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Lean Startup Machine Boulder

Feld Thoughts

I judged Lean Startup Machine Boulder yesterday afternoon. I’m a huge Eric Ries / Lean Startup fan and believe that the methodology can be quickly taught. It’s not a coding / hacking weekend – it’s an applied process of the Lean Startup Methodology.

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Engineering a Regional Tech Cluster-part 3 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

Over the years Dino and I brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Bend’s economic development agency ( EDCO ) has worked very hard to establish direct flights to major West Coast cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, and Denver.

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Burnout « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Luckily while I was teaching classes at headquarters, Zilog’s field application engineers (the technical engineers working alongside our salesmen) would work side-by-side with our large customers as they designed their systems with our chips. Customers The irony is that Zilog had no idea who would eventually become its largest customers.

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

63 scientists and engineers in 21 teams made ~ 2,000 customer calls in 10 weeks , turning laboratory ideas into formidable startups. 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. Artificial Membrane-based Ion Channel Screening.

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Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder

www.women2.org

After quitting my job and starting Sorced , I spent a few months validating my business concept by creating the product mockups and doing customer development. Los Angeles, CA. The Alchemist Series: Customer Development and Metrics. Tweet By Elizabeth Knopf (Co-Founder & CEO, Sorced). Santa Clara, CA.

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Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more)

Startup Lessons Learned

The visionary’s lament The Superbowl ad test Lo, my 57692 subscribers, who are you? The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. Expo SF (May. .

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Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, and more

Startup Lessons Learned

In March, Ill be speaking at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. I often get asked how lean startup ideas can work for the video game industry - which is, of course, where I originally started working on them. This year, lean startups will be a big part of the Web 2.0 Watch this blog for details.