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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

By 2011, there were a total of 1034 Technology Business Incubators across China, including 336 as National incubators, hosting nearly 60,000 companies. (20% Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'

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Founder's Dilemmas: Equity Splits

www.startuplessonslearned.com

Founders Dilemmas: Equity Splits. The following is an exclusive excerpt which sets up a common pitfall regarding equity splits. In Noam’s dataset, 73% of founding teams split equity within a month of founding, a striking number given the big uncertainties early in the life of any startup. Lessons Learned. by Eric Ries.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

By 2011, there were a total of 1034 Technology Business Incubators across China, including 336 as National incubators, hosting nearly 60,000 companies. (20% Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

It’s more reference material. Thus, these pages. I’ll add more as time goes on.

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The End Of Marketing As We Know It

YoungUpstarts

A pair of wake-up-call studies by the Fournaise Marketing Group in London in 2011 and 2012 found that more than 70 percent of CEOs think that their chief marketing officers lack business credibility, lack the ability to generate acceptable growth, and lack the ability to explain how their programs will lead to increased business.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

This was followed by an 8-minute slide presentation describing their customer discovery journey over the 10-weeks. All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ) Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. It Started with an Idea.

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The Helsinki Spring

ReadWriteStart

Steve Blank is a retired serial entrepreneur, educator, thought leader and creator of the rigorous "Customer Development" methodology detailed in his book, "The Four Steps to the Epiphany." steve blank in finland sept 2011 View more documents from steve blank. 9-to-5 Venture Capital.

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