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See More than 120 Speakers and Mentors at The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

Experienced entrepreneurs We’ve got speakers who are justifiably respected by a lot of entrepreneurs. For example: Mitch Kapor was a founder of Lotus. As the emeritus Chief Technology Officer of the United States, he still connects government and Silicon Valley. He’ll bring us real-world advice.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about their best business or entrepreneur turnaround story and here are the responses. #1- Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. Photo Credit: Brian David Crane.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

We held a workshop of stakeholders and explored names inspired by a variety of approaches (provenance, roots of our technology, etc). I still had to host that workshop with all the other names but I strategically directed everyone to Everipe and we’ve had a ton of compliments on it since. 7- Inspired by a notion.

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Opportunity Hub Partners with Capital Factory To Bridge Opportunity Gap

Austin Startup

Pre-swag surf group photo of HBCU@SXSW students and Spike Lee at Capital One House Over the past several years, tech communities across the United States have attempted to make significant progress towards increasing diversity and inclusion in their industries. Sampson states, “We’ve done good work, but we can do more.

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Fast Track Your Growth With Mentorcam

Duct Tape Marketing

Rune is the co-founder and CEO of Mentorcam, a marketplace where people can access high-profile mentors for 1:1 advice. In this episode, I talk with the co-founder and CEO of Mentorcam, Rune Hauge, about how he’s redefining mentorship by making it easier for entrepreneurs to gain access to expert advice and support.

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The new startup arms race (for Huffington Post)

Startup Lessons Learned

Many of these companies are started by entrepreneurs, and are now household names: Google, Yahoo, eBay and Intel. The United States is locked in a new arms race for that most precious resource -- the future entrepreneurs upon whom economic growth depends. Startups are the lifeblood of our economy.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 26: Javier Saade and Hillary Hartley

Steve Blank

The Small Business Administration and the digital services agency 18F are trying to help entrepreneurs build successful companies and the 21st century digital government. The guests on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show explained how they’re working to do that. Javier Saade. Joining me on the latest show were.