Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

It dawned on me that the plans were a symptom of a larger problem: we were executing business plans when we should first be searching for business models. So what would a search process for a business model look like? That is until Alexander Osterwalder wrote Business Model Generation.

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Lean Agile Customer Development Business Model 178

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Paring down products, target customers, business models etc takes courage, but it must be done to have any chance of success. Eric, As you touch on, the lean venture has been the basic model employed by entrepreneurs throughout history until the past 12 years or so when venturing became institutionalized.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

ReadWriteStart

MAY 2, 2012

After several years spent watching angels, super angels and incubators move in on their turf, VCs are flexing back. A new survey of startups shows venture capitalists are reasserting themselves in the funding game. Angels were swooping in and entrepreneurs, a lot of whom had soured on the VC model, welcomed them with open hands.

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San Francisco Silicon Valley Incubator Startup 115

David Teten

APRIL 18, 2014

For that reason, on May 5 in New York, HBSAANY is going to co-host our first-ever pitch night with the Harvard Business School African-American Alumni Association. Several key partners include HBSAANY, New York Angels, and others to be announced. . Details here.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

New York ›. View More in New York › ›. San Diego’s Free EvoNexus Tech Incubator Gains Qualcomm Expertise. The Skqueak That Roars: New App Combines Drawing, Audio, Images. New York Events ›. New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’. View More in Boston ›.

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San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Richard Witten , special advisor on entrepreneurship to the President of Columbia University ; and Kathryn Minshew , co-founder of the popular online career platform TheMuse.com both joined me in Sirius’ New York studio and shared their version of being knocked down and coming back stronger. It’s a great thing for New York. .

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Entrepreneur New York Cofounder Equity 120

Up and Running

MAY 17, 2012

A solid business plan is a must if you’re thinking of entering a competition, so get yourself some good business plan software to improve your chances. Business Accelerator/Incubator Programs. If you’re a startup still discovering your business model, loans may not be for you.

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Silicon Valley Startup Campaign Incubator 103

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

While finding product-market fit is important, getting the rest of the business model right is the difference between and a great demo and a great business. He is also a co-founder of XediaLabs , a DC-based incubator that provides training and technical consulting to local startups. Grant Warner.

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Cofounder DC Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 120

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Fudging the truth to make your business proposal sound more impressive than it might actually be is an easy thing to do – especially if you need investors or employees, like, now. You may exaggerate your business’ potential to make it a more appealing investment. survey measuring small business aspirations.

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Small Business New York City Incubator Bandwidth 68

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Early-stage entrepreneurs; people participating in startrup incubator or accelerator programs; and bootstrappers. Individuals can apply, but the scholarship application form is designed for a community leader to bring in a group from a geographic area or from an incubator/accelerator program. Here are the details for each group.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2017

It’s one way of de-risking the business. If you are a qualified candidate for a prominent accelerator or incubator program in your field of interest, and, if you get accepted, you should go. But, it’s not a town to know and gain access to corporate America if that is a key component of your business model.

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Atlanta Albuquerque Incubator Austin 48

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Unlike small business entrepreneurs, their interest is not in earning a living but rather in creating equity in a company that eventually will become publicly traded or acquired, generating a multi-million-dollar payoff. Their job is to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. They hire the best and the brightest.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

My partner in Menlo Incubator , Gary Kremen , and I had a recent debate on which one of us hates convertible debt more. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. 3 hours ago.

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San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Valuation 36

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Jen Sargent, founder of entertainment news site HitFix, says she can get folks to work for her at much lower rates than the "inflated" fees being offered in Silicon Valley and New York. There are at least five high-profile incubators in the area, including Launchpad, Amplify and MuckerLab. That said a lot." Advertisement.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

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. We now have the tools, technology and data to take incubators and accelerators to the next level. We think we can do better.

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Oakland Incubator Lean Metrics 326

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I'm doing a new academic experiment now - an incubator at Menlo College where we are bringing the start-ups to campus and giving the students an opportunity to see how they develop and work as interns. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Ludi, Thanks for sharing your experience.

San Jose 43

San Jose Silicon Valley Las Vegas Venture Capital 43

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

For most big, established companies like us, our business models were developed years—even decades ago. We’ve built up strength in executing our business model, not creating new ones. In fact, I believe the movement is now mainstream—startups, VCs, accelerators, are no longer “new.”. And why wouldn’t it be?

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Lean Nepal Cofounder Customer Development 326

The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2012

Just like in college, graduates of incubators are sent off to go conquer the world… with the dream of a multi-million dollar exit and dollar signs in their eyes. In life out of the incubator or accelerator bubble, why do most of these bright start-ups fail? But what about the remaining 99%? What is the missing ingredient?

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

In this case, LinkedIn was the only logical one that came to mind and didn’t see a viable business model short of that result. I first contacted my friend, Manu Kumar, who incubated the company, coming up with the idea and finding the founders to build the product. The Real Paid PAID Vacation Policy. 3 hours ago.

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Acquisition San Jose Angel Investor IPO 31

Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

In addition to the first prize, he was also given office space at the Plug and Play incubator for the summer and get to spend his days with other entrepreneurs and investors. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley Bootstrapping 28

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

During this week's roundtable, we started off by discussing the pre-incubation procedure we are recommending with audience members from different parts of the world. This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. About Sramana Mitra.

Silicon Valley 105

Silicon Valley Columbus Ohio Incubator 105

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

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. Now our biz model is lighter, more flexible. 3) Does an online business really need a tech co-founder? (3)

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

the failure rate of new ventures (startups had no formal rules and were a hit or miss proposition), the slow adoption rate of new technologies by the government and large companies. Venture capital used to be a tight club clustered around formal firms located in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

Continuous innovation requires the imagination and courage to challenge the initial hypotheses of your current business model (channel, cost, customers, products, supply chain, etc.) Venture Capital used to be a tight club clustered around formal firms located in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York. The founders.

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Restful Silicon Valley Puerto Rico San Jose 222

David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

New marketplaces such as TaskRabbit, ParkatmyHouse, Zimride, Swap.com, Zilok, Bartercard and thredUP are enabling “peer-to-peer” to become the default way people exchange – whether it’s unused space, goods, skills, money, or services – and sites like these are appearing everyday, all over the world.

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Darfur Sudan Cofounder United Kingdom 122

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

12:30 PM: Conversation with Michel Gondry 18ABCD – Elvis Mitchell, film critic at tthe New York Times interviews the director of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind&# Cool. 12AB – A discussion about the new media democracy, citizen journalism and the wisdom of the crowd. Let me show you how to rework that.

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Omaha Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Media 79

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

One of the impact initiatives I’m proudest of is founding Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York , a nonprofit and now the East Coast’s largest angel group. Does your business touch potential voters? Invest in business models that otherwise could not access VC. trillion. .

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