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I-Corps @ NIH – Pivoting the Curriculum

Steve Blank

We’ve pivoted our Lean LaunchPad / I-Corps curriculum. — Over the last three years the Lean LaunchPad class has started to replace the last century’s “how to write a business plan” classes as the foundation for entrepreneurial education. . The Lean LaunchPad is now being taught in over 100 universities.

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The Lean LaunchPad – Teaching Entrepreneurship as a Management Science

Steve Blank

If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you know I believe that: 1) a product is just a part of a startup, but understanding customers, channel, pricing, etc. ——————– Class 4 Jan 25 th Testing Demand Creation. How does it differ on the web versus other channels?

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A Complete Guide to Account-Based Marketing: Win Over Your Ideal Customer

ConversionXL

It’s not a channel, campaign, or tactic. ABM is a full-court press to build powerful engagement with contacts on the channels that they’re most active. With only 25 salespeople, it also required moving away from “spray-and-pray” demand generation to a more focused ABM. ABM isn’t a quick and easy win. Do they get along?

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How to Avoid Innovation Theater: The Six Decisions To Make Before Establishing an Innovation Outpost

Steve Blank

Startups are developing IP relevant to the disruption. For example, Google’s acquisition of Nest (which had customers, revenue and a distribution channel) allowed it to enter the connected home market immediately. (We’ll cover “ corporate moonshots ” in a subsequent post.).

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How to Flip Your Startup in 5 Steps

ReadWriteStart

Steve Blank, author of Four Steps to Epiphany , has helped formulate the thinking behind the Lean Startup methodology , together with Eric Ries. He observed that most startups that succeed aren't lean: their goal is to have an exit rather than a scalable business. This is lean development without any customer development.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? Then decide if you can build more value on either end of that process to demand a higher premium. Hope that helps. 5% I believe.

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The Sharp End of the Stick « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

We were going to do that by turning marketing into a machine to generate end user demand, drive the that demand into our sales channels, and educate our sales channels. In an IP licensing business, legal and finance are the sharp end of the stick. It varies by company and changes over time.