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A New Way to Teach Entrepreneurship – The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford: Class 1

Steve Blank

It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. Startups are in fact only temporary organizations, organized to search –not execute–for a scalable and repeatable business model.

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How to create a sustainable social media strategy for your startup

The Next Web

Zappos assumes everyone in the company is on social media and trusts them to participate in growing the brand. Prioritize social networks. As a startup, you’re working with limited resources and a lean business model. Its social media and editorial advertising strategy clearly put the product first.

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The New Boom

Growthink Blog

technologies like social networking, mobile gaming, and interactive advertising, in 2011 new fortunes and legends are being made. social networking hype of 2006-2007. As importantly, because of the rise of global social networking - Facebook now has 300 million non-U.S. Here’s why: 1. The result?

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8 Simple Steps to Start an Online Business With No Money

Kodorra

Visit online forums, social networks, and blogs and check customer star rating and comments. Don’t forget to choose a sound business model. Whether it is advertisement model, B2C (Business to Consumer) ecommerce, affiliate or subscription, picking the right choice could determine the rise or fall of your business.

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Second Life for Kids

BeyondVC

As a VC that invests in early stage companies, part of my job is to discover new opportunities and business models. Luckily most of my children’s time is spent doing their own things and less on the social networking aspect of the community. Webkinz is another virtual world for kids but with a twist.

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Are Facebook and Groupon Bubbles Waiting To Burst?

Growthink Blog

Yet the blogosphere is abuzz with how Facebook usage rates and advertising effectiveness are already starting to plateau. So we are left with that sinking feeling that this whole social networking advertising space may be just one giant bubble waiting to burst….

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. I’ve already started the business modeling. I spent a couple of days hanging out in DogPatch San Francisco and I was both impressed and envious.