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The Big Bang. The Lean LaunchPad explodes at University of Maryland

Steve Blank

The University of Maryland is now integrating the Lean LaunchPad ® into standard innovation and entrepreneurship courses across all 12 colleges within the University. Over 44 classes have embedded the business model canvas and/or Customer Discovery including a year-long course taken by every single one of its bioengineering majors.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Overall, nonventure-backed companies fail more often than venture-backed companies in the first four years of existence, typically because they dont have the capital to keep going if the business model doesnt work, Harvards Mr. Ghosh says. Write to Deborah Gage at deborah.gage@dowjones.com. Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

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How we changed the way the U.S. government commercializes science: Errol Arkilic — Part 1 of Episode 6 on Sirius XM Channel 111

Steve Blank

In my interview with Errol, we discussed the origins of the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps), how and why it was created, and how it changed the way the government commercializes scientific research. government needs your help,’ and I remember saying, ‘The U.S. government accelerator that takes no equity.

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Doubling Down On a Good Thing: The National Science Foundation’s I-Corps Lite

Steve Blank

I’ve known Edmund Pendleton from the University of Maryland as the Director of the D.C. National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Node (a collaboration among the University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins). small businesses to turn Government-funded research into commercial businesses.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

Only after we have at least two products scaling successfully in at least two emerging market regions, will we have proven the commercial model for medical device design with and for emerging markets. This will require new partners, new skill sets, and new business model innovation. The majority of our $2.9M It is not only U.S-.

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Tommy Vietor is Saving the World, One Podcast at a Time

Hunter Walker

Are sponsors just a business model, or over time do you think it’s an opportunity for brands to take a stance because their customers or employees want to see their values tangibly. That’s also why the libertarian view that things would be better if government just got out of the way isn’t always true. But so far so good!