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Philadelphia University Commencement Speech – May 15th 2011

Steve Blank

In the middle of a Michigan winter, I stuck out my thumb and hitchhiked to Miami, the warmest place I could think of. I managed to find a job at the Miami International Airport loading racehorses onto cargo planes. If I hadn’t discovered something I truly loved to do, I might be driving a cab at the Miami airport.

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America’s founding entrepreneurs: revolution at work

crowdSPRING Blog

In 1999 Foreman sold the rights to the George Foreman Grill for $137 million. Williams currently is the founder and CEO of her interior design firm “V Starr Interiors,&# has her own fashion line and is a part-owner of the Miami Dolphins NFL franchise. Venus Williams.

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6 great athlete-entrepreneurs and what they accomplished

crowdSPRING Blog

In 1999 Foreman sold the rights to the George Foreman Grill for $137 million. Williams currently is the founder and CEO of her interior design firm “V Starr Interiors,&# has her own fashion line and is a part-owner of the Miami Dolphins NFL franchise. Venus Williams.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. My fiancé is one of the best ideation consultants in the world (the brain), he was a top rated mentor at Founder Institute and has built and sold numerous successful businesses. My oldest son, Coby Joshua, was born with Down syndrome in 1999.

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

Both Sides of the Table

When I was raising money for my first company we had closed a seed round in 1999 and were working on our A round. We had many term sheets (it was 1999 and we had a pulse) and we were deciding which one to take. It was December 1999. It was December 1999. Let me start with a story. I was resolute. I was resolute.