Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Although the class was run completely online, and even though they were suffering from Zoom fatigue, the 10 teams of 42 students collectively interviewed 1,142 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, industry partners, etc. Tom Bedecarré , the founder and CEO of AKQA, the leading digital advertising agency.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2017

Learning online has many benefits for an aspiring entrepreneur or small business owner. Besides convenience and affordability, online programs often offer courses and instruction that might normally not be open to the general public. Here are two good courses you might consider through Lynda.com: Become a Small Business Owner.

Programming 48

Programming Technical Review Small Business Illinois 48

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Government programs. You should also research the government programs like subsidies, funding, and grants that are available for your business sector and ensure you understand the parameters to qualify for these. ? I have interacted with a lot of founders who funded their initial business expenses through credit cards.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Today we are announcing the biggest entrepreneurial program ever launched – Startup Weekend Next. The class teaches founders how to dramatically reduce their failure rate through the combination of business model design, customer development and agile development using the Startup Owners Manual. The Lean LaunchPad Class.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

What gets lost when a large company looks at the rationale for an acquisition (IP, team, product, users) is that startups are run by founders searching for a business model. And as part of their transition to predictable processes, their founders may or may not still be at the helm. Lessons Learned.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 22, 2019

By the time they are up and running they are so busy with the day to day aspects of keeping their business ticking over that they can become overwhelmed at the time demands of invoicing, tax compliance and a thousand other distractions competing for their attention. One-stop-shop” accounting software.

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Software Review Due Diligence Startup Stock 176

Up and Running

JULY 28, 2022

Commercial property insurance: Covers machine or building used for business operations except for damage caused by earthquakes and floods. Develop a founders agreement. A founders’ agreement is a legal contract defining and governing the relationship between cofounders. Also, you can invest in business accounting software.

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Small Business Intellectual Property Cofounder Software Review 167

Up and Running

APRIL 8, 2015

Q&A with Joe Maruschak, co-founder of Fertilab Thinkubator . The companies we like to bring into the incubator are the ones that get rejected by everyone because they say, “Where’s your business plan? You need your business plan. It’s you starting a business. If it doesn’t exist, you’re not ready.”

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

By the end of the 20th century, case studies and business plans had reached an evolutionary dead-end for entrepreneurs. The Rise of Business Schools – Management as an Occupation. The business school was invented in the first decade of the 20th century in response to a massive economic transformation in the U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

by Lu Zhang, founder and managing partner of Fusion Fund. Competition from other startups and established incumbents, constraints on time and capital, and limited access to talent and technology resources are just a few of the hurdles nearly every first-time founder faces while trying to build a business.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Early Stage Differentiation 140

Up and Running

JUNE 12, 2014

” For Lori, spreading business cards has worked best. As part of her latest campaign, she took advantage of New York’s Citibike Bike Sharing Program and placed Cheek’d cards in the baskets of as many bikes as she could. My favorite story to date would be the personal ‘Lori Cheeking’ of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons.”

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Founder Marketing Startup Software Review 142

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features. All this may cost a few thousand dollars, but don’t get talked into an Amazon.com replacement just yet.

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Startup eCommerce Hosting Bootstrapping 252

Up and Running

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Are you ready to start your business this year? Sometimes it can help to hear from small business founders who were able to breathe life into their business idea and make it go. These four founders shared their success stories with our LivePlan team over the past year. Allison Reitz, founder of Good Elephant.

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Small Business Founder Metrics Forecast 112

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Steve is the CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators with over 50 partners in 22 countries. Founders Space was ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines. 18:05] How does the Founder Space operate? [20:21] He's the CEO of founders space.

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San Francisco Technical Review Incubator Silicon Valley 97

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2011

I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. Instead the business press dumped on the founders for “selling out.” Many founders mentioned this as a reason not to incorporate or grow their companies in Finland.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? ” As far as “terms” go I’m 100% aligned to have the most vanilla, founder-friendly terms I can. They do this because they have amazing skills at writing business plans.

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Early Stage Deal Flow Investment Bankers Technical Review 361

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

The eight teams spoke to over 945 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. I observed that teaching case studies and/or how to write a business plan as a capstone entrepreneurship class didn’t match the hands-on chaos of a startup. He runs H4X Labs.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. I learned something: technical co-founders are a myth. Captain Recruiter. Real Advice. No Nonsense.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. Their idea is that consumers will want a subscription service for short form entertainment (10-minute programs) for mobile rather than full length movies. ” Fire, Ready, Aim.

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Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features. All this may cost a few thousand dollars, but don’t get talked into an Amazon.com replacement just yet.

