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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

This is a philosophy that governs my daily life as well as my entrepreneurial activities. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Less is more. Amazon PostRank

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

Mentorship programs : Association of Yale Alumni Mentorship Program , Yale Office of Career Strategy Workshops. Political science, government service, and law — Yale has the #1 rated law school in the US and a long history of alumni serving in government. the world’s largest country, Facebook).

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Thoughts from the Digital Agenda Assembly 2012 in Brussels

VC Cafe

Last week I participated in the EU’s Digital Agenda Assembly 2012 (“DAA12″), a speaker in the plenary session titled: “Delivering Internet-based innovation as a way out of the crisis: the role of Horizon 2020″ and as a participant in the workshop on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

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The Billion Dollar Breakthrough You Missed

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Then, make a list next to it of your existing products and IP portfolio. Deliberate combinations, aka concept blends, can be done by individuals, companies, non-profits, or governments. Why not do a workshop dedicated to new combinations on a yearly or bi-yearly basis? Walk down the list and spend ten minutes thinking.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 8: Key Resources, Activities and Expense Model

Steve Blank

Veritas needs three types of partners: installers (to reduce their overhead,) certification authorities (who would provide credibility) and government and research labs (for testing facilities). Any IP you need to license? They worked on understanding their partners. Of real interest was their evolving view of their revenue model.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

Users also asked that IMVU identify and aggressively act to eliminate the source of such products up to and including IP bans. In a history of totalitarian governments, there's one common thing. A grown up people who fought their basic rights, can't stay aside, or be silent, when they see those rights are stomped down.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

. - 500 Hats , July 30, 2010 Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 Customer Development Checklist for My Web Startup – Part 1 - Ash Maurya , February 16, 2010 How-to learn about angel/vc term sheets - Gabriel Weinberg , June 28, 2010 Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups (..)