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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

And the trick is we use the same Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum — and kept the same class structure – experiential, hands-on, driven this time by a mission -model not a business model. Mission-driven entrepreneurship is the answer to students who say, “I want to give back. and the U.K.

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How we built our investor presentation and raised $2 million

The Next Web

Business Model?—?How Customer Acquisition?—?How Image credit: Shutterstock / Africa Studio. Where are you going to be five years from now? How does your product work? What does this market look like? Is it growing? How do you make money? How do you plan to grow? Entrepreneur Insider'

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Should You Build a Mobile App or a Website for Your Startup?

Up and Running

Website, web app, or a mobile app—what would be the right “form” for your business idea ? Since the release of the very first iPhone, everyone has been treating the mobile-first business model as the new gold rush. According to the latest data as of March 2017 , the lowest internet penetration is in Africa (27.7

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Non-dilutive Financing Through Revenue Sharing

ReadWriteStart

Persistent is breaking out of the mold of labor arbitrage, and looking at new and exciting business models. My friend Tony Scott did an outstanding interview with Anand Deshpande , their CEO recently in which Anand discussed his vision for where he wants to take the OPD business. Brainscape. Note, I said, validated. Safarclick.

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Howard Charney on Cisco, Growth, and Cloud Computing

Austin Startup

I should make the distinction between partnerships and acquisitions. Cisco has many great partners and distributors and resellers and they are fundamental to our business model. But we also acquire companies with technology that’s strategic to our business.

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Nokia’s coopetition with carriers

BeyondVC

However what is interesting is that Nokia is offering this service through an acquisition they recently made. In other words, from a business model perspective, Nokia is going directly after the end consumer and encroaching on precious data and subscription revenue of their carrier partners. million tracks.

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MyDawa: Revolutionizing Healthcare with AI

ReadWriteStart

Because of this significant investment, Alta Semper Capital is launching its operations in the digital healthcare market in Africa for the very first time. In order to go forward with its expansion goals, MyDawa recently finished the acquisition of Guardian Health, a well-known healthcare provider in Uganda. trillion by the year 2025.

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