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Solving the Innovator’s Dilemma – Customer Development in a Big Company

Steve Blank

At times I’ll do what I consider an extension of teaching; a two-day Customer Discovery/Validation intensive session with a large corporation serious about Customer Development at my ranch on the California Coast. It reminded me of the differences in Customer Discovery between a scalable startup and a big company.

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[Interview] Benjamin Yee of EMERGE App

YoungUpstarts

Aggressive expansion plans will no doubt see Ben explore off-the-beaten-track towns in Europe and South America in the near future. I started with a custom t-shirt printing company, branched out into a creative agency and then spun out a software solution from my t-shirt business that you see today as EMERGE App.

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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

Both Sides of the Table

An Insider’s Perspective “Bird Zero” that are custom designed by the company There is a story arc of the electric scooter market that took the world by storm in 2018, was second-guessed late in the year and has quietly re-emerged as a powerful force of growth where few really appreciate the speed and scale of what has happened.

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[Review] The Lean Startup

YoungUpstarts

Most of us have a tendency to develop a strong case of sour grapes when we come across successful ventures. ” The Lean Startup ” cuts to the chase from the get-go, providing an actionable methodology – starting off with a bare-bones product, testing it with customers and analyzing the results. by Lee Shen Han.

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4 Best Websites To Apply For Accelerators And Incubators

YoungUpstarts

Both startup incubators and accelerates can provide valuable assistance in the growth and development of an early-stage business. The platform also provides a judging and voting system to governments, nonprofit organizations, colleges and enterprise customers who are planning innovation challenges and contests.

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Mobile Payment Platform Swiff Launches in Singapore; Targets Other Markets

YoungUpstarts

Developed by SCCP Payment Services , Swiff comes as a plug-in dongle device that attaches itself to most mobile phones and tablets – it is available on iOS, Android and Blackberry, and coming soon on Windows Phone devices – such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab (pictured right). Today, Swiff is unique in its ability to do so.”

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DesignCrowd takes on 99Designs in the US, seeking to grow its crowdsourced design business tenfold

The Next Web

Alec Lynch, founder and CEO of DesignCrowd, tells TNW he believes the company has developed a crowdsourcing process that has helped it grow faster than its competitors. In particular, we’ve developed a crowdsourcing model that is fairer and more lucrative for designers and, in turn, better for customers.

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