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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World, ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. Are lean innovation and the Startup Way a failure in large companies?

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments In 2021

Hearpreneur

We have also managed our company budgets successfully and avoided unnecessary spending. I'm proud that we've managed to bring in more clients and keep our existing clients happy. I'm proud of the fact that we've managed to bring down costs and managed to solve many of the problems we initially had. Photo Credit: Justin A.

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The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Education and Corporate Innovation

Steve Blank

Lean LaunchPad class developed for Stanford. Other classes were on how to prep for VC pitches or develop the five year income statements, balance sheets and cash flows or read case studies. And the Lean LaunchPad class I developed at Stanford was the first such class. Worth a read. Mission-Driven Entrepreneurship.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. Teten: For a large corporate, what are the advantages and disadvantages of a dedicated fund (possibly with external investors) vs. a 100% on-balance sheet investor? Mari has been a serial intrapreneur for a large part of her career.

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What Is a Business Plan?

Up and Running

Most of us need just a Lean Business Plan, for internal use, with just bullet point lists and important projections. Good businesses always keep their Lean Plan up to date. The lean business plan is great news because it makes the planning process much less daunting. More on that in the section on the Lean Plan.

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The Economics of Fundraising — TNSTAAFL

Austin Startup

In this way you don’t have to worry about valuation until the professional money comes in, and they expect this kind of note will be on your balance sheet already. The US government may actually give you a loan to start your company. However, the easiest way to avoid dilution is by learning to be what I call “ramen lean”.

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. As many of your listeners may know, there was an incredible piece published by a gentleman from Founders Fund, discussing Tiger [Global Management] and how they’re focused on the speed and scale business. On Sushi and VC.