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Domain Experience Gives Entrepreneurs an Unfair Advantage

Both Sides of the Table

I originally conceived it as the Top 11 things that I believe “all entrepreneurs need to succeed.&# If it stuck to this theme then I would stand by my top 11. It isn’t a “must&# for me but it’s certainly a huge positive when entrepreneurs have it. So the whole customer development cycle is very streamlined.

San Diego 267
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A new field guide for entrepreneurs of all stripes

Startup Lessons Learned

TLDR: Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits , authors of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development are back with a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur. It took the idea of Customer Development and made it accessible to a whole new audience. Illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK.

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There Has Never Been A Better Time To Fail Fast Or Win Big

YoungUpstarts

If you spent some time studying either the baby boomers or the millennials, you will begin to see trends forming across this customer segment and into several industries. For an entrepreneur, there is always opportunity. These are times when customer developments and industry changes coincide. population, the millennials.

San Diego 100
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Rocket Science 5: Who Needs Domain Experts

Steve Blank

His point was that it was in the VC’s interest in having entrepreneurs swing for the fences. However the VC’s are managing a portfolio while you, the entrepreneur are managing one company – yours. Customer Development says having a vision, faith and a set of hypotheses are a normal part of the startup experience.

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Getting out of the building…by staying in the building!

Steve Blank

The class provides Life Science/Health Care entrepreneurs with real world, hands-on learning on how to rapidly : define clinical utility before spending millions of dollars. understand who their core and tertiary customers are, and the sales and marketing process required for initial clinical sales and downstream commercialization.

San Diego 261
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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2017 – Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

Each of their slide presentation follow their customer discovery journey. All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. Filed under: Customer Development , Hacking For Defense , Lean LaunchPad.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2018 – wonder and awe

Steve Blank

Each of their slide presentations follow their customer discovery journey. All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. The teams presented in front of several hundred people in person and online.