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Stop Bad-mouthing the Millenial Generation and Read the Facts

Up and Running

Moreover, 89 percent said that, in light of the new economy and job market, entrepreneurship education was important. Yet 72 percent said that the classes they’d taken didn’t adequately prepare them to start a business, and most didn’t think enough support was available from the government and banks.

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Startup America – Dead On Arrival

Steve Blank

Microsoft did not open a Washington office until 1995. Their job is to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. Scalable startups in innovation clusters (Silicon Valley, Shanghai, New York, Bangalore, Israel, etc.) Fast forward to today. They hire the best and the brightest.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

What makes this tricky is that markets evolve, and an innovative technology or business model can transform a normal market into a Glengarry Glen Ross market. If O’Reilly had that same insight in 1995, it could have been an amazing blitzscaling opportunity. To blitzscale successfully, you need a successful business model.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

When my Japanese husband died at a young age almost 16 years ago, I had been doing medical writing for a major New York Hospital and also helping him with his documentary films for Japanese and American public television. 20 – To Blend A Beautiful Business Model. #2 – To Reinvent Myself After a Tragedy.

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What is Coworking? Everything You Need to Know

Austin Startup

However, the seeds had been planted between 1995 and 1999 with the opening of several hackerspaces and “work clubs” devoted to bringing people together and instilling a sense of community while working. One of the first early coworking spaces (although the term “coworking” wasn’t used yet) was called 116 West Houston in New York City.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Microsofts originalplan was to make money selling programming languages, of all things.Their current business model didnt occur to them until IBM droppedit in their lap five years later. 4] Corollary: Avoid starting a startup to sell things to the biggestcompany of all, the government.

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