business Model Issues. Yet healthcare has its own unique regulatory and reimbursement issues and business model issues that must be understood.
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