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Steven Blank Kills It at Greycroft CEO Summit

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We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc. It is the key to “customer development” that Steve Blank talks about. I’m going to save that for a future blog post.

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Four Innovative SaaS To Get Excited About

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Essentially a business model where software is licensed and distributed from a central location, SaaS companies can now be found in telecoms, human resources, and more. The Plivo network offers seven points of presence (PoP) worldwide to give businesses the clearest voice quality and lowest latency no matter where users are.

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Domain Experience Gives Entrepreneurs an Unfair Advantage

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If your last company was Apple, Blackberry, AdMob or JAMDAT and you have some experience in the sector then I know that your product will have your experiences baked into it. When Evan Rifkin of.App/Ads launched a new ad network for iPhone (and soon to be other devices) applications I knew he would have a very strong offering out of the box.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

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It was the first company to do “paid search&# back when Larry & Sergey were saying they would never do it. He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). This is a CDN (Content Delivery Network). Overture sold for $1.6

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StartupWeekend Next Teaches Teams How to Level Up

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Customer Development. What you will get at NEXT: You will be taught the what, how, and why of the customer development process. You will learn the importance of a “Minimum Viable Product” and how it applies to your company. Single founder teams are welcome but may have to work twice as hard.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

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Bending over: How to sell to large companies - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 24, 2010 This is a guest post by Steve Hanov , who blogs about programming and startups. They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. Photo credit: Elizabeth Weinberg.). The Application. Stay Tuned. Here’s why.

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Startup Weekend LA | Recap February 2012

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Tyler has helped coach dozens of companies through pitching and presenting at Launch Conf and formerly TechCrunch 50. Our judges for this Startup Weekend LA included: Howard Marks (Start Engine), Paige Craig (BetterWorks), David Waxman (PeoplePC, Firefly Networks, SpotRunner) and Tyler Crowley (Sqweal, OAF, Launch, TWiST, Mahalo).

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