Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

We’re interested not only in bringing folks to San Francisco, but also in helping Lean Startup communities take root beyond Silicon Valley. 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.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Imagine a major airline that decided – based on the instinct of its owner – that the new strategy would be to focus on servicing small and emerging airports, rather than major cities. The president of the company decides to forego the urban center of New York City in favor of the grass roots appeal of a small town in Nebraska.

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Steve Blank

JULY 8, 2014

He grew up in Nebraska, had a bucolic childhood that sounded like he was raised by parents from Leave it to Beaver. I didn’t, growing up in a New York City apartment that seemed more like an outpatient clinic. If there’s no funding for startups in your community - get up and move to where it is.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

To those in our eco-system who are facing this problem around the globe, I have the following suggestion: Instead of giving $100,000 to one startup, give $1,000 each to 100 startups, and put a larger number of entrepreneurs in your community through 1M/1M. In fact, Spencer Bardsley from Columbus, Ohio, pitched Wha' the.? -

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