Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2014

As the emeritus Chief Technology Officer of the United States, he still connects government and Silicon Valley. Bill Gross founded Idealab in 1996, making it the longest-running technology incubator alive today. He’ll talk about making a profit and making a difference in a conversation with New Media Ventures’ Christie George.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2013

It’s a model for a government program that’s gotten the balance between public/private partnerships just right. While a few of the I-Corps teams are in web/mobile/cloud, most are working on advanced technology projects that don’t make TechCrunch. government has built an accelerator for scientists and engineers.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

military to rearm and mobilize. Stanford had a Customer Development loop going on inside their own lab. The discoveries in tube and circuit research suggested new electronic intelligence and countermeasure techniques and systems; in turn the needs of the Applied Lab pushed tube and circuit development.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Bayh-Dole allowed for private ownership of government funded intellectual property developed in universities while the Orphan Drug Act created incentives for developing drugs for disorders afflicting fewer than 200,000 Americans. Lean VC’s are expert in on-line distribution, Agile and Customer Development.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising. Internal R&D, labs, incubators, accelerators, corporate and business development, and M&A all play important roles in helping corporations innovate. Could they excel at customer development with enterprises?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

government fund and as Entrepreneur-In-Residence for the National Science Foundation. Think, for example, about the way we talk about sales and customer development and the idea of ‘getting out of the building.’ On weekends, he evangelizes Customer Development and runs a Lean LaunchPad class nationwide in Japan.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Government grants – Credit cards / debt. They give up They don’t talk to their customers They hire B players They can’t sell They get shitty advice. We’re a mobile development firm looking to increase new client sales. 2) yes, join an incubator, (1) Read this [link]. Other sources of capital. A few nuggets.

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