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

Steve Blank

You must also understand the value the product provides customers (along with the rest of your business model.). Joining me in the Stanford University studio were: Tiffani Bell , co-founder of the Detroit Water Project. For example, in Detroit and Baltimore you can lose your kids over not having water in your house.

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10 College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About

YoungUpstarts

With nearly 300 companies working under its roof, participants in the Tech Town program contribute to the growth and livelihood of Detroit and the Wayne State University community. Even established corporations can’t resist the attraction of Tech Town: the Henry Ford Health System relocated its genetics labs to Tech Town’s research space.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

The Social Enterprise Alliance offers this definition: “In its early days, the social enterprise movement was identified mainly with nonprofits that used business models and earned income strategies to pursue their mission. In terms of legal structure, social enterprises have many options.

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Mercenaries, Missionaries, and Crusaders

View from Seed

At some level nearly all tech entrepreneurs are evangelizing something… a new technology, a new business model, a new brand. Remember that other car entrepreneur , the one who boldly championed safer and more innovative car designs, who took on the stodgy Detroit automakers, who also got tripped up with the SEC?

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How the iPhone Got Tail Fins – Part 1 of 2

Steve Blank

But by 1901, Ransom Olds invented the basic concept of the assembly line and in the next decade was quickly followed by other innovators who opened large scale manufacturing plants in Detroit – Henry Packard, Henry Leland’s Cadillac, and Henry Ford with the Model A.

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

www.xconomy.com

View More in Detroit ›. Detroit Events ›. Here’s some big news for San Diego’s innovation economy: There’s a new venture capital firm in town—and its investment methodology represents a fundamentally different approach to the conventional business model for venture investing. Subscribe for Free. Xconomy San Diego.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I began by connecting talented employees with jobs but soon had to close the business due to a lack of a solid business model. However, with the help of a staffing consultant and microfinance funding, we were able to come up with a working business model and since then have linked dozens of companies with the talented refugee.