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The research, official guidance, and practitioner education our guides build on. Each record shows what kind of source it is, how we may use it, and when we'll review it again.

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Claude product overview

Anthropic

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Product documentationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026February 1, 2027
Claude Help Center

Anthropic

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Product documentationBackground readingNovember 3, 2026PendingFebruary 1, 2027
Claude is providing incorrect or misleading responses. What's going on?

Anthropic

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Product documentationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026February 3, 2027
What are projects?

Anthropic

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Product documentationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026February 3, 2027
Introducing Claude Duet

Anthropic · 2026-10-21

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Product documentationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026February 3, 2027
Claude Duet safety, privacy, and security

Anthropic

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Product documentationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026February 3, 2027
April Dunford: Positioning for B2B Tech Companies

April Dunford · April Dunford

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Practitioner educationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026May 3, 2027
Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It

April Dunford · April Dunford

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BookNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026May 3, 2027
Jobs to Be Done Theory

Clayton Christensen Institute

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Practitioner educationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026May 3, 2027
How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product/Market Fit

Rahul Vohra · First Round Review · 2018-11-12

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Case studyNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026May 1, 2027
SaaS Metrics 2.0 – A Guide to Measuring and Improving What Matters

David Skok · For Entrepreneurs

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EssayNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026May 3, 2027
Know Your Customers' “Jobs to Be Done”

Clayton M. Christensen, Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon, David S. Duncan · Harvard Business Review · 2016

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EssayNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026November 1, 2027
Business structures

Internal Revenue Service

U.S. government work. Attribute and link.

Official guidanceNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026May 3, 2027
Limited liability company (LLC)

Internal Revenue Service

U.S. government work. Attribute and link.

Official guidanceNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026May 3, 2027
Disciplined Entrepreneurship framework

Bill Aulet · Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship

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Practitioner educationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026May 1, 2027
Introducing dots

OpenAI · 2026-09-29

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Product documentationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026February 3, 2027
Getting started with your dot

OpenAI

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Product documentationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026February 3, 2027
The only thing that matters (The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 4)

Marc Andreessen · Pmarchive · 2007-06-25

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EssayNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026November 1, 2027
eCorner

Stanford Technology Ventures Program

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Practitioner educationBackground readingNovember 3, 2026PendingMay 1, 2027
The Business Model Canvas

Strategyzer

The page offers the template as a free download to share with your team and shows no open license. Explain it in our own words; do not reproduce the graphic.

Practitioner educationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026May 1, 2027
The Lean Startup methodology

Eric Ries · The Lean Startup

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Practitioner educationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026May 1, 2027
The Mom Test: How to talk to customers and learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

Rob Fitzpatrick · The Mom Test (book website)

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BookNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026May 3, 2027
Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework: Generative Artificial Intelligence Profile (NIST AI 600-1)

U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology · 2024

U.S. government publication. Attribute and link.

Official guidanceNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026May 3, 2027
About I-Corps

U.S. National Science Foundation

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Official guidanceNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026May 1, 2027
Business Guide

U.S. Small Business Administration

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Official guidanceBackground readingNovember 3, 2026PendingFebruary 1, 2027
Plan your business: market research, competitive analysis, and startup costs

U.S. Small Business Administration

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Official guidanceNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026February 1, 2027
Launch your business: business structure, registration, licenses, and permits

U.S. Small Business Administration

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Official guidanceNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026February 1, 2027
Manage your business: manage your finances

U.S. Small Business Administration

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Official guidanceNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026May 3, 2027
Vora IQ

Vora IQ

Vora IQ owns this publication. Every mention carries a disclosure. Its site describes the report card’s scoring dimensions inconsistently; confirm before citing specifics.

Product documentationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026February 1, 2027
How It Works

Vora IQ

Vora IQ owns this publication. Every mention carries a disclosure.

Product documentationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026February 3, 2027
Introducing Grok Bot

xAI · 2026-08-11

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Product documentationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026February 3, 2027
Grok Bot: Get started

xAI

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Product documentationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026February 3, 2027
Grok Bot security

xAI

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Product documentationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026February 3, 2027
Startup School

Y Combinator

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Practitioner educationNovember 3, 2026November 3, 2026May 1, 2027
Startup Library

Y Combinator

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Practitioner educationBackground readingNovember 3, 2026PendingMay 1, 2027