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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

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4:30 How did you come up with the idea of customer development? 37:45 Let’s talk about the dichotomy between customer development and Y Combinator? 50:30 Will Udacity change the education system in this country? 1:00:00 Mark and Steve discuss the role of unions in education. What brings you to LA?

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Steve Blank Discusses The Origin And Future Of The Lean Startup Movement

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The Lean Startup approach dictates that successful customer development is an iterative process. By conceptualizing, selling, gathering feedback and then developing a product, startups achieve success more quickly and economically. Eric (Ries) was a student in one of the very earliest customer development classes at Berkley.

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. Bill had previously created a packaged software company called Knowledge Adventure the produced children’s educational software.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Teach Like You’re the Student - Steve Blank , August 10, 2010 “I never have let my schooling interfere with my education.”. Mark Twain.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , July 25, 2010 AVC regular Charlie Crystle asked me this question yesterday in the comments : Fred, it might be helpful to some of your readers to explain when a startup should seek angel vs seed/early stage VC. Customer Care Today. Customer Validation needs to have the CEO actively involved.

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