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Entrepreneurship for the 99%

Steve Blank

As the morning fog burns off the California coast, I am working with Steve Blank, preparing for the Lean LaunchPad Faculty Development Program we are running this August at U.C. Alex, vice provost for Innovation & Economic Development at Weber State University in Utah and completing his first year of teaching entrepreneurship.

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How to Form a Corporation

Up and Running

Also, creating a quick lean financial forecast will help ensure your business idea is viable and financially sound. Increased privacy is often promoted as a benefit, but you may be disappointed—feel free to test that idea by searching for corporate directors on Nevada’s website.

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Who Dares Wins – The 2nd Annual International Business Model Competition

Steve Blank

Alexander Osterwalder and I spent last week in Salt Lake City, Utah as judges at the 2 nd Annual International Business Model Competition , hosted by Professor Nathan Furr , and his team at the BYU Center for Entrepreneurship. Tools to help them manage the search for a repeatable and scalable business model. It what winners do.

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Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3

Both Sides of the Table

It is not uncommon to see a team out of Utah, Texas or for that matter Finland with 8-10 developers build iPhone apps that get 10′s of millions of downloads and doing hundreds of millions of monthly page views. They should start “lean.&# I believe that most companies can exist in the experimentation mode for 3-4 years.

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

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Boom and Bust and What Comes Next

Scalable Startup

“Boom and bust is our lot and we must follow the ancient advice.that Joseph gave to the Pharaoh: Put away your surplus during the years of great plenty so you will be ready for the lean years which are sure to follow.”. The first page results of a search for “tech 2.0 Utah Mining and Construction are long gone.