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When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars

Steve Blank

Today open source software has slashed the cost of software development from millions of dollars to thousands. Risk capital has emerged in China, India and other countries where risk taking, innovation and liquidity is encouraged, on a scale previously only seen in the U.S. Entrepreneurship as It’s Own Management Science.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

Today open source software has slashed the cost of software development from millions of dollars to thousands. A unicorn is a startup with a market capitalization north of a billion dollars. What this means is that the emergence of incubators and super angels have dramatically expanded the sources of seed capital.

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