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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

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plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). On the first point – think of Steven Blank’s customer development but for physical products.

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

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So when he saw the browser it instantly dawned on him that this would be the greatest customer development tool ever. He thought, “This way any product you launch you can talk instantly with and get feedback from customers.&# Yes, long before Yelp or any similar service. That gave Google a huge cost advantage.