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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My.

Steve Blank

Posted on December 7, 2009 by steveblank In my 21 years of startups, I had my ideas “stolen” twice. Steve Blank -- Topsy.com , on December 7, 2009 at 6:06 am Said: [.] Reply Tim Inman , on December 7, 2009 at 7:04 am Said: Wow. See part one for the first time it happened. This time it was serious. Thanks for the wisdom.

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What is social media doing to our youth?

Austin Startup

I joined Facebook in November 2005 and Twitter in November 2009. In both years I was a freshman in high school and college, respectively, and interestingly enough, a freshman at new-age social media. As kids in this “first” social media generation, we really didn’t know what this power meant, and our parents certainly didn’t.

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Highlights from the 2009 Business of Software Conference

Software By Rob

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. He spoke about risk (development, market, financial and execution), social media, how you must create content (most likely through a blog) to win in today’s “search&# economy. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Build a better user of [X].&#

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SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent.

Steve Blank

Core Values Even after we had Mission and Intent down pat, one of the things that still drove me crazy was when we failed to deliver a project for sales on time or we missed a media deadline, everyone in my department had an excuse. on April 10, 2009 at 6:58 am Said: Amazing blog. Thanks so much for sharing such stories.

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Ask and It Shall be Given « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

King James Bible, New Testament – Matthew 7:7 Filed under: Marketing , Technology , Zilog | Tagged: Entrepreneurs , Steve Blank « The Road Not Taken He’s Only in Field Service » 20 Responses Mike Paciello , on July 27, 2009 at 8:54 am Said: Thanks Steve. You’ve reinforced my own personal beliefs.

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SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

New Century, New Channels For many of you reading this, boxes sitting on a retail shelf may seem hopelessly outdated, but the same marketing lessons hold for “award winning&# web sites or social media. Reply Bill Allred , on May 1, 2009 at 10:46 am Said: This is a really common pitfall. Worry about the sales results.

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Natalie MacNeil: Emmy Award Winning Founder Of “She Takes On The World” Blogs Her Way To Half A Million Dollars A Year

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] * Apologies about the slight distortion during parts of this interview. When social media emerged, she jumped on things like Twitter, using the tools to reach more people. She''s won an Emmy award, and today is in charge of a half a million dollar a year blogging business.

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