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Traversing No-Man’s Land, The Go-To-Market Phase

YoungUpstarts

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “. MVR is the smallest amount of repeatability a startup can demonstrate, while still proving its business model and market/product fit. Minimum Viable Repeatability (MVR).

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The Woodstock of K-12 Education

Steve Blank

It happened recently when a group of educators came to the ranch to learn how to teach Lean entrepreneurship to K-12 students. Over the last few years it’s become clear that the days of teaching “how to write a business plan” as the cornerstone of university entrepreneurship are over. On Fire With A Vision.

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Bigger in Bend – Building a Regional Startup Cluster–part 1 of 3

Steve Blank

When Customer Development and the Lean Startup were just a sketch on the napkin, Dino Vendetti, a VC at Bay Partners, was one of the first venture capitalists I shared my ideas with. Over the years we brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Fixing the Missing Pieces of Infrastructure.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 30: Guido Kovalskys and Doris Korda

Steve Blank

The business model for automating hospitals was perfect on paper, but we missed very tiny little details, like hospitals don’t have computers for example! Next on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere : Congressmen Daniel Lipinski and Seth Moulton discuss how the government’s innovation efforts are now Lean.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 30: Guido Kovalskys and Doris Korda

Steve Blank

The business model for automating hospitals was perfect on paper, but we missed very tiny little details, like hospitals don’t have computers for example! Next on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere : Congressmen Daniel Lipinski and Seth Moulton discuss how the government’s innovation efforts are now Lean.

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Transcript of How to Turn Marketing Costs Into Profit

Duct Tape Marketing

And then I think in a lot of ways it’s become air for every sort of channel and element and, even as you suggest in your last book, a business model in itself. We think there’s something bigger, as Robert talked about and you talked about, this is a business model change. So, guys, thanks.

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The Lean LaunchPad Goes to Middle School

Steve Blank

While the Lean LaunchPad class has been adopted by Universities and the National Science Foundation , the question we get is, “Can students in K-12 handle an experiential entrepreneurship class?” Natasha Chornesky, who ran a publishing business, is the Director of Entrepreneurial Studies.

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