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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 4: Customer Hypotheses

Steve Blank

This week, our first team up was PersonalLibraries (the team that had software to help researchers manage, share and reference the thousands of papers in their personal libraries.) They also talked by phone to organic farmers in Nebraska and the Santa Cruz mountains. The news from customers was not good. Let the real learning begin.

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Students Show The Way For Technology Innovation At Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012

YoungUpstarts

For example, Tu Nguyen, from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, won first prize in the inaugural 2003 competition with a Pocket PC application designed to bridge the language gap between English-speaking waiters and Vietnamese-speaking chefs. Imagine Cup Grants.

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How to Navigate the New Era of Customer Expectations

Duct Tape Marketing

They're from Nebraska, right? So Drift is one of the largest providers of chatbot software in the world. John (01:18): I suspect they all wore a similar jacket to what you're wearing too. Jay (01:22): Oh, sure, yeah, yeah. You got to stay. John (01:35): So the coat weighed about 80 pounds too then. Jay (01:37): Exactly. 13:08): Sure.

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Open to All: Scholarships for The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

Sourabh: I''m a student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and part of the local community of entrepreneurs and startup folks in Lincoln and Nebraska. Through our university''s student group we built software products for a couple of startups in the summer, and we advised our clients based on these principles.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

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Accounting and Billing Software. Production Software. Software and Hardware. . -->. ); MAG Radar END-->. CONNECT WITH FOLIO: NOW. Find What You Need. Seach top vendors, suppliers, service providers & more. -- Browse by Category --. Ad Tracking. Advertising Systems. Art and Designers. Auditing Services. Competitive Intelligence.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

From software and hardware design to advanced manufacturing, Texas is fertile ground for innovation, investment, business starts and smart job growth. Vista Equity Partners is a global investment firm headquartered in Austin that specializes in enterprise software, data and technology-enabled businesses. all Bay Area firms?—?investing

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

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