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Out of the Crisis #13: Alpha Lee on remembering the 2003 SARS epidemic and his opensource COVID-19 Moonshot

Startup Lessons Learned

I still run the research group in Cambridge with 11 post-docs and grad students, where we work on machine learning, algorithms for drug design and molecular design. This recipe generating process has always been a very determining status, a stumbling block in drug design. Alpha Lee : Right. Alpha Lee : Right.

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The Lean LaunchPad Educators Class

Steve Blank

The Lean LaunchPad entrepreneurship curriculum has caught fire. In 2003 U.C. Business model design + customer development + agile development is the process that startups use to search for a business model. It’s called the Lean Startup. There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo.

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WordPress vs Webflow

ConversionXL

Ultimately the CMS you choose will impact how quickly you can ship and test products, sales pages and design your site and content. If you’re a lean startup just starting, there’s much less inertia to overcome. First launched in 2003, WordPress is the leading CMS by which 35% of the entire internet is powered. Image source ).

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The Lean LaunchPad Educators Class

Steve Blank

The Lean LaunchPad entrepreneurship curriculum has caught fire. In 2003 U.C. Business model design + customer development + agile development is the process that startups use to search for a business model. It’s called the Lean Startup. There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

After doing some market research, I realized that there was a market for the handcrafted greeting cards that I make, and in September 2019, MsCraftprincess Designs was formed. Coone, MsCraftprincess Designs LLC ! #2- I started my own marketing and communications agency back in 2003. But I also leaned that is actually ok.

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Lean Startup at Scale

Startup Lessons Learned

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. As Lean Startup methods have been used now for a number of years, we’ve become increasingly interested in how companies use them to sustain growth. Next Tuesday, October 22 at 10a PT, we’ll take a look at this advanced entrepreneurship question.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. For the next four or five years, technology M&A boomed, growing from 50 in 2003 to 450 in 2006. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.