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Brown University Talk

Steve Blank

One of the things I did was to speak to the startup community in Providence Rhode Island at Brown University. 11:40: How the Lean Startup began. 14:06: The three pillars of Lean. The talk is here. It’s worth a listen. 7:54: How we used to build startups. 20:10: Customer Development is an art.

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

online.wsj.com

SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail. NAME David Cowan.