Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

He also worked in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica and helped start a national health program in Haiti. ” I always had this idea that maybe I could have a hand in the production as well and… the person I fell in love with also shared that dream. He discovered a way to do it on a bus ride in Costa Rica.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2011

In a very recent international bribery case, Alcatel-Lucent decided to pay $137 million to settle charges that it paid millions of dollars in bribes to foreign officials to win and maintain contracts in Costa Rica, Hondurus, Taiwan and Malaysia. The days of a “slap on the wrist” for offenders are gone. However, in reality the U.S.

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Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

One of our favorites when it comes to almost all forms of marketing, Dove has branded itself globally as a company that commits to help all women realize their personal beauty potential by creating products that deliver real care. For example, they ran their Sweet 15 Sweepstakes to celebrate 15 years of being in the business. Set an end goal.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2015

For Juan David Martinez, proprietor of Industrias Suárez, a Colombian cycling wear manufacturer, the quality and pricing of overseas sourced zips, dyes, adhesives and reflective tapes are integral to their cost model and product integrity. Check the authenticity of goods and report any counterfeit products.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

It might be the products or the customers they deal with, or it could even be the fact that they are the ones in charge of it all. For example, all of the steps prior to the finished product including building our team, making strategic decisions, so on and so forth, are just as enjoyable to me as creating those new event or business ideas.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 11, 2016

This provided not only stopgap revenue, but also lead to the invention of a product for the automotive industry. In 2014, he launched Detailer’s Helper, a detailing product brand, primarily focused around a unique paint-friendly tool belt for detailing. Kevin has goals for securing several large retailer PO’s in Q1 of 2016.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Last week, I wrote about Akamai , a company with strong network effects that successfully transitioned from a single product to build a platform that garners over a billion dollars in revenue and is now a core part of the Internet’s fabric. TripAdvisor, in effect, was a model lean start-up with an engineering-driven, product-focused founder.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Through my experience as a manager and employer I realized that the time and energy it takes to hire, manage, motivate, train, administer, and retain employees would be better invested in adding value to my products. As time has passed I’ve realized the benefits of Micropreneurship are abundant. More than you can measure.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2011

Product management and customer development, KISSmetrics. jesskah UltraLean: Building Products Without a Dev Team Sandeep Sood. Fast-paced, thought-provoking and social, this Ignite features presentations from in-the-trenches entrepreneurs ready to share their lessons learned. Also: booze. Co-founder, Backblaze. Co-founder, Polyvore.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 18, 2011

Whether it’s heli-skiing in Alaska, surfing in Costa Rica, or whitewater rafting in Patagonia, we drop an unbelievable sale on an adventure in your email inbox each week. Building a technical e-commerce booking product that places a heavy focus on design was a large learning curve. I’m neither a developer nor a designer.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2016

We formed an LLC to start Project Expedition and closed a $300k seed round in January 2015 to help drive the development of our MVP (minimum viable product),” explains founder Jeremy Clement. Don Halbert, owner of Costa Rica Vacations, also funded his travel agency through venture capital.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Through my experience as a manager and employer I realized that the time and energy it takes to hire, manage, motivate, train, administer, and retain employees would be better invested in adding value to my products. As time has passed I’ve realized the benefits of Micropreneurship are abundant. More than you can measure.

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David Cohen

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Long time readers may remember when I did similar trips ( China with Andrew , then Costa Rica with Delaney ) with my older kids when they were around 12 years old. Rollie and I took turns weaving, and hours later had just the beginnings of a finished product like the one shown below. We finally got it done in February, 2024.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

It might be the products or the customers they deal with, or it could even be the fact that they are the ones in charge of it all. After a new product launch, strategy change that’s completed its very easy to see the result of it in terms of more money in my pocket or time savings. 1 – Instant Gratification.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

I see the “logo&# in many instances as an evolving process rather than a set-in-stone icon, or a visual mark that can be randomly attached to any product. With graphic design, your work product is a part of you, its your vision, and reflects the entirety in small ways and large, of your experience. You are never finished.

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