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Lean Meets Wicked Problems

Steve Blank

I just spent a month and a half at Imperial College London co-teaching a “Wicked” Entrepreneurship class. Co mpanies also face Wicked problems. In this case Wicked doesn’t mean morally evil, but refers to really complex problems, ones with multiple moving parts, where the solution isn’t obvious.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Photo Credit: Sheryl Green. I started my business because I was laid off from a job and realized that I didn’t want someone else to have control over my future. Thanks to Sheryl Green, Sheryl Green Speaks ! #3- I now am the CEO and founder of Berri Properties in Asheville and Charlotte, NC.

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William Miller on Business Model Innovation

Life Beyond Code

I have known Dr. William Miller (co-founder of Value Centered Innovation ) for a number of years and every conversation with him on business model innovation and beyond has been delightful and insightful. RS: Is the main purpose of a business model to define how the company will make money?

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Photo Credit: Adam Greene. My co-founder and I came up with the idea for Cuddle Clones in an entrepreneurial-focused MBA program. Thanks to Adam Greene, Cuddle Clones ! #3- Our new business model allows us to partner with other nonprofits and reaches more individuals in need of career development and soft skills training.

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Why We Prefer Founding CEOs

Ben's Blog

In this post, I describe why we prefer to fund companies whose founder will run the company as its CEO. As we looked at the history of great technology companies, we discovered that founders ran an overwhelming majority of them for a very long time, including: Acer—Stan Shih. The innovation business. Seagate—Al Shugart.

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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. I began my business in 2014 because, well, it was just time. So I cut the corporate cord and co-founded Finespun Clothing. Thanks to Dean Cycon, Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co. ! #19 Greene, Land Carroll & Blair PC ! #20

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

The best drivers apply the brakes just ahead of the curve (they take out excess costs), turn hard toward the apex of the curve (identify the short list of projects that will form the next business model), and accelerate hard out of the curve (spend and hire before markets have rebounded). Progressive. Image source ).

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