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A Startup is Not a Smaller Version of a Large Company

Steve Blank

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Lao-tzu. A scalable startup is designed by intent from day one to become a large company. If you read the academic literature or business press, you might believe that large companies and their business models are brought by the stork. Stage 1: The Scalable Startup.

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The Story of Techbikers (You can Play a role too)

VC Cafe

Gerry’s tech team (designer and developer) could help with the logo, website and social media, and I was to take care of sponsors, riders and getting the word out. What I saw in that dream, was a big bike ride, and the idea of Room to Read was planted in my head since that trip to India in 2010. but there was only one problem?—?I

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Autonomous Vehicles: The Empty Re-positioning Challenge

Venture Chronicles

Roads, enforcement, regulations, and the legal system are all designed to work within the framework of a human-controlled automobile. Roads in particular are organized to protect us from ourselves, with speed limits fixed irrespective of the road conditions and flow patterns designed to move a person from A to B.

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