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Fear of Failure and Lack of Speed In a Large Corporation

Steve Blank

I just spent a day working with Bob, the Chief Innovation Officer of a very smart large company I’ll call Acme Widgets. Talking to Bob I realized that at Acme Widgets (and in most large companies) the word “failure” was being used to describe two very different events: failure in execution of a known product in known market.

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Startup Resources

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Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. IP Location Tools. Wireframing, prototypes: buil-in widgets and shapes. Lodestone Innovation Partners (IP) Ltd are spin-out specialists. “My IP” – produced by the UK Intellectual Property Office. Codeacademy. Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank.

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Piercing the Corporate Veil of Sweat Equity

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Notes: Assuming that the idea is neutral; that the business’ “widget” has merit, that what ever the company wants to provide / sell is worthwhile to the prospective investor. This would of course be in regards toa single corporation which holds all the IP and revenue.). Top 3 Ways to Fail at Customer Development.