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Early-stage Regional Venture Funds–part 2 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

Over the years Dino and I brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. However, four critical advances over the past decade (cloud, accelerators, Lean, and Angels) not only changed the math for tech investing but made regional tech clusters possible. The Bend Experience. Build $10-30M funds.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

Lean Startups/Back to Basics (2000-2010): No IPO’s, limited VC cash, lack of confidence and funding fuels “lean startup” era with limited M&A and even less IPO activity. The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup.

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Rocket Science 2: Drinking the Kool-Aid

Steve Blank

. - You can be an Independent studio or do “work for hire&# (either a revenue share or buy-out model) - If you’re an independent studio you have a set of choices for distribution channel and marketing models. - We understood none of this. More detail in future posts. This post was Twitted by altgate [.]

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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

Both Sides of the Table

Obviously that barrier has been brought down with low-cost ability to capture, stream and distribute content over the Internet. But while universities are developing online content they are not fundamentally disrupting leaning because the method of delivery is not a new business model. “Online education is truly going to kill us.”

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Startup Resources

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Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. Steve Blank’s Lean Startup Resources. Lean Startup Circle â?? free, distributed source code control management system. Lean project management. Lean Startup Machine. Lean Startups. Codeacademy.