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What Would Happen if you Built the Reverse of Amazon? It Might Look Something Like This …

Both Sides of the Table

The first is that it could carry limited inventory in stock because it had limited physical shelf space. So today I’m excited to announce that Upfront Ventures is leading an $8 million round with some amazing co-investors including Founder’s Fund, OATV, Lowercase, High Peaks, Collaborative Fund and many great angel investors.

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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant

Steve Blank

Sloan Foundation , the Sloan School of Management at MIT , the Sloan program at Stanford , and the Sloan/Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York. If you’re following Tesla, you might be interested to know that Sloan wasn’t the founder of GM. The founder of what became General Motors was William (Billy) Durant.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad.

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We’re Programming Around Your Needs: Highlights of Lean Startup Week 2017

Startup Lessons Learned

Guest post by Jennifer Maerz, Program Chair of Lean Startup Co. This year, we’re really honing in on the feedback from our past conferences, as well as our smaller, more focused conferences in New York and London this year. Lean Startup Week (Oct. 31 ( limited to the first 200 Gold Passholders.) Sign up for free here.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? incubators, e.g., the many options in New York. intrapreneurs, e.g., the employee of GE who is tasked with launching a new business. incubators, e.g., the many options in New York. What are the terms of their relationship with the founder?

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How Humans and Everyday Tech Can Outmatch AI

YoungUpstarts

co-authors of “ The Humachine: Humankind, Machines, and the Future of Enterprise “ Artificial intelligence is at the top of mind of every corporate executive. Its powers and potential give stock prices a bump and bolster investor confidence. Sanders, PhD, and John D. Wood, Esq., Wood, Esq. Wood, PLLC.

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Why a 50/50 Split is Almost Never Right for Co-Founders by @DaveParkerSEA

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Founder Feedback. Why a 50/50 Split is Almost Never Right for Co-Founders by @DaveParkerSEA. Founder Feedback gives you insights from the startup trenches. Applications to the Seattle Founder Institute are also due this Sunday, February 26th: click here to apply. Ho Chi Minh City. Johannesburg. Kuala Lumpur.