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The Class That Changed the Way Entrepreneurship is Taught

Steve Blank

By the end of the 20th century, case studies and business plans had reached an evolutionary dead-end for entrepreneurs. In 1985 the University of Miami held the first national business plan competition. The case method and business plans are the antithesis of how entrepreneurs create startups.

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This Weekend

Startup Lessons Learned

The next couple of days are going to be amazing, as the Lean Startup community converges on San Francisco. As a reminder, the first 200 people to show up will get one of the very first copies of the Lean Startup Book , a pre-publication printed galley. Product management and customer development, KISSmetrics.