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Moneyball and the Investment Readiness Level-video

Steve Blank

In the talk I reviewed the basic components of the Lean Startup and described how we teach it. I observed that now that we’ve built software to instrument and monitor the progress of new ventures (using LaunchPad Central ), that we are entering the world of evidence-based entrepreneurship and the Investment Readiness Level.

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

www.xconomy.com

Tech Channels ▾ Cleantech ›. Innovation Report Shows San Diego Added 695 Tech Jobs at End of 2011. San Diego’s Free EvoNexus Tech Incubator Gains Qualcomm Expertise. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. Fred Hutch Spinoff Blaze Bioscience Pulls in $5M For ‘Tumor Paint’.

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Diverse Lead Firms

Austin Startup

We focus primarily on software and Internet companies in areas such as SaaS, application software, financial software, consumer internet, and online marketplaces. These sectors generally leverage the Internet or software in a fundamental way.

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Why Are Venture Capitalists Ignoring The Future? The Emerging Domestic Economy

David Teten

Somewhat to their surprise, the tech section is one of the highly-trafficked and well-read topics. PureWow offers content on categories like recipes, books, home decor, and gardening, but tech remains one of the strongest. 645 Ventures is a seed and early-stage venture fund that focuses on Internet and software companies.

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Smarter Career Choices #3: Solve for the Global Maxima!

Occam's Razor

It is a company I love (am typing this on my beloved ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 5, using Windows Live Writer blogging software!). Here’s the global maxima question: How many Surface tablets have been sold due to this near-blanket coverage in NFL games via precious undivided attention? Let me illuminate this gap. I had one data point handy.

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