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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 20: Nayeem Hussain and Will Zell

Steve Blank

He previously founded N&N Investments LLC, a real estate investment holding company; and is a program leader and fellow of the Startup Leadership Program. . Every time I go to Silicon Valley I’m like, “Oh, this place is great.” Steve : Did you personally know about any of this? Will : Absolutely.

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Eric Ries, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup, popularized this strategy for web applications. Ryan Chan, founder at UpKeep said, “We created an LLC at first, but after realizing that we wanted to take on venture capital, we decided to move to a Delaware C corp.”. or even be a U.S.