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Faced with disruptive innovation, you can be sure any possibility for innovation dies when a company forms a Read More
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Blinded by the Light
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National Science Foundation Innovation Corps
We ran the first National Science Foundation Innovation Corps class October to December 2011. 63 scientists and engineers in 21 teams made Read More
Stanford 2012 Lean LaunchPad presentations
Today, the second half of the Stanford Engineering Lean LaunchPad Class gave their final presentations. Here are the final four Read More
Search versus execute
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Stanford 2012 Lean LaunchPad Presentations
Today, the first half of the Stanford Engineering Lean LaunchPad Class gave their final presentations. Here are the first five. Read More
Killing your start-up by listening to your customers
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Nail the customer development manifesto to the wall
When Bob Dorf and I wrote The Startup Owner’s Manual we listed a series of Customer Development principles. I Read More