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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

Thanks to assistance from SBIR-funded research, iRobot was able to conquer the thorny challenge of moving a project from the demonstration stage to a marketable and profitable product. Since its inception, iRobot has sold over 30 million robots globally. Black Diamond — Skiing to success. UEC Electronics — Engineering contracts.

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My 2020 Vision for Graduates: How to be Optimistic in Terrible Times

Reid Hoffman

It recognizes that forces that create chaos and confusion also upend deeply rooted habits and patterns of behavior — the status quo – that often block potential innovations and more productive ways of living. The biggest happened much earlier in my career, in 1995.”. It had a fancier-sounding title: Product Manager.

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Blowing up the Business Plan at U.C. Berkeley Haas Business School

Steve Blank

Berkeley in 2010 to run the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship in the Haas School of Business we were teaching entrepreneurship the same way as when I was a student back in 1995. The disadvantage is that its methodology was based on the old waterfall model of product development and not the agile and lean methods that startups use today.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

Smith identified that when men and women specialize their skills, and also importantly “trade” with one another, the end result is a rise in productivity and standard of living for everyone. Pierre Omidyar founded AuctionWeb in September of 1995, and its rise to fame is legendary. Exchange of Goods Marketplaces.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators. Unemployment fell to 6.1%

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In the Lean In Era, Business And Tech Still Fail To Promote Women; 4 Ways To Fix The Problem Now 

YoungUpstarts

Branches of the industry, such as video gaming, are overtly misogynist in governance, in culture, and in product content. s progress on gender diversity issues has slipped below the global median. He is the author of 23 books on gender and corporate governance. A mere 5 percent of Tech’s senior executives are women.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

I chose not to be as specific as to call it Bear in Mind Productions because I do so much more than just produce videos. I’ve been a member of the North Face global athlete team for over 10 years. I started with words that captured the essence of the product, tried their hindi, latin and greek words. Photo Credit: Matt Segal.

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