The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. Week 3 of the class and our teams in our Stanford Lean LaunchPad class were hard at work using Customer Development to get out of the classroom and test the first key hypotheses of their business model: The Value Proposition. MORE >>

When the teams exited the bootcamp, however, it was unclear which existing business unit should evaluate them. We should had done this  before assigning the teams to a particular business unit (or had the ability to create a new business unit, or spin the team out of the company). Part 1 outlining the program is here. Epilogue. MORE >>

Alex Osterwalder, author of Business Model Generation, entrepreneur and man on a mission to make Business Models sexy and interesting had a tough act to follow last year. That was followed by Jason Cohen’s discussion about Honesty in Business. Building Competitive Advantage through Business Model Thinking. MORE >>

If Microsoft can maintain profitability whilst their market share declines then they still have an interesting paid for software business. Business models Open SourceThe interesting question is how challenging. To keep their burn low many startups I know eschew Microsoft entirely and run on Google’s free software. MORE >>

Choosing the right business to start is something that nobody can tell you except yourself. The ten answers that I can guarantee you’re not going to get are of the businesses that those entrepreneurs are currently in. What may be a cost-effective business now could be a nightmare waiting to happen. What Is “B2C&# ? MORE >>