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Domain Experience Gives Entrepreneurs an Unfair Advantage

Both Sides of the Table

But I pointed out that he would be up against competitors that had spend years building relationships with the big financial services companies (as well as channel partners) and he was going to have to start from scratch. Examples: There is a company called GreenLink Networks based in San Diego and Philadelphia.

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A new field guide for entrepreneurs of all stripes

Startup Lessons Learned

TLDR: Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits , authors of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development are back with a new book called The Lean Entrepreneur. It took the idea of Customer Development and made it accessible to a whole new audience. Illustrations by FAKEGRIMLOCK. You can pre-order it starting today.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Week 7

Steve Blank

In companies this would be product line extensions, more efficient supply chain, new distribution channels. On Slide 4-5 the team continues testing their hypotheses via customer discovery. Note that they plan a trip to San Diego to visit the customer. Slide 2, John Boyd and the OODA Loop (finally!)

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Rocket Science 5: Who Needs Domain Experts

Steve Blank

Steve I have to tell you some bad news, I just showed our potential channel partners and customers a few completed pieces of the games we had. Customer Development There was nothing wrong about Rocket Science having a vision radically different than the conventional wisdom. They think the games stink.”