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A new field guide for entrepreneurs of all stripes

Startup Lessons Learned

It's been just about two years since Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits released their self-published book The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development (you can see my original review here ). Their goal is to share stories of Lean Startup applied in many industries and domains outside of tech startups.

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

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Tech: Blogs. Technology Live. Talking Tech. Talking Your Tech. Americas new business model: Sharing. Sponsored Links Americans with heaps of stuff, skills and time are connecting online with tech-savvy and early adopters eager to share and rent homes, cars, tools and services in exchange for deep savings.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

The Social Enterprise Alliance offers this definition: “In its early days, the social enterprise movement was identified mainly with nonprofits that used business models and earned income strategies to pursue their mission. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S. Here in the U.S.

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In Spite of Avatar, The Movie Business is Dead

Growthink Blog

Is it a 3-year fad, or will new technologies like 3-D keep going to the movies from being relegated to the dustbin of history like Vaudeville, the afternoon newspaper, the evening news, the variety show, and the compact-disc? from the UCLA School of Law where he also served as Chief Comment Editor of the UCLA Law Review, and earned his B.A.

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ProfessorVC: 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship

Professor VC

He was the first American in 30 years to graduate from the 5-year brewing program at the Technical University of Munich , the highest technical degree in brewing engineering. Upon graduation, he knew he wanted to open a German brewery restaurant in California and the passion and determination drove a lot of the early success.

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ProfessorVC: Buyer's Remorse

Professor VC

Of course, rigorous diligence is performed, the team is challenged, and assumptions are tested. Now, back to that house in Mountain View, California. ► 2012. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. The Feld Technologies Professional Services Agreement. Steve Bennet. at 5:28 PM. Email This BlogThis! Newer Post.

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ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

Professor VC

If you are interested in sponsoring the course, would love to hear from you as being part of a state institution in California provides its own special challenges. March 19, 2012 11:12 AM. ► 2012. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. Now back to the question at hand. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post.