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Designing a Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – A Qualcomm Case Study (part 1 of 2)

Steve Blank

In 2006, as a new employee of the Fortune 100 provider of wireless technology and services, San Diego’s Qualcomm , I volunteered to salvage a fledging idea management system (fancy term for an online suggestion box) by turning into a comprehensive corporate entrepreneurship program. The design challenge. ———-.

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Designing a Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – A Qualcomm Case Study (part 1 of 2)

Steve Blank

In 2006, as a new employee of the Fortune 100 provider of wireless technology and services, San Diego’s Qualcomm , I volunteered to salvage a fledging idea management system (fancy term for an online suggestion box) by turning into a comprehensive corporate entrepreneurship program. The design challenge. ———-.

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Innovation at Argonne National Laboratory Incubator

The Startup Magazine

CRI is a two-year program for innovators focusing on energy and science technologies. Advanced Technology and Funding. Another participant, FGC Plasma Solutions , signed an agreement with Capstone Turbines to test FGC’s plasma-assisted fuel injection technology in a C65 micro turbine. CRI Program. Innovation is tough.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 ” You can be profitable while losing money. I thought profitable meant you were making money? ” Harsh, but reality. ” Quick examples: 1.

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Am I a Founder? The Adventure of a Lifetime. « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Will there be a lecture on getting seed money in a post crisis world? Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. The Adventure of a Lifetime Take the time and think through who you are and what level of challenge you are looking for. You’re not joining a big company. Startups are the adventure of a lifetime. Thanks Steve!

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No Plan Survives First Contact With Customers – Business Plans versus Business Models

Steve Blank

I thought his technology was was potentially a killer app. We thought we’d take our plan and go raise seed money. We can’t raise money knowing our plan is wrong.”. In contrast, a business model is designed to be rapidly changed to reflect what you find outside the building in talking to customers. Here’s why.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

Interesting idea, but what happens when you share your idea with, say, a candidate for head of all your back-end and technology, don’t bring him in as part of the team, and then he goes out, takes the entire idea (including pitch details), and starts a competitor? link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise?

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