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Massacre at IBM

Steve Blank

Long before there was the Lean Startup, Business Model Canvas or Customer Development there was a guy in Santa Barbara California who had already figured it out. How dare you,” the fab manager said. “We He blocked new business for two years. The product manager said, “It’s in the release after this.”.

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How Black People Leveraged Tech Bigotry to Boss the Blockchain Below the Radar

Austin Startup

I mean, our people invented so much and accomplished so much throughout American history from post-slavery to modern times but somehow, we black people cannot write lines of code, really? of all software utility patents to inert status. Code is Law Garbage. Trustless is Not a Human Nature.

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ProfessorVC: Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

Professor VC

While the flick has gotten rave critical reviews (93% on Flixster), the question of what percentage of the movie is true has also gotten a lot of discussion in the blogosphere. This is a good review of the movie and both books. Blake Southwood Founder of LIghtning Storm Software. How Much Diligence is Due.

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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. How Much Diligence is Due. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Bootstrapping 101. ► February. (1).

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ProfessorVC: Where did Summer Go?

Professor VC

I assembled textbook chapters, Harvard Business Review articles, cases, and notes to pull together my own textbook. This whole process got me thinking about the textbook business model. Labels: business models , Grateful Dead , textbook. hp coupon code. How Much Diligence is Due.

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Episode 3: A Startup Comic Book Company, How to Find a Mentor, and #BigData – The Bcast

Up and Running

Someone tweeted out of San Jose, they did a really amazing review of the book. You can tell they actually read the book, and it was a really positive review. Do you want someone who’s really just a kick-ass leader, and you want to be mentored on how to manage people? That ink smell. They really liked the book.