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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

Customer Development. A well-developed model is Andreessen Horowitz’s Executive Briefing Center. John Maeda, formerly Design Partner, KPCB; formerly President of Rhode Island School of Design. Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe advertises that “60% of WCAS XII portfolio companies benefit from repeat management.”

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Brown University Talk

Steve Blank

One of the things I did was to speak to the startup community in Providence Rhode Island at Brown University. 20:10: Customer Development is an art. 20:10: Customer Development is an art. 37:34: Customer Discovery isn’t just a bunch of random conversations. The talk is here.

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

Commercialization of an Engineered Pyrolysis Blanket for the Conversion of Forestry Residues to Soil Amendments and Energy Products. Principal Investigator: Walter Besio University of Rhode Island. Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Technology. If you can’t see the video above click here.

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