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Is the Lean Startup concept of MVP dead?

VC Cafe

VC’s were no longer insisting that startups spend faster, and “swing for the fences”. It was a nuclear winter for startup capital.” ” Steve Blank, “Is the lean startup dead?” ” The Lean Startup movement started out of necessity. Capital resources alone don’t do the trick.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

I’ve spent my life in innovation, eight startups in 21 years, and the last 15 years in academia teaching it. I’ve watched the Valley go from Microwave Valley – to Defense Valley – to Silicon Valley to Internet Valley. the wave of internet commerce applications in the first decade of the 21st century.

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When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars

Steve Blank

Wave after wave of hardware, software, biotech and cleantech products have emerged from what has become “ground zero” of entrepreneurial and startup culture. the wave of internet commerce applications in the first decade of the 21 st century. the wave of internet commerce applications in the first decade of the 21 st century.

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What Would Happen if you Built the Reverse of Amazon? It Might Look Something Like This …

Both Sides of the Table

It’s the company that evokes fear into more startups and venture capitalists looking to fund eCommerce businesses than any other potential competitor. He spent a few months building out the software because just taking stuff from people isn’t that difficult. And could we then compete?” ” type questions.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies.

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The Care And Feeding Of A Startup

YoungUpstarts

The coolest thing you can say to anyone todat seem to be when you announce that you’re launching a startup. Definition of A Startup. He also said, “A company ceases being a startup when it “starts to be reactive rather than proactive—play more defense than offense. Facts: Only a few new companies are startups.

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Boston’s WebInno Is Now BIG

Genuine VC

Now Boston’s largest regular tech conference, every few months it draws hundreds of attendees from the entrepreneurial ecosystem – including founders, software engineers, startup executives, and investors. Seed capital is more readily available, including of course through NextView Ventures.

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