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STEVE BLANK APRIL 8, 2010 No Plan Survives First Contact With Customers – Business Plans versus Business Models He said, “After we graduated we took our great idea, holed up in my apartment and spent months researching and writing a business plan. MORE >>	THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MIND NOVEMBER 22, 2011 Sources of Seed Money Even thought money for entrepreneurial ventures is tougher to find than it was in the boom times, there still is money out there. Even seed stage ventures can find backing if they are patient, determined, and have a strong enough business model. MORE >>	RECENT POSTS MARCH 24, 2013 \| MIKE MICHALOWICZ The 37 Greatest Business Ideas for Young Entrepreneurs MARCH 20, 2013 \| ROB GO Q&A: How To Deal With The Trough of Sorrow? And tips for bootstrapping companies FEBRUARY 3, 2013 \| STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS 8 Key Actions for Entrepreneurs Needing Early Money JANUARY 28, 2013 \| STEVE BLANK Designing a Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – A Qualcomm Case Study (part 1 of 2) JANUARY 28, 2013 \| STEVE BLANK Designing a Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – A Qualcomm Case Study (part 1 of 2) DECEMBER 7, 2012 \| ARCTICSTARTUP Ex-Rovio Team Gets Funding To Create A Game That "Will Live On For Decades"
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STEVE BLANK JANUARY 28, 2013 Designing a Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – A Qualcomm Case Study (part 1 of 2) The ideas were to be implemented by existing business or R&D units – i.e., no need to create new permanent infrastructures for innovation. MORE >>	STEVE BLANK JANUARY 28, 2013 Designing a Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – A Qualcomm Case Study (part 1 of 2) The ideas were to be implemented by existing business or R&D units – i.e., no need to create new permanent infrastructures for innovation. MORE >>	SOCAL CTO FEBRUARY 2, 2011 How Investors Think About Valuation of Pre-Revenue Startups They might have some seed money and are thinking or raising a Series A based on success of an early release (MVP). Think about how you can prove your business model with an MVP. He just post: Establishing the Pre-money Valuation of Pre-revenue Startups. What are they really looking for? is a requirement. MORE >>	STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS FEBRUARY 3, 2013 8 Key Actions for Entrepreneurs Needing Early Money If you set around quietly waiting for someone you know to offer you money to fund a startup, you will probably have a long wait. Don’t be one. MORE >>
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STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2011
Early-Stage Startups Need Friends, Family, and Fools

Since they don’t know you (yet), their first integrity check on you as a person is whether your friends and family believe in you strongly enough to give you seed money for your new idea. If you set around quietly waiting for someone you know to offer you money to fund a startup, you will probably have a long wait. Don’t be one. MORE >>

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STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2010
How to Get Funding From Friends, Family, and Fools

Since they don’t know you (yet), their first integrity check on you as a person is whether your friends and family believe in you strongly enough to give you seed money for your new idea. If you set around quietly waiting for someone you know to offer you money to fund a startup, you will probably have a long wait. Don’t be one. MORE >>

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Can This Start-up Shake up the Art World?

Especially so, because there's an obvious cure: the rental business model. Instead of selling new goods, some smart entrepreneurs have built businesses around the idea of renting them in bite-size morsels. Now we're about to find out if the same model will work in the world of fine art. It's an intriguing model. MORE >>

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STARTUP PROFESSIONALS MUSINGS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2010
Mentors-Plus-Capital Programs – Intense Incubation

By Jim Flowers A few months ago, Marty invited me to comment on business incubation and what a startup company ought to expect from an incubator. The latest entry is DayOne Ventures , just opened for business in Southwest Virginia, and seeking applicants. The strong get money and live to fight another day. MORE >>

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You need three things to create a successful startup: to start withgood people, to make something customers actually want, and to spendas little money as possible. The way a startup makes money is to offer people bettertechnology than they have now. Andyet theres a lot of money at stake. For business people its roulette. MORE >>

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