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Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

Over the years Dino and I brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds. Success depends on finding startups that have identified acute customer pains in large markets where conditions are ripe for a new entrant. Here’s Part 2 of Dino’s story….

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10 ways you’ll probably f**k up your startup — Spook Studio — Medium

No clear vision or purpose This should be the starting point for any startup founder, but it’s often overlooked. Tony Hsieh Without a clear purpose, a startup can meander along without much momentum. in business we can create much deeper connections with our audience and give our startups a better chance of success.

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Open to All: Scholarships for The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. We’re dedicated to making The Lean Startup Conference unlike other entrepreneurship conferences. Early-stage entrepreneurs; people participating in startrup incubator or accelerator programs; and bootstrappers. Non-profit staff and volunteers.

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Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3

Both Sides of the Table

This led to an explosion in startups. Amazon in turn led to the formation of an earlier stage of venture capital now led by what I call “micro VCs&# who typically invest $250-500k in companies rather than the $5-7 million that VCs used to invest. The Explosion in Early-Stage Innovation. There are also others.

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Kauffman Founders School Compiles Entrepreneurship Knowledge Into Online Video Curriculum

YoungUpstarts

Blank’s “ The Lean Approach ” series encourages entrepreneurs to undertake a process of customer discovery, development and iteration to achieve the right product and/or market fit, and goes on to advise founders to systematically test their assumptions and look for insights that can shape their business through this process.

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