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Beyond the Lemonade Stand: How to Teach High School Students Lean Startups

Steve Blank

Their seniors just completed the school’s first-ever 3-credit semester program in evidence-based entrepreneurship. One of their mentors, a professional UX designer, encouraged the kids, “You have the facts. Sharks, in turn, argued with one another and even attempted to form syndication in one instance.

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How and Why the NextView Everyday Economy Accelerator is Different

View from Seed

Many of these Founders we wouldn’t have had an opportunity to connect with if we hadn’t launched this program. When the point of the program is a Demo Day show at the end, all of the participating companies need to be in lock-step. all designed to scale, it requires a logistical effort with a rigid timeline.

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7 Common Mistakes Startups Make on Accelerator Program Applications

mashable.com

Thinking of applying to one (or all) of the summer accelerator/incubator/angel/mentoring programs like TechStars , Joystick Labs , or any of those found on this comprehensive list ? That’s one of the things we might develop during the summer program. We collectively get thousands of submissions, but only 1% are selected.

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10 Ways To Win In 2014: An Entrepreneurs’ Guide To A Successful Startup

YoungUpstarts

And finally, in Darwinian fashion, competition for market share amongst the venture capitalists as a result of increased numbers of angel investment syndicates will clear the decks of the low-value add venture capital dollars. All of these attributes will effectively benefit the entrepreneurial community. No one will ask for more complexity.

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The Texas Startup Manifesto

Austin Startup

Sometimes it’s because the business grows market-by-market, like Favor, or sometimes it’s that the business needs to grow its sales or programming teams in multiple cities. Texas is one of the only places where we can run a single Accelerator program across multiple cities. Many businesses expand geographically city by city.

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

He is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist, angel investor, public speaker and author of the best-selling book Never Get a “Real&# Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. A Painter With Programming Chops What I usually look for is a developer who is creative. Have an account?

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Podcast Strategy: A Roadmap for Businesses

ConversionXL

As with any marketing effort, a podcasting program should start with a foundational alignment to marketing or business objectives. Podcasting, by design, is ideal for generating awareness and building thought-leadership in your industry. podcast directories) pick up and syndicate your podcasts for free via RSS feeds.