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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

The second is a preference for product over strategy. Pretotyping is about what to do before the minimum viable product. Doing it well bakes into the system a preference for hypotheses rather than opinions; fast experiments rather than big plans; and testing ideas and strategies, not just products and technologies.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. Not long after the product launch we began the initial conversations with VCs for a Series A round. We three partners are working hard. But keep in mind at this point Reid’s a first-time CEO. link] leehower.

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Female Founder Interview – Claudia Freed, CEO of Non-Profit EALgreen

The Startup Magazine

Freed is a global thinker and living proof that purpose-driven businesses transform lives. In 2021, EAL helped corporate partners keep 5,056 mt of products out of landfills. Claudia: Believe in yourself and be relentless in pursuing what makes your product or service worthwhile. What big-picture problems does it solve?

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Winding Tree

Austin Startup

One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Winding Tree drives the development of open source protocols for the travel industry, starting with ORG.ID, a global registry of business entities that streamlines access to APIs in an automated and secure way without the need for third parties.

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MassChallenge + Stadia Ventures Team Up for Sports Tech

Austin Startup

As the world faces a global health and economic crisis, now, more than ever, is the time to double down on innovation strategies?—?and and that starts with collaboration and nurturing productive partnerships. it will create breakthroughs that change lives as products move from experimentation to mainstream applications.

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Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

I learned a lot at Convergent, going from product marketing manager in a small startup to VP of Marketing of the Unix Division as it became a public company. And one would become my mentor and partner in later companies.) Thank you, global meltdown! Two of my role models for my career were in this company. (And Reply Michael F.

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Innovation Outposts in Silicon Valley – Going to Where the Action Is

Steve Blank

They improved their penetration of local and regional markets by adapting their products to the country or region. They helped to globalize their innovation cycle and tap foreign expertise and resources. They let companies develop products to launch in world markets simultaneously.