Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Last week in Helsinki Finland at a dinner with a roomful of large company CEO’s, one of them asked, ”What can we do to help build an ecosystem that will foster entrepreneurship?” The best investment they could make to help a startup culture in Finland would be to share what they know with the next generation. What Are You Waiting For?

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Silicon Valley Finland IP Cofounder 335

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

So if entrepreneurs want to pioneer new ideas with a lean model, my advice is to use low cost alternatives to build differentiality that can be protected from institutions with far more money than ethics, creativity, or innovation-- other than skirting the loopholes in our justice system regarding protection of IP, and honing predatory tactics.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Today, in spite of the fact that the valley is crawling with IP lawyers, the tradition of helping and sharing continues. Last week in Helsinki Finland at a dinner with a roomful of large company CEO's, one of them asked, "What can we do to help build an ecosystem that will foster entrepreneurship?"

Silicon Valley 141

Silicon Valley Finland IP Networking 141

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 11, 2009

Other than that, you know their IP address, maybe their browser version or what country they are in. When someone clicks on one of your traditional CPC or CPM ads, what do you know about them? You know the content of the ad, so you know a little bit about what theyre interested in. In other words, not very much.

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San Francisco Social Network Lean Continuous Deployment 68

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Users also asked that IMVU identify and aggressively act to eliminate the source of such products up to and including IP bans. In fact, users asked that IMVU make a determination as to who was deliberately passing Unfit for IMVU products into the catalog and stop them from performing peer review on either their main accounts or their alts.

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Community Management Lean Software Review 158