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Lean Meets Wicked Problems

Steve Blank

In contrast, designing AI-driven enterprise software or building dating apps are comparatively simple problems.) I’ve known Professor Cristobal Garcia since 2010 when he hosted my first visit to Catholic University in Santiago of Chile and to southern Patagonia. Co mpanies also face Wicked problems.

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Teaching Entrepreneurship in “Chilecon Valley”

Steve Blank

Teaching in Chile. I’ve spent the last week in Santiago, a guest of Professor Cristóbal García at the Catholic University of Chile as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program. This week the class has been adopted in the Computer Science department of the Catholic University of Chile. Valaparaiso houses.

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Blowing up the Business Plan at U.C. Berkeley Haas Business School

Steve Blank

It has replaced how to write a business plan with hands-on Lean Startup methods. To create great entrepreneurs, we had to give our students the experience of navigating the chaos and uncertainty of running a lean startup while providing the same kind of rigorous framework the business plan did in its day. Today the U.C.

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[Review] The $100 Startup

YoungUpstarts

Software Developer: From “App developer” to “We provide technology solutions to take your headaches away”. These would include other cardinal reads like Launch , The Lean Startup , The 4-Hour Work Week , and The E-Myth Revisited. For example, Restaurant: From “Food and drinks” to “Relax and let us take care of you after a busy day”.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

The working name during prototyping for our hiring software was Higher Stack. 10 – Running a Lean Business. ‘Fit Small Business’ worked perfectly, though, and speaks to the idea of running a lean business that keeps costs low and net income high. Thanks to Matt Warren, Veeqo. #3 Image Credit : Nikos Moraitakis.

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