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Presidential Innovation Fellows, round two

Startup Lessons Learned

Yes, there are Lean Startups even in the United States federal government. For my take on how this is possible, you can see my previous post on Lean Government here. If you'd like to try your hand at being an entrepreneur inside one of the world's largest bureaucracies, you can apply right here starting today.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – I Have a Dream. I soon found that yoga taught me 2000-year-old strategies, to be more present with my kids, be more patient with my family and feel more calm and energized at the same time! Image Credit: Enrico Bratta.

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Is Your City Right For A Small Business Revolution?

YoungUpstarts

Hosting conferences like EntreCon is just one way a city can meet the needs of small businesses. Studer Community Institute also provides leadership training and skill-building opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses, nonprofits, and entrepreneurs. We’ve had so much help on this journey and we want to pay it forward.

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[US][Competition] U.S. Chamber of Commerce DREAM BIG Small Business Of The Year Award 2012

YoungUpstarts

Young entrepreneurs take note. Founded in 2000 by Jiri Stejskal, this translation and interpretation company offers services to government and corporate clients in almost 100 languages. Bought by Mike Pfieger in 2000, this company provides agricultural goods and services. – Thomas J. Donohue, U.S.

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Why Has Andreessen Horowitz Raised $2.7B in 3 Years?

Ben's Blog

Existing venture capitalists with whom we had worked with had important industry relationships, but we found them to be lacking in the following ways: Siloed – As an entrepreneur, you can often count on the General Partner on your board to introduce you to customers or executives, but you can’t count on the venture capital firm itself.

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Cracking The Code: Getting through the downturn: a few thoughts.

Cracking the Code

A few days ago, Bessemer West Coast SaaS Practice - David Cowan , Byron Deeter and myself, hosted a CFO Dinner for our SaaS portfolio at John Bentleys in Redwood City. Is Government a good idea? Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Getting through the downturn: a few thoughts for SaaS companies planning their 2009 budget.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they It’s like a dam has broken and now there is a flood of new entrepreneurs, investors, and big companies moving to Texas. What’s bringing them here?

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