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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 8 – AI – Chris Lynch and Nand Mulchandani

Steve Blank

Nand changed the culture of the JAIC, bringing in Silicon Valley tools for product development, product management and for the first time a culture that focused on UI/UX, MVPs and continuous integration and deployment. I’m an entrepreneur and an implementation guy. JAIC Is Applied AI – Focused on Impact.

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Make The Most Of Your Next VC Pitch By Doing These 10 Things

YoungUpstarts

I’ve been fortunate enough to be on both sides of the table, as an entrepreneur and a VC, and I’ve observed that most investors look for the same things I do when deciding whether to invest in a company. When I started my last company, we were focused on developing technology to lower the cost of detecting and diagnosing Type 2 diabetes.

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SXSW Startups: Knowbella

Austin Startup

A finalist in the Blockchain category , which will pitch on at 9:30 am Sunday, March 10, Knowbella has a mission to create a publicly available scientific ecosystem whereby all the research data and publication development are open and transparent. On the positive, the cost of living is amongst the lowest in the nation.

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process. I learned how to get press coverage when we were no longer “hot.&# I learned how to manage costs effectively. They seed funded my second company and even let me buy some IP in exchange for debt to get started.

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Want to Give Your Business a Quick and Easy Boost?

Growthink Blog

The dream of every entrepreneur is to build a company successful enough so as to one day be able to attract a buyer to and for it. So as to reap a financial harvest and windfall. Sometimes in the millions of dollars, sometimes in the billions of dollars and at all points in between. This is really a simple and straightforward goal.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

So far, I have found "lean startup" works better with the entrepreneurs Ive talked to than "agile startup" or even "extreme startup.") The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. What are the characteristics of a lean startup?

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Keep a close eye on your competitors but also on your peer entrepreneurs in your town; they provide the context relevant to you. Can you acquire them at a sustainable cost? Is there a development step that you must take to fulfill demand for a particular use case, and, if so, how does that cost get absorbed?