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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Given Verizon just shut down Go90 , its short form content video service, it will be interesting to see if Verizon distributes Katzenberg’s offerings.). Will these third parties produce something people will watch? But NewTV doesn’t plan on testing these hypotheses.

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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant

Steve Blank

When Sloan arrived at GM in 1920 he realized that the traditional centralized management structures organized by function (sales, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing) were a poor fit for managing GM’s diverse product lines. What Does GM Have to Do with Tesla And Elon Musk?

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. Your pitch is going to cover your strategy (what you’re going to do), your tactics (how you’re going to do it), your business model (how you will make money), and your schedule (who is doing what and when).

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I’ve seen the Promised Land. And I might not get there with you.

Steve Blank

The good news is this team found a business model, product/market fit and a repeatable sales model. What makes the current evaluation hard is that is based not on an assessment of what they have done, but on a forecast of what they are capable of becoming. What’s Next.

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Democratizing IoT Hardware Innovation For Startups – A Radical Approach To A Practical Problem

YoungUpstarts

However, as a successful entrepreneur who has built one of the largest IoT hardware supply chain platforms, I know first-hand that the philosophy of “democracy for all” rarely makes its way into the business world.  Analysts forecast that 6.4 billion connected things will be in use worldwide in 2016.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

Own the development methodology - in a traditional product development setup, the VP Engineering or some other full-time manager would be responsible for making sure the engineers wrote adequate specs, interfaced well with QA, and also run the scheduling "trains" for releases. Labels: product development 15comments: mukund said.

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Love/Hate Business Plan Competitions

Steve Blank

Rob Adams, the director of MootCorp, is doing an amazing job at providing value to all participants, whether it’s feedback on their business model or making the right introductions. MootCorp in particular has an impressive track record of putting early stage tech companies on the right path towards funding.