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Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

Dino Vendetti a VC at Bay Partners, moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Part 3: Engineering a Regional Tech Cluster. Few entrepreneurs find this scalable and repeatable business model because it’s not easy. I visited Bend last year and caught up with his progress.

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Intel Disrupted: Why large companies find it difficult to innovate, and what they can do about it

Steve Blank

These resulting business models made them look incredibly profitable. They knew how to execute the current business model. Intel under their last two CEOs delivered more revenue and profit than any ever before. Horizon 1 – execute their existing business model(s). Lessons Learned.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

VC’s worked with entrepreneurs to build profitable and scalable businesses, with increasing revenue and consistent profitability – quarter after quarter. The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. For VC’s and entrepreneurs the gold rush to liquidity was on.

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Rocket Science 2: Drinking the Kool-Aid

Steve Blank

Video Games At SuperMac , Peter Barrett was the witty and creative 24-year old Australian engineer who had designed several of our most successful products, culminating with the software for the Video Spigot. I remember thinking, “What a disappointment one of the smartest engineers I know and he is going to waste his time making games.”