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Hosting Bootstrapping .Net Social Network 248

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when to ignore it. Berkeley Boalt Law School and runs their entrepreneurship program. Startup Insights From Paul English, Co-Founder of Kayak - OnStartups , May 10, 2010 I’m just wrapping up several weeks of attending conferences across both coasts. It says what?!”).

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Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Is it a great business plan? An ace team of business types and star programmers? Even better, Shelters has over fifteen years of entrepreneurial experience as a founder, co-founder as well as an advisor to numerous United States-based and Asia-based startups. Sheer luck?

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Technical Review Private Equity Thailand Incubator 164

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features. All this may cost a few thousand dollars, but don’t get talked into an Amazon.com replacement just yet.

eCommerce 196

eCommerce Hosting Bootstrapping .Net 196

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. All universities love and need to get help from people in the “real world” for coaching and judging activities in their Entrepreneurship and MBA programs.

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Accredited Investor Elevator Pitch Entrepreneur SEC 357

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? ” As far as “terms” go I’m 100% aligned to have the most vanilla, founder-friendly terms I can. They do this because they have amazing skills at writing business plans.

Deal Flow 347

Deal Flow Early Stage Investment Bankers Technical Review 347

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 12, 2012

Brother International Corporation just launched a US$25,000 small business grant program together with entrepreneurial online resource StartupNation , offering five grant packages of $5,000 each to small business owners who can convince them how the grant money can help them start their own business, or grow a current one.

Small Business 153

Small Business Programming Cofounder Business Plan 153

shelfmade.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

ShelfMade Home About Best Article You’ll Ever Read and Not Understand Finding Non-Tech Founders October 3, 2007.5:27 If I would have kept my mouth shut I would probably still be looking for a co-founder. You want your new co-founder to see the business (and hopefully the potential) as you are explaining it.

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Founder Cofounder Technical Cofounder Social Network 40

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Obviously, commercial e-commerce sites handling thousands of products and back-office functions are more expensive, and usually require professional help to do the custom programming and special site navigation features. All this may cost a few thousand dollars, but don’t get talked into an Amazon.com replacement just yet.

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Cost Startup Hosting Bootstrapping 220

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

While in recent years, the rise of microloans and microcredit programs have certainly done some good, there are new ideas cropping up about ways to create sustainable change using education, business planning skills, and technology. What are the risks of the status quo in efforts to eradicate poverty? Information Asymmetry.

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Kenya Community Business Plan 109

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 12, 2010

In all the interviews you've read about founders' success, how many credit their MBA program? It should be part of your business plan that other people will copy you. If you've lived in the software world for a few years you know the stuff they teach you in school is irrelevant, so who cares what degree you have?

Intellectual Property 319

Intellectual Property Bootstrapping Software Review Open Source 319

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 18, 2011

I have been working full time with two founders for about 10 months on full time basis. During that time one of the founders had mentioned that for the initial agreed time (3 months, equivalent dollars could be translated to 2% of equity but no agreement was reached at that time). What are the terms the founders got in the deal?

CTO 167

CTO CTO Hire Equity Vesting 167

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2015

Thus founders seeking funding for a good cause or a new technology often seize on grants from universities, government agencies and philanthropic organizations as free money to solve their problems. Enhance your business plan and marketing with these in mind. Highlight an element of social entrepreneurship in every plan.

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SBIR Equity Technical Review Early Stage 120

Board Effect

APRIL 28, 2021

An important thing for founders to know is that getting 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status takes time. With Form 1023-EZ, nonprofits aren’t required to submit their Articles of Incorporation and they don’t have to submit a business plan. Define your programs and activities. It takes time to research all the requirements.

Software Review 98

Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Government 98

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 18, 2011

I have been working full time with two founders for about 10 months on full time basis. During that time one of the founders had mentioned that for the initial agreed time (3 months, equivalent dollars could be translated to 2% of equity but no agreement was reached at that time). What are the terms the founders got in the deal?

CTO 150

CTO CTO Hire Equity Vesting 150

viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Home About Contact Me How To Make It as a First-Time Entrepreneur Vinicius Vacanti Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder September 7, 2010 | View Comments Steve Job's Technical Co-Founder “I’ve got this HUGE idea. I just need to find a technical co-founder.&# I was in this situation and we barely escaped.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Founder Ruby 43

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Deciding whether to increase money or trade equity in the business for much needed assistance, could be a tough call. I raised money and traded equity, but with my venture, I had to make one of the toughest decisions, to build it with some assistance of co-founders. Find the right co-founders.

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Cofounder Sweat Equity Equity Dilution 124

Board Effect

JUNE 9, 2021

Thousands of great ideas never come to fruition because business owners and founders of nonprofit organizations aren’t familiar with the startup business grant process. They simply don’t have the seed money to get a business or organization off the ground. Small Business Development Centers by state. Dare to Dream.

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Government Technical Review SBA Angel Investor 78