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22 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

Teams under Tesla wanted to make an “electric car” without compromises, which is why the Tesla Roadster is designed to beat a gasoline sports car like a Porsche or Ferrari in a head-to-head showdown. Tesla has always put a huge emphasis on product development and technological advancement. Photo Credit: Jordan W.

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30 Entrepreneur Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

It is always a reminder to make each production the best it can be and to carry on the creative spirit that Tony had in his short time on Earth. Thanks to Daniel Hess, To Tony Productions ! #2- Photo Credit: Jordan Fulmer. Thanks to Jordan Fulmer, Momentum Property Solutions ! #3- 2- Influence from the past .

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

I never know if I will be wearing my marketing hat, finance hat, product development hat, or lawyer hat. I love to relate and listen to our customers’ stories and know-how our products help them. Photo credit: Jordan W Peagler. Thank to Jordan W Peagler, MKP Law Group ! #22- 17- Diversity.

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Raising Money Using Customer Development

Steve Blank

It should go without saying that this post is not advice, nor is it recommendation of what you should do, it’s simply my observation of how companies using Customer Development positioned themselves to successfully raise money from venture investors. Reply Richard Jordan , on November 5, 2009 at 3:36 pm Said: Steve, best article yet.

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Parabol Hires Freelancers To Boost Creativity

Transformify

Jordan Husney is the CEO & Founder of Parabol. He leads multiple facets of Parabol’s growth and success by overseeing new talent acquisition, funding and product development. Jordan holds several patents in distributed systems and wireless technology and lives with his family in Los Angeles, California.

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Founders and dysfunctional families « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

These damn models weren’t designed right so we’re fixing them on the line.” Next, you have to deal with the daily crisis of product development and acquiring early customers. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. It’s our hood alignment station,” the plant manager said proudly. And that’s just to get started.

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.