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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

How would one set up such a startup to eventually raise capital from outside VCs, who will be wary of ‘dead equity’ (i.e., Customer development would be reduced to a single person exercise that could be repeated in parallel dozens of times over, ultimately yielding 30+ companies a year. What are the timelines? The discounts?

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The Lean LaunchPad Goes to Middle School

Steve Blank

Boys and girls ages 11 -14 pitched ideas on Monday and then worked through the week to pitch their Minimum Viable Products to VCs on Friday — StartUp Weekend style. By Tuesday morning, students fleshed out what they believed to be their value proposition and customer segments. Scrum boards are a huge success for kid teams.

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The Lean LaunchPad Goes to Middle School

Steve Blank

Boys and girls ages 11 -14 pitched ideas on Monday and then worked through the week to pitch their Minimum Viable Products to VCs on Friday — StartUp Weekend style. By Tuesday morning, students fleshed out what they believed to be their value proposition and customer segments. Scrum boards are a huge success for kid teams.

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Episode 3: Smart Bear Live!

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

It’s Episode 3 my little “ Loveline for startups. ” Introduced a few months ago as an Austin event, I’m now doing this live audio advice column to the web, taking phone calls from startups around the country. My co-hosts were Bob Walsh and Patrick Foley , hosts of the well-known Startup Success Podcast.

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

Useful blogs and links for startups Click Here ————– 2.

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Startup Resources

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