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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

Defense and Intelligence organizations drove the pace of innovation in Silicon Valley by providing research and development dollars to universities, and defense companies built weapons systems that used the Valley’s first microwave devices and semiconductor components. Government and the enterprise are now followers rather than leaders.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

The Cerro del Aguila power station, located in Tayacaja Province in central Peru, in March signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with Peru’s government-owned electricity company, which will come into effect when the power station is completed in the second half of 2015. HADASIT LAUNCHES JEWISH-ARAB BIOMED INCUBATOR IN GALILEE.

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6 Sources of Help For Early Stage Concept Exploration

Startup Professionals Musings

Beyond these believers, you need to match your credentials and interests with the multitude of public, academic and government organizations that proclaim to foster research and early development, to satisfy the long-term needs of the people or organizations they support. Commercial product prototypes. Technology pilots.

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Q&A with Mangrove VC partner Michael Jackson: “You don’t build code at a party”

The Next Web

You’re going to probably spend a year or two trying to build something where every single hour can be quantified against product development or getting users or doing press interviews or whatever it is; things which hopefully produce concrete results for the product. And they’re not here. MJ: I see that a lot.

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Realistic Strategies For Funding Product Development

Startup Professionals Musings

Beyond these believers, you need to match your credentials and interests with the multitude of public, academic and government organizations that proclaim to foster research and early development, to satisfy the long-term needs of the people or organizations they support. Commercial product prototypes. Technology pilots.

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6 Funding Resources For Ideas Needing More Validation

Startup Professionals Musings

Beyond these believers, you need to match your credentials and interests with the multitude of public, academic and government organizations that proclaim to foster research and early development, to satisfy the long-term needs of the people or organizations they support. Commercial product prototypes. Technology pilots.