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Entrepreneurship for the 99%

Steve Blank

While we’re excited by the results, we’ve realized that we’ve been solving the problem for the 1% of new ventures that are technology startups. The reality is that the United States is still a nation of small businesses. million) of the 15 million net new jobs created between 1993 and 2009. Lessons Learned.

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Startups and Entrepreneurship: Beyond the Clichés

Up and Running

Consider: in about 1993, Apple released the Apple Newton. It cost too much (over $1,000), it weighed a lot and it had poor handwriting recognition technology. The technology had caught up with the idea. Cliché 6: the big business plan. The best approach is in fact the LEAN business plan.

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From Entrepreneur To Boss: Hiring Your First Employees

The Startup Magazine

For those business owners, a common issue behind their refusal to hire employees, in the beginning, is the difficulty many of them face is finding the right fit for their organization. With over half of small businesses planning to recruit in 2019, many will be wondering how they can tackle the recruiting process efficiently and effectively.

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A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

He founded eBay to empower individuals through the use of new technology, and has created livelihoods for millions of individuals throughout the world. I wrote my applications to college, or rather typed them on a typewriter with a bottle of WhiteOut close by.

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Episode 1: Business Loans, Website Tips, and the Apple Watch – The Bcast

Up and Running

Jonathan: What should I expect if I wanted to go in and get a business loan? Peter: One of the things they’ll ask you for is a business plan. The business plan has to contain a thoughtful overview of your entire business. You built your website in 1993? What do I need to prepare?

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Boom and Bust and What Comes Next

Scalable Startup

The graphic is a map of “Tech Hot Spots” printed in the San Francisco Business Times (21-27 February 2014). Each circle represents one of the fifty largest technology companies in the city, the size of each circle determined by the number of the company’s employees.