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10,000 Startups – Startup Weekend Next

Steve Blank

The class teaches founders how to dramatically reduce their failure rate through the combination of business model design, customer development and agile development using the Startup Owners Manual. More importantly, it makes no demands of you to stand and deliver your weekly customer development progress in front of your peers.

Startup 335
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Durant Versus Sloan – Part 1

Steve Blank

automotive industry grew to become one of the drivers of the global economy. The idea was to keep customers coming back to General Motors over time to upgrade to a better brand as they became wealthier. William Durant died managing a bowling alley in Flint Michigan in 1947. There’s the Alfred P. auto market with 60% of the U.S.