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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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

Steve Blank

This week they broadened the discussion with interviews with the city planner in Mariposa, Texas and the city engineer from Rapid City, South Dakota. Our teaching objective was to take engineers (with a smattering of MBA’s) and give them an immersive hands-on experience of how an idea becomes a profitable business.

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On Supercities, Economic Growth, and Income Inequality in a Post-COVID World

Ben's Blog

And then of course investment in special innovation zones — where regulatory experiments can happen alongside innovation, as with Nevada for autonomous vehicles and South Dakota for crypto — can especially help create opportunity for places where there isn’t already a strong innovation ecosystem.