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Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

However, four critical advances over the past decade (cloud, accelerators, Lean, and Angels) not only changed the math for tech investing but made regional tech clusters possible. The cloud , open-source development tools and web 2.0 Why Valley Rules Don’t Work in Regional Economies.

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Why The Movie Industry Can’t Innovate and the Result is SOPA

Steve Blank

1940’s – movie studios had to divest their distribution channel – they owned over 50% of the movie theaters in the U.S. With a new channel of distribution, home movie rentals surpassed movie theater tickets. With a new channel of distribution, home movie rentals surpassed movie theater tickets. The reality? Sound familiar?

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

Lean Startup Circle Boston – Meetup dedicated to the lean startup and customer development methodology. Belmont Technologies – CAD in the Cloud (backed by Northbridge and NEA). Gridco Systems – Power Distribution Systems (backed by General Catalyst and Northbridge). Dan Allred – Silicon Valley Bank (@dgallred).

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Lessons Learned: Principles of Lean Startups, presentation for.

Startup Lessons Learned

It is becoming easier and cheaper for companies to bring products to market, leveraging free and open source software , cloud computing, open social data (Facebook, OpenSocial ), and open distribution (AdWords, SEO). Customer development. What is customer development? November 5, 2008 10:13 AM spanky said.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. It’s just taking some longer than others.

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Join the Lean Startup discussion at Web 2.0 Expo for free

Startup Lessons Learned

I plan to apply these models to my own ventures, especially within new contexts separate from software and web development. The problem is that the most authentic innovators and entrepreneurs are in the Valley. I want more than anything to come to Silicon Valley after I graduate and join the vibrant ecosystem.

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