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I-Corps @ NIH – Pivoting the Curriculum

Steve Blank

Finally we move to the left side of the canvas to teach the supporting elements of Resources, Partners, Activities and Costs. This lecture order was embedded in the Udacity Lectures , the syllabi and educators guide I open-sourced. I-Corps @ NIH Lecture Order Details. Customer Segments change over time. Lessons Learned.

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An Overview Of The SIP Trunk Definition And What It Takes To Sell

YoungUpstarts

The traditional Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), with its Analog lines, E1 ISDN BRI, or T1 lines, has begun to be replaced by IP telephone systems. Now, they buy a SIP trunk from an Internet Telephone Service Provider (ITSP), and it gets connected to a VoIP/IP PBX. What is a SIP Trunk? Getting Started: Reselling SIP Trunks.

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Has Blockchain Fever Died Down In 2018?

YoungUpstarts

There has been a lot of speculation around cryptocurrencies and this has in many ways obscured the fact the blockchain, the open-source and decentralized ledger that drives these digital currencies has the potential of radically transforming how ownership is verified.

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“Fantastic” beats “efficient”

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Of course this is Survivor Bias at it’s finest; these examples don’t prove this is a great strategy , they just illustrate that it can work: Zappos decided to sell shoes over the Internet, even though it meant eating shipping costs as customers tried shoe after shoe, constantly returning merchandise on the basis of fit or look.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

That said, nothing is cost-free. More complex cost of capital calculation. This causes the cost of capital for Flexible VC, often calculated through IRR (similar to an interest rate), can be higher than that of venture debt or traditional RBI. has open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0,

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Tips For Protecting Intellectual Property

YoungUpstarts

Your patents will have more support when your IP is seen online often. Open-Source IP. A great way to give your IP and ideas a competitive advantage is to open-source them. If you are able to, obtain an exact-match domain name as an intellectual property security measure.

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Don’t Sleep on Lightning

Version One Ventures

Given these key advantages, I believe that Lightning (or something like it) will ultimately eat all of the USD payment networks and create the foundation for MoIP (Money over IP). . When they can invest the marginal engineering hour in listing a new token that drives revenue vs. saving some costs on settlement, it’s hard to justify.