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The Government Starts an Incubator: The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps

Steve Blank

“We’ve been reading your blog about your Lean Launchpad class.” We want to make a bet that your Lean Launchpad class can apply the scientific method to market-opportunity identification. I remember thinking, “Wow, whoever’s on the other end of phone sounds just like an entrepreneur, they were asking for the impossible.”

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To Better Understand Innovation, Measure The Right Things

YoungUpstarts

by Kaihan Krippendorff, author of “ Driving Innovation from Within: A Guide for Internal Entrepreneurs “ After four years of research into innovation success, I have come to firmly believe that most innovation research is measuring the wrong thing… or at least is overlooking a critical unit of measure: the employee. Entrepreneurs.

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3 Steps to Discover Your Most Valuable Market Opportunities

Where to Play

About “Where to Play” In today’s fast-paced business world, entrepreneurs, innovators, and business leaders are trained to act quickly in order to make their ideas a success. With such a focus on running fast, entrepreneurs often fail to make sure that they are actually running in the right direction. Sharon Tal and Prof.

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