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10,000 Startups ā€“ Startup Weekend Next

Steve Blank

The class teaches founders how to dramatically reduce their failure rate through the combination of business model design, customer development and agile development using the Startup Owners Manual. Iā€™m partnered with four great organizations to deliver the program. 28 in more than 25 cities worldwide.

Startup 335
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Making a Dent in the Universe ā€“ Results from the NSF I-Corps

Steve Blank

Few of the Principal Investigators or Entrepreneurial Leads had startup experience, and few of the mentors were familiar with Business Model design or Customer Development. 2) Get the teams out of the building to test their hypotheses with prospective customers. Methodology. They left with very deep knowledge.

Lean 252
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The Lean LaunchPad Online

Steve Blank

It dawned on me that the plans were a symptom of a larger problem: we were executing business plans when we should first be searching for business models. So what would a search process for a business model look like? And in 2003 the Haas Business School at U.C. We were putting the plan before the planning.

Lean 318