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

Steve Blank

In January, we introduced a new graduate course at Stanford called the " target="_blank">Lean LaunchPad. The Lean LaunchPad class was scheduled to meet for three hours once a week. For the past three months, we’ve run an experiment in teaching entrepreneurship. When I realized they were all for our class, I could start to relax.

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Entrepreneurs Need to Find the Best ‘Curators’

Startup Professionals Musings

He brings a strong technology base to the table, as a former CTO, and creator of the Lean Startup methodology. Then there are the aggregator curators that bring together the best of the best from a wide variety of sources, without the single guiding light to make sure they are consistent and integrated. Lessons Learned , by Eric Ries.

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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. Filed under: Lean LaunchPad , Teaching. With two weeks and two more updates to go, this post is part six. The Nine Teams Present.

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CX Trends That Can Help StartUps In 2022

The Startup Magazine

It has been several years since the famed business title The Lean StartUp entered the entrepreneurial lexicon but its focus on continual improvement and experimentation for innovation is as relevant today as ever – perhaps more so following a vast period of tumult for businesses everywhere.

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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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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

A serious study here: [link] concluded that younger people being more creative is a highly predictable at the aggregate level. Same idea – too young and naive to know it can’t be done. However, it is far more unpredictable at the individual level. my “too young and naive to know it can’t be done theory.&#

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How groupthink and denial can ruin startups

The Next Web

Said McClure,”We worship at the altar of ‘ lean ‘ a little too much when really we should just be running our businesses. And yet when they started startups, they decided to build recipe sites, or aggregators for local events.” But what happens when a constructive conversation becomes a futile one?

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