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Tag Archives: University of Michigan
3 Days, 80 Scientists, 300 Customer Interviews
This week was the kick off of the University of Michigan Innovation Corps (I-Corps) summer session where 80 scientists, engineers and mentors gathered in Ann Arbor to participate in the 8-week entrepreneurial-immersion program developed by Steve Blank and the National … Continue reading
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Tagged CFE, College of Engineering, Customer Discovery, I-Corps, Impact Driven, NSF, Startup, Steve Blank, University of Michigan
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Chance Favors the Connected Mind
Great progress has been made in developing processes and tools to help entrepreneurs take an idea and search for the right business model and turn it into a new venture. Not a lot, however, has been done to develop processes … Continue reading
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Tagged CFE, College of Engineering, Disruptive, Entrepreneurship, Ideas, Impact Driven, Technology, U-M, umich, University of Michigan
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Testing Ideas with Customers
I’ve sat through approximately 50 pitches in the last 2-3 weeks and many times I hear a common example of how the teams have tested their ideas with customers… “We went out and showed our prototype to a bunch of … Continue reading
Celebrate Invention at A2 Draws Big Crowd
Last night the University of Michigan’s Tech Transfer Office held their annual Celebrate Invention event. This event is held each fall to celebrate and honor inventors that are working on exciting new commercial opportunities using U-M IP. It was a cold and … Continue reading
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Tagged CFE, Entrepreneurship, Startup, Tech Transfer, U-M, University of Michigan
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Chicago’s Entrepreneurial Spirit is Burning Bright
Today ends a 3-day fast paced visit to Chicago for myself and many UM entrepreneurial students who came here to engage the Chicago entrepreneurial network. On Sunday, I was thrilled to see so many wolverines participating in Chicago’s Startup Weekend … Continue reading
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Tagged CFE, Chicago, College of Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Impact Driven, Lean Startup, SIIdeasWeek, Startup, U-M, umich, University of Michigan
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Disruptive Ideas Require Identifying Core Value
Consider this question: ”Describe the value of a gas station”. I like to ask entrepreneurs this question as a thought experiment of how hard it is sometimes to isolate value from something we are used to experiencing every day. A … Continue reading
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Tagged Agile, CFE, College of Engineering, Customer Discovery, Entrepreneurship, Startup, U-M, umich, University of Michigan, Volt
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Creating Disruption
We have made great strides in developing and teaching skills and processes that help entrepreneurs figure out how to take their ideas, reduce risks and more efficiently test and validate (or invalidate) they’re assumptions. As you probably know I’m a … Continue reading
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Tagged Agile, CFE, College of Engineering, Customer Discovery, Disruptive, Impact Driven, Lean Startup, Steve Blank, U-M, umich, University of Michigan
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Record Applications for TechArb (session #7)
A record number of University of Michigan student startup teams have applied for access to TechArb for the upcoming session (#7 – November 2011 through April, 2012). Tomorrow (Monday) we have interviews with each of the startup teams that are … Continue reading
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Tagged Agile, CFE, Entrepreneurship, Impact Driven, Lean Startup, Startup, TechArb, U-M, umich, University of Michigan
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(2030) Order edited or modified
“(2030) Order edited or modified” is the latest status on my Chevy Volt order when I checked today… and I’m thrilled! It’s been two weeks since the last change to my Volt order (originally placed on 8/25/2011) and I was … Continue reading
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Is Ann Arbor Ready?
Trying to get a fire lit when you are camping is sometimes a struggle. Sure, everyone has their 2 cents on how to stack the wood, prime the fire and light a match but ultimately we never know if the … Continue reading
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Tagged Agile, CFE, College of Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Startup, Steve Blank, University of Michigan
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