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Presidential Innovation Fellows, round two

Startup Lessons Learned

Yes, there are Lean Startups even in the United States federal government. For my take on how this is possible, you can see my previous post on Lean Government here. If you'd like to try your hand at being an entrepreneur inside one of the world's largest bureaucracies, you can apply right here starting today.

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Open Letter to a New Austinite

Austin Startup

In moving to Austin, you didn’t just change your address to a city (and state) with a lower income tax burden, a city (and state) that loves to support business and entrepreneurs, a city (and state) that loves BBQ, music and sports (despite the lackluster state you find the Longhorns football team, the Cowboys and the NBA’s Rockets and Spurs in).

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

In 2000, Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr founded StubHub , a secondary ticket exchange marketplace. While it is a lesser known category, using your own backyard and home to host dog guests as an alternative to a kennel is a large and growing business. Once again, this is an asset against which the marginal cost to host a dog is near zero.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur. Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor. Dec 26, 2009).

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – I Have a Dream. I soon found that yoga taught me 2000-year-old strategies, to be more present with my kids, be more patient with my family and feel more calm and energized at the same time! Image Credit: Enrico Bratta.

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Is Your City Right For A Small Business Revolution?

YoungUpstarts

Hosting conferences like EntreCon is just one way a city can meet the needs of small businesses. Studer Community Institute also provides leadership training and skill-building opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses, nonprofits, and entrepreneurs. We’ve had so much help on this journey and we want to pay it forward.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. So heres my simple question: What do folks in Washington need to know about the global community of entrepreneurs?

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