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The Helsinki Spring

Steve Blank

I spent the month of September lecturing, and interacting with (literally) thousands of entrepreneurs in two emerging startup markets, Finland and Russia. This is the first of two posts about Finland and entrepreneurship. It’s hard enough to pick which existing companies with known business models to aid.

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The Helsinki Spring

ReadWriteStart

I spent the month of September lecturing, and interacting with (literally) thousands of entrepreneurs in two emerging startup markets, Finland and Russia. This is the first of two posts about Finland and entrepreneurship. steve blank in finland sept 2011 View more documents from steve blank. 9-to-5 Venture Capital.

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Founder Interview – Ola Sars of Music-Tech Leader, Soundtrack Your Brand

The Startup Magazine

We decided to set up a joint venture to go after the global “Audio for Business” market, and Soundtrack was born. But the biggest opportunity presented is that the global music market has grown into a bigger market than ever before currently at $77 billion and that is expected to grow further to $142 billion before 2030.

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The United Nations: a Network of Networks

Reid Hoffman

To succeed, we will need innovation that is both original and deployed at global scale. the business models to sustain and grow. Entrepreneurs find the right innovations from networks and build them into products and services with business models. That’s how we’ll create cleaner, more affordable power.

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Embrace technical debt

Startup Lessons Learned

For example, IMVU’s early business model was made possible by Paypal’s easy self-serve and open access payment system. Once we can see opportunities for truly global efficiency gains, all that remains is to ensure our team actually makes room for those investments. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment

Steve Blank

They’ve been thinking hard and smart about the lessons to be learned not only from Silicon Valley, but with only 16 million people, they are also looking for lessons from other small innovation clusters such as Israel, Singapore and Finland. There seemed to be very few who knew how to coach entrepreneurs and to build companies.

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

You have to know your business model. Most startups launch before theyve figured out what business theyre in. Would have been nice to have this last year when I started my own business. A soft launch is a very good test to your business model, and allow you to fix bugs and optimize your products.