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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

We were on the University of North Carolina campus to meet with Fred Brooks and Henry Fuchs. Get Out of Building Our trip to North Carolina was part of a year long effort to get out of the building to understand our market, customers and their applications. They would all work in this one company.

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The New Big Ten Logo – Is it Love?

crowdSPRING Blog

The color is more reminiscent of the University of North Carolina than the Big Ten. They use a modern font, leaning in a forward motion, with 11 stars running underneath to represent the 11 schools. The use of the negative space is distracting rather than intriguing. Another approach is the one from the BIGTEN Network.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Harley Goes Lean to Build Hogs. North Carolina. North Dakota. South Carolina. North Carolina. North Dakota. South Carolina. Subscriber Content Read Preview. Pension Crisis Looms Despite Cuts. Subscriber Content Read Preview. Firms Miss Out on Jobs Push. Subscriber Content Read Preview.

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Getting out of the building…by staying in the building!

Steve Blank

Our Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences is one of them. The Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences (the I-Corps @ NIH ) uses the Lean Startup Model to discover and validate the business model. The Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences (the I-Corps @ NIH ) uses the Lean Startup Model to discover and validate the business model.

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Startup Lessons Learned

One of the most important things we do with The Lean Startup Conference is make a livestream of the plenary talks available for free to groups around the world, supporting entrepreneurship communities everywhere. The number of hosts has grown annually, and this year, we have 200+ groups joining us on Monday, December 3.

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Unintended Lessons

Steve Blank

We started in North Carolina eating BBQ and enjoying the Southern culture, went through Washington D.C checking out the shopping in Georgetown, saw beautiful horse country in Pennsylvania and upstate NY and headed down into the bays and coves of Connecticut filled with sailboats.

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What I Noticed On Social Media During the 2017 Hurricane Season

Austin Startup

As a North Carolina native, I remember sitting through numerous storms with my great-grandma at her home in Duplin County. Some of us aren’t using our brand as a resource Many marketing managers keep trying to aggressively sell items to our customers instead of coming off as a friend or resource they can lean on.