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I-Corps @ NIH – Pivoting the Curriculum

Steve Blank

Today the National Institutes of Health announced their I-Corps @ NIH program. Next we teach Distribution Channels (how are you going to sell the product) and Customer Relationships (how do you Get/Keep/Grow customers) and Revenue Streams (what’s the Revenue Model strategy and pricing tactics.)

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Corporate Acquisitions of Startups: Why Do They Fail?

Steve Blank

buy out an entire company for its revenue and profits. These include the product itself, the customer, the distribution channel, revenue model, how to get, keep and grow customers, resources and activities needed to build the business and costs.). If they decide to buy, large companies can: license/acquire intellectual property.

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SXSW Startups: Knowbella

Austin Startup

Knowbella Tech is an open science collaboration company that uses blockchain to deliver free tools, services, grants, and intellectual properties (IP) to researchers, particularly the underserved in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We will also seek first-mover STEM recruiting customers in order to generate revenues.

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Make The Most Of Your Next VC Pitch By Doing These 10 Things

YoungUpstarts

You may be able to generate revenue, but VCs want exponential growth. The market for our product was global, and we had unique advantages in terms of our product and how we distributed it to customers. Like you, they’re looking for opportunity. Be ready when it counts. But I also faced some significant hurdles.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

I also owe a great debt to Kent Beck, whose Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change was my first introduction to this kind of thinking. (So How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone How to Usability Test your Site for Free The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the tim. Otherwise it's a great idea.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 8: Key Resources, Activities and Expense Model

Steve Blank

Last week the teams tested their Revenue Models hypotheses: what are customers willing to pay for? The concept of Partners , took some explanation as some teams confused partners with the Distribution Channel.). Of real interest was their evolving view of their revenue model. Any IP you need to license? How many people?

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

Both Sides of the Table

Sure, the revenue & margin will be significantly lower than traditional TV. Before this South Korean wonder spread across the globe I had written about a trend in global audiences that exists when the costs of production are nearly zero and the costs of distribution are also nearly free. think Apple.

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