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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 4: Customer Hypotheses

Steve Blank

Last week the teams were testing their hypotheses about their Value Proposition (their company’s product or service.) This week they were testing who the customer, user, payer for the product will be (and discovering if they have a multi-sided business model , one with both buyers and sellers.) The news from customers was not good.

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Getting high on your own Svpply: When who’s using the service is part of the product

This is going to be BIG.

It's a beautifully uncomplicated service--you share cool products and follow the shared products of others. It's been done before--whole social networks have been built out around the idea of product sharing and cool finds, but their comprehensiveness (complexity) seemed to be their downfall. Sharing is quick and easy.

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Getting high on your own Svpply: When who’s using the service is part of the product

This is going to be BIG.

It's a beautifully uncomplicated service--you share cool products and follow the shared products of others. It's been done before--whole social networks have been built out around the idea of product sharing and cool finds, but their comprehensiveness (complexity) seemed to be their downfall. Sharing is quick and easy.

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Jason Colodne of Colbeck Capital Interviews Energy Ventures Analysis’ Emily Medine

The Startup Magazine

In Asia, there is still coal-fired power generation being built, and Vietnam hosts the largest new production facilities for blast furnace steel production, which is reliant on met coal. While we are seeing places such as the United States and Europe decrease demand, developing countries in Asia represent a rising annual demand.

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After 20 years: Updating the Berkus Method of valuation

Berkonomics

Originally created in the mid 1990’s to help with the imprecise problem of how to value early stage companies, especially those in technology, I developed what soon became known as “The Berkus Method” when published in the popular book, “Winning Angels” by Harvard’s Amis and Stevenson with my permission in 2001. Well, it had to happen.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

www.foliomag.com

Design & Production. eMedia & Technology. ADVERTISEMENT. ); ); ); Home » emedia and Technology. RECENTLY in emedia and Technology. Merging Brands with Technology. Merging Brands with Technology. Insight, trends, technology and more on. Publishing Technology. Production/Printing/Manufacturing.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. The University of Texas System is the third most innovative university in the world , behind only the University of California system and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in intellectual property patents.

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