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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 4: Customer Hypotheses

Steve Blank

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. Last week the teams were testing their hypotheses about their Value Proposition (their company’s product or service.) Many of them had heard the phrase “product/market fit” before, but now they were living it.

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Open to All: Scholarships for The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference. We’re dedicated to making The Lean Startup Conference unlike other entrepreneurship conferences. As Lean Startup takes root around the world, we’d like to learn from and help people working in geographically diverse areas connect with each other.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 2: Business Model Hypotheses

Steve Blank

Our new Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. what’s the product? Their hypotheses when they first left the campus were: Value Proposition : Labor costs in mowing and weeding applications are significant, and autonomous implementation would solve the problem.

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Strategies to Increase Your Construction Business Revenue

Up and Running

In order to keep your business on track for where you want it to be your first year, next year, and ten years down the line, set realistically written targets for: Overhead, as recommended by Hedley, should be set at a minimum 20 percent annual return on your fixed costs, from estimating and marketing to accounting and office supplies.

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

through the Lean Launchpad class. He wanted to fly out to Stanford and sit in the Lean LaunchPad class about to start in the engineering school. Here are some of the final Lessons Learned presentations and team videos: Akara Solutions: Flexible, Low Cost Cooling Technology for LED Lighting. Syllabus for the class is here.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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