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I-Corps @ NIH – Pivoting the Curriculum

Steve Blank

Next we teach Distribution Channels (how are you going to sell the product) and Customer Relationships (how do you Get/Keep/Grow customers) and Revenue Streams (what’s the Revenue Model strategy and pricing tactics.) This lecture order was embedded in the Udacity Lectures , the syllabi and educators guide I open-sourced.

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Don’t Sleep on Lightning

Version One Ventures

Lightning is a network of bi-directional payment channels that allows for instant settlement between parties and routing of payments over a TOR-like p2p network settled in units of bitcoin. > 36,000 public channels . > In the world of cryptocurrency, only payment channels like Lightning allow for that level of optimization.

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Approaching The Blockchain With Business

The Startup Magazine

Blockdraw wants to merge the best available technologies and still have a trustlessness, verifiability, IP protection and security as standard. Will they accept an open-source state channel? Most companies use advanced channels on blockchains. But why isn’t this happening? So what else remains, is verifiability.

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The Creator Economy is rising, but challenges abound

VC Cafe

Trend to watch : an equivalent to MCNs (Multi Channel Networks) on the early days of YouTube where creators band together to generate economies of scale (and share revenue). They might flock to new, open source solution, to reduce platform fees and increase their share.

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Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

mashable.com

SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Apple Declared "Marketer of the Decade" This iPhone 4 Costs $8 Million Next Apple Event Goes "Back to the Mac" View More » Mobile Starbucks Stores in New York Now Acce. 10 Wonderful Wildlife iPhone Photographs Android Gingerbread Confirmed, Mascot. 49% of Small Business Owners Use Smar.

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Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

mashable.com

SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Apple Declared "Marketer of the Decade" This iPhone 4 Costs $8 Million Next Apple Event Goes "Back to the Mac" View More » Mobile Starbucks Stores in New York Now Acce. 10 Wonderful Wildlife iPhone Photographs Android Gingerbread Confirmed, Mascot. 49% of Small Business Owners Use Smar.

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Spectacles and $SNAP’s $20B Valuation

Austin Startup

Snap has introduced a panoply of well-regarded features over the years: stories, face and location filters, memories, discovery channels, etc. While not all of our investments will pay off in the long run, we are willing to take these risks in an attempt to create the best and most differentiated products in the market.”