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Announcing our investment in EnergyBank, a pioneer in long-term energy storage

Version One Ventures

Currently, there is an abundance of low-cost renewable sources like solar and wind, but it’s difficult to control the timing and certainty of energy supply from these sources. This process requires no land, has little accident risk, is scalable and lower-cost compared to Lithium-Ion batteries.

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“Lessons Learned” – A New Type of Venture Capital Pitch

Steve Blank

The primary goal of customer development is to reduce the cost of mistakes. This is basic enough that I don’t think anyone can argue with it – reduce the cost of mistakes. Reply A View Up the Skirt of “Lean Startup,&# JumpPost « Jordan Cooper's Blog , on December 21, 2009 at 12:29 pm Said: [.]

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

Here, developers and dev shops are organized by vertical so you can find a shop that has expertise in the kind of app you want to build. Thought I might as well include a link so that people don't think I'm crazy: [link] / Jordan Ste. Fees for these devs and shops run from under $5,000 to more than $20,000.

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Founders and dysfunctional families « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

He welcomed us by screaming, “Do you know how much it costs every minute this line is down.&# Reply Jordan Mendelson , on May 18, 2009 at 4:00 pm Said: I’m reluctant to dive into the psychology of what makes a founder, but I can say that the whole troubled childhood is true of a lot of the founders I know including myself.

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24 Entrepreneurs Reveal What Entrepreneurship Means to Them

Hearpreneur

You are an entrepreneur if you are an expansive thinker, if you aren’t afraid of growth into new territories, new verticals, new markets, and new strategies. Image Credit: Jordan Wan. Thanks to Jordan Wan, CloserIQ ! #22 You are an entrepreneur if you believe what got you here won’t get you there.

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

This kind of search normally costs more than $500… Test your name [link] so you don’t end up with a name that is confusingly similar to an existing trademark. It covers both Europe ant the US, it is easy, fast and free. Reply Tatiana Maya , on March 10, 2011 at 9:10 pm said: Hi Steve, Are you aware of [link] ???

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

created a vastly higher cost structure; I had 80 people mostly on base salaries under $100,000 and was bringing in revenue at the rate of $20 million annually. Contributing to the high cost structure was the new culture of working 9-5 Monday through Friday. Author : Jordan Cooper. before finishing the new product (ACS 4.x);