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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

For example, recruiting writ large is useful at all stages of development. Similarly, customer introductions are invaluable in the early days, but become less valuable once a company has a fully-formed go to market function.”. Customer Development. A well-developed model is Andreessen Horowitz’s Executive Briefing Center.

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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. Principal Investigator: Walter Besio University of Rhode Island. We now know how to reduce customer and market risk for new ventures. Concentric Technology. No, there’s no age limit.

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Brown University Talk

Steve Blank

One of the things I did was to speak to the startup community in Providence Rhode Island at Brown University. 20:10: Customer Development is an art. 20:10: Customer Development is an art. 37:34: Customer Discovery isn’t just a bunch of random conversations. The talk is here.