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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

Eric Ries in Times Square For any model to be useful it has to predict what happens in the real world – including the web. I realized the Customer Development model needs to be clearer in what exactly a startup is supposed to do, regardless of the business model. “What is the “Business Model” of your startup?&#

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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”).

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Take Advantage of a New Trend: Big Business Looks to Small to Innovate

Up and Running

The post Take Advantage of a New Trend: Big Business Looks to Small to Innovate appeared first on Bplans Blog. Managing a Business Operations Strategy' Coley Brown, of VisionMine, said that open innovation helps some smaller companies get acquired, while others have their technology licensed by the larger firms they work with.

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How to Form a Corporation

Up and Running

California can be appealing to California-based investors (particularly fast-growth tech companies) despite high income and corporate taxes, and franchise fees for all businesses regardless of size. Be online: Consider your online domain name , especially if being found online is a key part of your business model.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

The Social Enterprise Alliance offers this definition: “In its early days, the social enterprise movement was identified mainly with nonprofits that used business models and earned income strategies to pursue their mission. In terms of legal structure, social enterprises have many options. Maryland was the first U.S.

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Privacy, Authenticity, Engagement:  The Struggle for Virtuous Technology

The Startup Magazine

Aidan: This may be because of the intangible quality of apps and software: when something isn’t physically manufactured and distributed, it can be difficult to see why it should cost money. Policy Lagging Behind Awareness. Aidan: But whether or not we can make money from our data, it’s in our interests to protect it.

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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.