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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

And they should be; the feeding frenzy in the innovation economy is in some cases because startups are eating the lunch of more established companies. Mari is now building a new venture in human-machine interaction within the Samsung accelerator, currently in stealth mode. New York Times’ timeSpace is a good example.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Weeks 8 and 9

Steve Blank

Understanding the left-side of the mission model canvas ( activities, resources , partners , and costs) forces all teams to ask, “Are we building a product for a DOD/IC customer only or do we have a “dual-use” product that could be sold commercially and get funded by venture capital?”. This post is a continuation of the series.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret. I have a personal diligence rule that when speaking to people at large companies, the facts that they tell you are very useful but their opinions about startup ideas no more valuable than any other smart person’s opinions). Peter Coles. Jon Russell. Jonah Peretti. Lauren Leto.

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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

VC Cafe

Companies like iHeartMedia, SiriusXM, and Spotify are investing in and leading the evolution of audio, focused on music streaming (on-demand and lean-back modalities), podcasting and content production. Disclaimer: we have three portfolio companies in the consumer mobile space, still in stealth). credit App Annie. social media.

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Where are the opportunities for machine learning startups? [guest post]

VC Cafe

Graphcore (in stealth, see this video at 28:58) calls them Intelligent Processor Units. This is an underserved application area in terms of number of startups. Machine learning in cyber security has already attracted a substantial amount of venture capital (e.g. But these processors were designed for graphics.

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Twitter Link Roundup #130 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. Tips for small business (and startups): Negotiating With the New Recruit – [link]. Who’s Next?

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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

And in the tradition of great startups, on the way out Perry took 6 of his best managers with him. In five years, ESL went from a plucky startup to the market leader in Sigint and telemetry intercepts. In 1964, Bill Perry, the head of the lab, frustrated with GTE’s management, quit (GTE, a phone company had bought Sylvania in 1959.)