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Designing a Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – A Qualcomm Case Study (part 1 of 2)

Steve Blank

Thus began our search for a program that would properly balance the focus on the present with the need to increase our options for the future. In retrospect we designed something akin to a startup accelerator, the Lean LaunchPad classes or the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps , although none of these existed in 2006.

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Designing a Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – A Qualcomm Case Study (part 1 of 2)

Steve Blank

Thus began our search for a program that would properly balance the focus on the present with the need to increase our options for the future. In retrospect we designed something akin to a startup accelerator, the Lean LaunchPad classes or the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps , although none of these existed in 2006.

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Am I a Founder? The Adventure of a Lifetime. « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

However, you will be dealing with almost daily change, (new customer feedback/insights from a Customer Development process and technical roadblocks ,) as the company searches for a repeatable and scalable business model. By now the company may have found and settled on a repeatable business model. Thanks Steve!

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

For both companies, the initial traction enabled raising seed money to get them to a traditional VC investment.) Nosake From nothing to losing money every month with no business model in sight. The New MacBook Air Is That Good. I can’t code, and that’s a major disadvantage. How to get there.