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The Traction Gap Framework: Four Pillars Of Startup Success

YoungUpstarts

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles.

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The Traction Gap Framework: Four Pillars Of Startup Success

YoungUpstarts

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles.

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Traversing No-Man’s Land, The Go-To-Market Phase

YoungUpstarts

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “. MVR is the smallest amount of repeatability a startup can demonstrate, while still proving its business model and market/product fit. Minimum Viable Repeatability (MVR).

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Votem

Austin Startup

Votem is based in Cleveland. Why Cleveland? It’s a GREAT city with amazing talent, a great culture, and lower operating costs than the coasts. It’s a long story but Ronnie Woods from the Rolling Stones at the Rock Hall Induction Ceremony in Cleveland. What is your top goal for Votem for 2020? I wouldn’t go.

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Bigger in Bend – Building a Regional Startup Cluster–part 1 of 3

Steve Blank

They communicate and pass on the DNA of how Silicon Valley operates and what level of performance is needed to compete on a global scale. Viable entrepreneurs who think they are building scalable startups but lack either a key element of their business model and/or lack the right team DNA to “go for it.” Entrepreneurs in Bend.

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The Woodstock of K-12 Education

Steve Blank

Over the last few years it’s become clear that the days of teaching “how to write a business plan” as the cornerstone of university entrepreneurship are over. We now understand the distinction between startups – who search for a business model – versus existing companies – that execute a business plan.

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Transcript of How to Turn Marketing Costs Into Profit

Duct Tape Marketing

I’m moving out of an operational role. And then I think in a lot of ways it’s become air for every sort of channel and element and, even as you suggest in your last book, a business model in itself. We think there’s something bigger, as Robert talked about and you talked about, this is a business model change.

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