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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

It helped that in the nuclear winter that followed the crash, 2001 – 2004, startups and VCs were extremely risk averse and amenable to new ideas that reduced risk. Lean was designed to inform the founders’ vision while they operated frugally at speed. It has to find product-market fit before running out of cash. The result?

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5 Myths About Building A Successful Brand And Business

YoungUpstarts

Choose your social media channels wisely — and be active on them, providing content that builds rapport and loyalty with your audience. As your business takes on new opportunities, hires people, expands operations, faces new competitors, and confronts new industry challenges, you might experience some back and forth in how well it’s doing.

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Go-Getters Showcase

Mike Michalowicz

As her clients conquer the freelancer-to-CEO transition, they can experience real momentum and confidently channel their energy into the things that matter most to them. My wife Mirta, a professional chef from Paraguay, and I started the business in 2004. I also run the Work From Home Design Dad channel on YouTube. Tonya Sowles.

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Survival Checklist For New Solopreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Take the time to develop a strategic roadmap so you may better understand the ways in which you’ll achieve your operational goals. Given the multiple channels we’re all using to communicate to current and prospective customers, inconsistency is frequent. Janus launched 17hats in October 2014 after a short 4 months in development.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

The two businesses that operate within our corporation are Best in Class Education and Middle School Dances, a business I started with my son to provide social activities for the kids in our local area when we noticed a gap in the market. After running it through the normal registration channels and google, we went with it!

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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

It was fall 2004, and the presidential election was in full swing. They would make commercials about a new book series, and then run the commercials at times when the TV rates were low (late night, UHF channels, etc) If they got enough orders, they then decided to print the series. February 7, 2009 5:40 AM Major_Grooves said.

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5/25-NYC – Investing in Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets

David Teten

He then led the growth of the domain services division, expanded into the aftermarket business and built Oversee’s owned and operated portfolio of domain names into one of the worlds largest, firmly establishing the company as a leader in Internet real estate. Jake Geleerd, President and Chief Operating Officer, Ocean Tomo, LLC.

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