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The Big Bang. The Lean LaunchPad explodes at University of Maryland

Steve Blank

Over 44 classes have embedded the business model canvas and/or Customer Discovery including a year-long course taken by every single one of its bioengineering majors. In 2012, we applied for and then were awarded a grant from NSF to do just that. It’s made a big bang. When Steve and NSF created the I-Corps™.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

business models. By the end of 2012, there were 85 million iOS and 160 million Android devices in China. The large players like Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent historically would be more likely to simply copy a startup’s features than to hire their talent. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S.

China 327
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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Most young people can’t afford to study abroad without government subsidies or scholarships. Well, there will be 2 copywriters, 1 editor, 1 blogger, 3 programmers, 1 Project/Product Manager, 1 Business/ Finance, 1 Sales/ Marketing expert. What are the most common skills in each category?

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We crowdfunded $1.7 million for a new online news publication. This is our story so far.

The Next Web

From then on, we had five months to build a platform and hire an editorial staff to keep our crowdfunding promise of launching in September 2013. His superiors weren’t all happy with this atypical approach to news and asked him to leave in September 2012. Building the platform and our CMS.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

business models. By the end of 2012, there were 85 million iOS and 160 million Android devices in China. The large players like Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent historically would be more likely to simply copy a startup’s features than to hire their talent. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S.

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Neuromarketing Ethics: How Far Is Too Far?

ConversionXL

For example, by using high-res EEG headsets and eye trackers on Polish and Dutch IKEA customers, researchers learned about consumer reactions to green business strategies, which helped identify which business models customers were likely to accept, never accept, or accept in a few years. These aren’t hypothetical concerns.

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Build Success from a Struggling Agency with a Multimillion-Dollar Pivot

Duct Tape Marketing

Then I started my first agency in 2012, and basically we were building websites for the worst possible niche, in my opinion, solopreneurs. We had first we had a big giant office in Tijuana, but then we expanded and started hiring people all over Mexico. Eventually that turned into learning about traffic. Yeah, that's you.

Mexico 71