Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
A critical stage for most first-time entrepreneurs is getting their idea developed into at least a prototype to validate their technology. This process costs money, which professional investors are not willing to contribute, since their interest is in scaling a proven product and business model into a growth business.
Steve Blank
JUNE 19, 2014
you make substantive changes to one or more parts of your initial business model, and this new data affects your biological and clinical hypotheses. It’s a collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop NIH-specific version of the Innovation-Corps. It’s open to NIH SBIR/STTR Phase 1 grantees.
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Steve Blank
OCTOBER 15, 2020
We built up a system to produce a certain type of military power at a time when that whole business model is being disrupted and undermined — much as Blockbuster Video’s business model was undermined by Netflix and Apple. Disruptive Technology. We don’t know what the world is going to look like.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 21, 2013
What we found is that during the class almost all of them pivoted - making substantive changes to one or more of their business model canvas components. In the real world a big pivot in life sciences far down the road of development is a very bad sign due to huge sunk costs. Class starts Oct 1 st and runs through Dec 10 th.
Steve Blank
JUNE 8, 2021
While all the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ), Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, each of their journeys was unique. This all-star team of 4 undergraduates and a JD/MBA developed new ways to provide logistical support to maritime forces in the Indo-Pacific region.
Steve Blank
JUNE 12, 2020
All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ) Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. Hacking for Conservation and Development at Duke followed. Mission-driven entrepreneurship is the answer to students who say, “I want to give back.
Steve Blank
MAY 12, 2015
SBIR/STTR Program and Startup Seed Funding. The Small Business Innovative Research ( SBIR ) and Small Business Technology Transfer ( STTR ) programs are startup seed funds created by Congress to encourage U.S. small businesses to turn Government-funded research into commercial businesses. Eleven U.S.
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