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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 6: Channel Hypotheses

Steve Blank

The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment with a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. Virtual channels include Dedicated e-commerce, Two-step e-distribution and Aggregators. Their value proposition had now changed from a wind turbine supplier to homes, to a distributed power supplier to cities and utilities.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Venture Capitalists on your board developed the expertise to get your firm public as soon as possible using whatever it took including hype, spin, expand, and grab market share because the sooner you got your billion dollar market cap, the sooner the VC firm could sell their shares and distribute their profits.

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Five case studies you'll see at the Lean Startup Conference 2015

Startup Lessons Learned

The following is a guest post by Kirsten Cluthe and Ritika Puri from The Lean Startup Conference team Wondering what’s new in the Lean Startup community? It all started with a small group of founders and product enthusiasts who self-aggregated into an online community. She wants to disrupt Hollywood with the Lean Startup method.

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Internet/Media: 5 things that will define 2011

Lightspeed Venture Partners

This is as much of a game-changer (due to a new distribution model based on the social graph) as going from offline to the Internet was in the 90s. The aggregation of such high-intent traffic is what makes Google a formidable force on the Internet. Year of Social Utilities. Social Media based Discovery Traffic Breaks Out.

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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

VC Cafe

Craze Digital is one of the world’s biggest Digital Entertainment indie companies, managing a host of online & mobile channels for high-demand Music & Video content, with a strong focus on innovative approach to monetization and distribution. We live, think and breathe digital music distribution. Share/Bookmark.

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What is CRM? Customer Relationship Management Explained

Up and Running

This typically involves a CRM system or tool that helps automate and aggregate various customer touchpoints. Provide employees with the information and processes necessary to know their customers, understand their needs, and effectively build relationships between the company, its customer base, and distribution partners.

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How To Choose A Market For Your Startup Or Small Business

crowdSPRING Blog

. … Due to the relatively small potential contract values in restaurants, startups serving these customer segments have to build very efficient sales teams or online customer acquisition tools to aggregate many of them inexpensively. Lean Marketing: Five Cheap Ways To Market Your Startup. image credit: DonnitaMae.