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The 47th (-46) International Business Model Competition

Steve Blank

Utah may be known for many things, but who would have thought that Utah, and particularly Brigham Young University (BYU), would be participating in the transformation of entrepreneurship? I spent last weekend in Utah at BYU as a guest of Professor Nathan Furr , (a former Ph.D. Business Model Versus Business Plan.

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Who Dares Wins – The 2nd Annual International Business Model Competition

Steve Blank

Alexander Osterwalder and I spent last week in Salt Lake City, Utah as judges at the 2 nd Annual International Business Model Competition , hosted by Professor Nathan Furr , and his team at the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship. Tools to help them manage the search for a repeatable and scalable business model.

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How to Form a Corporation

Up and Running

Increased privacy is often promoted as a benefit, but you may be disappointed—feel free to test that idea by searching for corporate directors on Nevada’s website. Utah is often cited as having excellent online applications and forms. Your business name must not be currently used by another corporation, particularly in your industry.

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Entrepreneurship for the 99%

Steve Blank

This is a 3-day program for entrepreneurship faculty from around the world how to teach entrepreneurship via the Lean LaunchPad approach ( business model canvas + customer development ) and bring their entrepreneurship curriculums into the 21st century. Small businesses make up 99.7% Serendipity. His name is Alex Lawrence.

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Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3

Both Sides of the Table

This in turn has fueled incubation programs like YCombinator, TechStars, 500 Startups & many more to help early-stage teams launch businesses led by most technical founders who are getting coaching from seasoned management teams. In addition it is much easier to get distribution than it was in the pre Facebook, pre iPhone world.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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View All Search Results » Subscribe. Overall, nonventure-backed companies fail more often than venture-backed companies in the first four years of existence, typically because they dont have the capital to keep going if the business model doesnt work, Harvards Mr. Ghosh says. Advanced Search. Businesses For Sale |.