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Why Average VC Returns Don’t Really Matter

Agile VC

Typically it’s when Cambridge Associates releases their benchmark data on the VC asset class ( here’s a 2010 example article from TechCrunch ) or an organization like the Kauffman Foundation publishes a white paper ( a 2012 example article from Business Insider here ).

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Hacking for Diplomacy @ Stanford –What We Learned With the State Department

Steve Blank

These solutions, called Minimal Viable Products (MVP’s), are what allow the teams to become extremely agile and responsive. This ability to gather data, build and test MVPs, and then change course is what gives Lean it’s tremendous speed and agility to deliver rapid solutions that are needed and wanted.

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Hacking for Diplomacy @ Stanford –What We Learned With the State Department

Steve Blank

These solutions, called Minimal Viable Products (MVP’s), are what allow the teams to become extremely agile and responsive. This ability to gather data, build and test MVPs, and then change course is what gives Lean it’s tremendous speed and agility to deliver rapid solutions that are needed and wanted.

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10 Fundamental Web Analytics Truths: Embrace 'Em & Win Big

Occam's Razor

It is faster to fail and learn then wait for an "industry case study" or find relevancy in a "industry leader white paper" I met a small group of top companies in London recently. But even if 110% of the signs point to that first make sure you have aggregated all the marginal gains. Be flexible.

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