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Nokia as “He Who Must Not Be Named” and the Helsinki Spring

Steve Blank

The young entrepreneurs I met are bringing impressive energy and intelligence to their goal of building one of Europe’s leading technology hubs in Helsinki. Filed under: Business Model versus Business Plan , Customer Development , Teaching , Venture Capital. Finnish culture makes risk-taking and sharing hard.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

And while the Soviets are fighting the Germans in massive land battles in eastern Europe, until the allies invade Western Europe in June 1944, the only way the U.S. Bear with me as this history takes you from the skies of Europe to Fred Terman.) And they got it coming and going to the target.

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European startups: Here’s how to (not) raise capital in the US

The Next Web

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Stefano Bernardi, who is on the founding team of Betable , where he heads Customer Development. Previously, he worked in venture capital in Europe. They will poke holes all over it and you should be glad, as you’ll go back to Europe with a much stronger pitch and deck.

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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

On a rainy day in Providence we tracked Andy down just as he was leaving for a trip to Europe. We told Andy we’d talk further when he got back from Europe. The VP of Sales and I flew to Providence to convince Andy van Dam at Brown to join our company, or at a minimum lead our advisory board. We’re building a supercomputer.”

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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

If you are a practitioner of Customer Development, ESL was doing it before most us were born. had been engaged in the Vietnam War, and had agreed to parity in nuclear weapons, Soviet forces in Europe had built a 3 to 1 advantage in tanks, artillery, armored personnel carriers, and soldiers, all under Détente. Yet while the U.S.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

Making Money From Social Games - ArcticStartup , August 23, 2010 Games Developer Conference Europe 2010 (GDCE) took place last week in Cologne, Germany. " Solving the Innovator’s Dilemma – Customer Development in a Big Company - Steve Blank , August 23, 2010 One of the ways I learn is to teach. Lessons at the end.).

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 8: Phil Randazzo and Derek Andersen

Steve Blank

Here’s how he learned to embrace new experiences: When I was young my family moved to Europe. My dad was working over there, and we spent six years moving across Europe and then back across the United States. Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. I was, at one point, in 10 schools in 10 years. ….

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