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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 17: Tiffani Bell and Clay Hebert

Steve Blank

Tiffani Bell is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Detroit Water Project , a platform that connects donors to people in Detroit and Baltimore in need of assistance paying their water bills. For example, in Detroit and Baltimore you can lose your kids over not having water in your house. Clips from their interviews are below.

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How Philadelphia is Winning a Startup Renaissance

The Startup Magazine

Meanwhile, Philly quietly chugs away drawing entrepreneurs and venture capital (VC) dollars. Philly offers a thriving pool of bright employees educated at some of the best universities in the country. New York City and Baltimore are each 100 miles or less away. Image by David Mark from Pixabay. A Robust Talent Pool.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

When you think about the success that is Silicon Valley, the unfair advantage is not just the huge amounts of available venture capital. A key deal not only helps you raise venture capital but it can help attract employees, garner press attention, help with product focus & importantly drive customer adoption and/or revenue.

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Being a Business Leader Amid Historical Events

Seeing Both Sides

How do I invite dialog with my employees? In the wake of Ferguson, Baltimore, South Carolina, ground-breaking SCOTUS decisions and much more, I imagine she is not the only business leader struggling with these questions and so I thought I would share a few thoughts to address them. In the end, employees will want to go beyond dialog.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

So why would raising venture capital be any different. Any great VC will know that’s how the world works and if that’s how you influence them it’s probably the tool you use to influence journalists, customers, prospective employees and corporate suitors for M&A one day. ” We went the opposite way.

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