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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

No more 60 hour weeks at a job where the owners apparently were unable to run a successful operation. Thanks to Steve Groom, Maryland Home Buyers in Baltimore ! #6- But I also leaned that is actually ok. I decided to decline that job offer and start my new career as a real estate entrepreneur. No hassles. No regrets.

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Fly High

Steve Blank

Todd Branchflower was one of my Lean LaunchPad students entrepreneurial enough to convince the Air Force send him to Stanford to get his graduate engineering degree. The next military college was the Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland, set up in 1845 to train Navy officers. The oldest is the Army’s U.S.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 10: Reetu Gupta and Mandela Schumacher-Hodge

Steve Blank

Even though there was a real need in the market it wasn’t right (the right time) for a wearable (product). You think they want your product … or you think because you are one of those users everyone would want what you want. Here’s what happened: Timing the market is a critical piece of any successful startup.

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Fly High

Steve Blank

Todd Branchflower was one of my Lean LaunchPad students entrepreneurial enough to convince the Air Force send him to Stanford to get his graduate engineering degree. The next military college was the Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland, set up in 1845 to train Navy officers. The oldest is the Army’s U.S.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Consumer Products. Paper & Forest Products. based companies initially funded by venture capital between 2006 and 2011, 84% now are closely held and operating independently, 11% were acquired or made initial public offerings of stock and 4% went out of business, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Fabricated Metal Products.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

And all of the other smart and operational decisions that have enabled Airbnb to weather the storm and go on to have one of the most successful public market debuts. And so I think you have a much more discerning public who votes, not just with the usability of the product, but what the company stands for.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

And all of the other smart and operational decisions that have enabled Airbnb to weather the storm and go on to have one of the most successful public market debuts. And so I think you have a much more discerning public who votes, not just with the usability of the product, but what the company stands for.