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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 6: Channel Hypotheses

Steve Blank

Virtual channels include Dedicated e-commerce, Two-step e-distribution and Aggregators. Their week 6 business model now looked like this: . Their goal is to deploy CarrotBot this week in the farm fields in Avenal, California, on the way to the World Ag Expo. The Nine Teams Present. Relationships and trust are important.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

Union Square Ventures The next morning I got to spend time with Brad Burnham , partner at Union Square Ventures talking about their investment strategy and insights about web-based businesses. Bill and his partner Fred Wilson have invested in ~30 or so companies with 27 still active. End of theory.&# But not the only form.

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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

Over time, though, military spending wound down and many large aerospace and military companies left Southern California. At the same time, the consumerization of the technology business made Silicon Valley the de facto capital of all things tech. Dealflow in Southern California is much more organic and less efficient.

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A new field guide for entrepreneurs of all stripes

Startup Lessons Learned

In this excerpt from The Lean Entrepreneur , by using fishing as an analogy, Brant and Patrick reveal how market segmentation influences your business model and why “For Whom” is as important as “What” to build. Market segments drive your business model. If that doesn't convince you pre-order, you're probably beyond help.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

It seems that four different models of "discussion creation" have occurred: Organice Discussion - someone posts something interesting, lots of bloggers post on the topic, distributed discussion ensues. Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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Take Advantage of a New Trend: Big Business Looks to Small to Innovate

Up and Running

One recent development has been that larger companies are now looking at small innovative companies in a new light — as potential partners in developing new products, processes and services. And this presents significant opportunities for small businesses that can provide the needed assistance. A Case in Point.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) It may just be that the message of building companies that have predictable revenue and profit models hasn’t percolated through the VC business model. 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital.