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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

But these look for founders who have a technical or business model insight and a team. Accelerators provide these teams with technical and business expertise and connect them to a network of other founders and advisors. Today there are around 720+ venture studios across the world – half are in Europe. Carlos stirred his coffee.

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Growth Story: How learning app Blinkist became one of Europe’s fastest growing startups

The Next Web

Growth Story is a new four-question format we’re doing about startups finding and influencing a defining metric that helped really grow their company. This week the CEO and co-founder of Blinkist, Holger Seim, shares valuable insights into growing a subscription-based B2C service.

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[Singapore] JFDI.Asia’s Second Accelerator Program This Year Receives Overwhelming Response

YoungUpstarts

Considering that the co-founders wasn’t too sure in 2011 when the incubator started if they could get enough quality raw startups in the Southeast Asia region to make the program work, this number seems astonishing. . Other nations made up less than 1% of applications each.

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Lean Startup Conference Comes to New York & London

Startup Lessons Learned

Guest post by Melissa Moore & Jennifer Maerz of Lean Startup Co. Whether you need advice on how to design a good experiment, how to get buy-in from your boss, or what key metrics to track to hold your team accountable, we’re here to help.

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Growth Story: What CornerJob did to become Spain’s fastest growing tech startup

The Next Web

Growth Story is a new 4-question format we’re doing about the moment startups found a defining metric that they could influence to really grow their company. To kick this new series off, we had an inspiring chat with David Rodriguez, CEO and co-founder of CornerJob, a startup that runs a two-sided app for employment.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

The US market is worth more than $25 billion and Europe is the same. The metrics were good but we wondered how much better they would be when we expanded our product. Read plenty of “what went wrong” eulogies by founders and see what you can learn. So, let’s start with the basics. You need a wedge. ”

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Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder

www.women2.org

female founders. founder friday. Lessons learned from female founders and women entrepreneurs. Startup Quote: Wendy Tan White on Building a Successful Startup » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder. Tweet By Elizabeth Knopf (Co-Founder & CEO, Sorced). Conference 2012.