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Blowing up the Business Plan at U.C. Berkeley Haas Business School

Steve Blank

It taught lean theory ( business model design , customer development and agile engineering) and practice. We’ve gone global as well. Haas global footprint. Clearly, lean works globally. The teams in them start with an idea or product, meet with customers, build prototypes and search for a scalable business model.

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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

The Startup Magazine

The largest ones are Alibaba, Global Sources, DHgate, EC21, Tradekey, Asia Trade Hub, and go4WorldBusiness. Asia Trade Hub, based in India, Tradekey, based in Saudi Arabia, and EC21, based in South Korea, are the only pan-Asia marketplaces. B2B Marketplaces in Asia. B2B Platforms in the United States. Kinnek is the newcomer.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out. In economics we call these “exogenous events&# and if they happen (Greek debt crisis, problems raising the US debt ceiling, trouble in Saudi Arabia) – you will not be shielded.

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10 Entertaining Things to Check out While You’re Waiting in Line Today

Up and Running

Since you just might be among the shopping droves today, I’ve collected some of the most interesting business news from around the web – be sure to read this post while you’re waiting in line to pay! As we reported last week, this was the year of the inaugural Women’s Entrepreneurship Day during Global Entrepreneurship Week.