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Why Companies and Government Do “Innovation Theater” Instead of Actual Innovation

Steve Blank

The type of disruption most companies and government agencies are facing is a once-in-every-few-centuries event. Ultimately, companies and government agencies need to stop doing this or they will fail. By process I mean all the tools that allow companies and government to scale repeatable execution. Process Versus Product.

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The fundamental lesson of the forces governing scaling startups

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Or nine months because there weren’t any processes and documentation in place — again because it was just one person, who didn’t need that stuff, because after all we’re moving so quickly! But, an illness takes the velocity of the product or quality of support from heroic to zero. Predictability means going slower.

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How to Make Sense of the PPP Loan Program for VC-Backed Startups

Both Sides of the Table

There is so much confusion and misinformation out there about the government sponsored “payroll protection plan” loans to companies that the heads of every small business CEO in the country must be spinning. There are certainly some people who are publicly saying that VC-backed businesses shouldn’t take government money. shouldn’t I?

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 16 – Acquisition & Sustainment – Ellen Lord

Steve Blank

The 5000 rewrite achieves that objective by decomposing a large policy document into six clear and separate pathways that we call the adaptive acquisition framework or AAD. How would your organization increase collaboration between industry and government, especially at the startup and small company level? How do we get going?

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How To Find Your Customer In the Dept of Defense – The Directory of DoD Program Executive Offices

Steve Blank

Think of the PEO Directory linked below as a “Who buys in the government?” You can download the full 64-page document of Program Executive Offices and Officers with all 602 names here. Caveats Do not depend on this document for accuracy or completeness. This means this document was out of date the day it was written.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

500 Hats , January 10, 2010 Developing new startup ideas - Chris Dixon , March 14, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images - Code as Craft , July 9, 2010 jQuery Plugin: Give Your Characters a NobleCount - The Product Guy , March 23, 2010 How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

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Updating Your Seed Investors – Board Deck & Update Email Templates

View from Seed

Putting aside the governance aspects of a traditional board, there is meaningful value in holding a regular meeting with the company’s most important investor(s). Accordingly, your deck is not a presentation aid, but rather a more complete document that can be read & understood without much commentary. Download Board Deck Template.

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