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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 4- Semiconductors

Steve Blank

Our guest speaker for our fourth class was John Hurley , former Member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, an expert on semiconductors and supply chains, and former Captain, U.S. Products that are sold commercially and to the DoD are called “dual-use.”). The goal is to meet its local chip demand by 2030.

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Traction Metrics Seed Real Startup Funding And Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

According to most experts , business traction is evidence that somebody really wants your product. It’s business momentum, independent of whether you have a product delivered, proven the business model, or significantly penetrated the opportunity. Build an inside advisory board of influencers and experts.

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7 Steps To Turning Business-As-Usual Into A Moonshot

Startup Professionals Musings

Moonshots are simply efforts that demand breakthroughs that are not possible within business-as-usual practices. It’s time for the executive team and advisory board to commit the necessary funds and people resources to complete the plan. Announce and launch an operational product.

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Swedish Immigrant Helps Reinvent the Mouthguard Industry

Hearpreneur

I’m a journalist and a children’s author, I have had my own production company and I have worked in television. Even though our company now consists of so many different teams, marketing, sales, production, fulfillment, sales and R & D, I think it is important to give people opportunities to develop within their team.

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Lean LaunchPad – For Deep Science and Technology

Steve Blank

I’ve always thought of the class as a minimal viable product – testing new ideas and changing the class as we learn. For example, life sciences versus commercial applications have radically different reimbursement, regulatory, clinical trials, scientific advisory boards, demand creation, etc. Team Pause. Team TakeCare.

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