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Beyond the Lemonade Stand: How to Teach High School Students Lean Startups

Steve Blank

While the Lean LaunchPad class has been adopted by Universities and the National Science Foundation, the question we get is, “Can students in K-12 handle an experiential entrepreneurship class?” Sharks, in turn, argued with one another and even attempted to form syndication in one instance. Hawken School has now given us an answer.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.” But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit.

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10 Ways To Win In 2014: An Entrepreneurs’ Guide To A Successful Startup

YoungUpstarts

And finally, in Darwinian fashion, competition for market share amongst the venture capitalists as a result of increased numbers of angel investment syndicates will clear the decks of the low-value add venture capital dollars. All of these attributes will effectively benefit the entrepreneurial community. Maintain a 95%/5% focus ratio.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 32: Evangelos Simoudis and Ashok Srivastava

Steve Blank

— Ashok has taken a Lean approach to innovation at Verizon: Within a couple of weeks of joining Verizon, they said, “Before you learn a lot about the company, write down what you think we should do.” If you can’t hear the clip, click here. ” So I wrote a 9-page charter of what I thought we should do. Evangelos : Yes.

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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

Both Sides of the Table

I told my friend that I felt that in 2014 too many new VCs feel the pressure to chase deals, to be a part of syndicates with other brand names and to pounce on top of every startup whose numbers are trending up quickly. You have to decide where to lean in on follow-on rounds. They worry too much about missing out on a deal.

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5 Biggest Small Business Marketing Challenges (and How To Overcome Them)

crowdSPRING Blog

It’s unlikely that you’ve got the budget for nationally syndicated ads or a commercial during the Super Bowl. The good news is that there are many financially lean marketing techniques to choose from. Lean into this small business strength, by creating genuine social interactions with your followers on Facebook and Twitter.

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7 Examples of Effective Cross-selling (and Why They Work)

ConversionXL

Kajabi highlights the benefits of podcasts from the off, with a subject line that leans into three top priorities for businesses: leads , growth, and revenue. The majority of these interactions are self-guided from sources including social media, syndicated content, and industry-specific resources. Retargeting lets you do this.

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