Women Entrepreneurs Can

JULY 2, 2019

Female entrepreneurship has been on a steady rise in the United States, with the number of women-owned businesses nearly doubling between 1997 and 2017. Female entrepreneurs are also successfully tapping into alternative funding options—such as accelerators, competitions, crowdfunding , grants, and specialized lending programs.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The previous post described how the Torch program built China’s innovation clusters. The second wave of technology investors were Chinese banks, who provided the majority of the later stage investments in the Torch Program. SBIR and STTR programs, the Torch Program’s funding for new ventures was limited to seed funding the front end.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The previous post described how the Torch program built China’s innovation clusters. The second wave of technology investors were Chinese banks, who provided the majority of the later stage investments in the Torch Program. SBIR and STTR programs, the Torch Program’s funding for new ventures was limited to seed funding the front end.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2016

government is discovering that Lean innovation can help them serve the country better and faster. The Small Business Administration and the digital services agency 18F are trying to help entrepreneurs build successful companies and the 21st century digital government. And download any of the past shows here.).

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

The structural role of a board of directors is corporate governance, specifically, making sure that the company is managed in accordance with the interest of the shareholders (and if liabilities exceed assets, the interest of debtholders), and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. WHAT DOES A BOARD OF DIRECTORS DO?

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Extremely-Sharp.com originally started with a few retail locations in 1997, and we quickly started the e-commerce site the next year. I never want renters to find themselves in my situation – scared, displaced and worried about my finances. We really started our company because of our shared love for adventure and the outdoors.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

Warren Buffet, 1997. While giving away $5 or perhaps a “chance” at $5K in a sweepstakes is somewhat interesting, what if I told you about a marketing program where each and every customer would get THOUSANDS of dollars, or TENS OF THOUSANDS, or HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, or maybe even MILLIONS of dollars, all in a single one day event?

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