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Why Governments Don’t Get Startups
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Not understanding and agreeing what “Entrepreneur” and “Startup” mean can sink an entire country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. I’m getting ready to go overseas to teach, and I’ve spent the last week reviewing several countries’ ambitious attempts to kick-start entrepreneurship. After poring through stacks … Continue reading
It’s Not How Big It Is – It’s How Well It Performs: The Startup Genome Compass
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What makes startups succeed or fail? More than 90% of startups fail, due primarily to self-destruction rather than competition. For the less than 10% of startups that do succeed, most encounter several near death experiences along the way. Simply put,while … Continue reading
Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 2 of 2 – Virtual Valley Ventures
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When The Boardroom is Bits: A revolution has taken hold as customer development and agile engineering reinvent the Startup process. It’s time to ask why startup board governance has failed to keep pace with innovation. Board meetings that guide startups … Continue reading
Why Board Meetings Suck – Part 1 of 2
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What’s Wrong With Today’s Board MeetingsAs customer and agile development reinvent the Startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Board meetings that guide startups haven’t changed since the early … Continue reading
The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford – The Final Presentations
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Class lectures were over last week, but most teams kept up the mad rush to talk to even more customers and further refine their products. Now they were standing in front of us to give their final presentations. They had … Continue reading
The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 8: Key Resources, Activities and Expense Model
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The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This post – part eight – was the last formal lecture. Parts one through seven of the lectures are here, Syllabus is here.While this is the last lecture, … Continue reading
The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 7: Revenue Model
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The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. With one week and one more updates to go, this post is part seven. Parts one through six are here, Syllabus is here. With a week to go … Continue reading
The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 6: Channel Hypotheses
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The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment with a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. With two weeks and two more updates to go, this post is part six. Parts one through five are here, Syllabus is here. While we’ve been pushing hard … Continue reading
The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 4: Customer Hypotheses
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The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This post is part four. Part one is here, two is hereand three is here. Syllabus is here. Last week the teams were testing their hypotheses about their Value Proposition … Continue reading
The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 3: Value Proposition Hypotheses
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The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This post is part three. Part one is here, two is here. Syllabus is here. Week 3 of the class and our teams in our Stanford Lean LaunchPad class … Continue reading
