2012 California Green Partner 
Steve Blank
MARCH 7, 2012
We’ll teach over 175 NSF Innovation Corps teams in the Lean LaunchPad course in 2012. The 2012 Stanford Lean LaunchPad Presentations. Only in California! This team spoke face-to-face with 50+ end users, 3 manufacturers, 25 potential partners, 22 domain experts and surveyed an additional 115 customers. Team EngineKites.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
And she didn’t start her company in Northern California. And further, Tracy felt the calling to try to build something “green.” Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder.
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crowdSPRING Blog
JULY 19, 2016
For all the stereotypes about lazy, hapless stoners out there, those peddling green in states where recreational or medical marijuana use is legal sure know how to hustle. The states that have legalized weed are seeing windfalls in “green” taxes, such as the $70 million that Colorado took in during the 2014-15 fiscal year.
Professor VC
FEBRUARY 12, 2008
Once the point is reached where you want to move ahead, we put the sales hat on and convince our partners about the incredible opportunity that we are lucky enough to be able to invest on the ground floor. This was the beginning of the dot com bust and getting a consumer deal through the partners at my venture firm was next to impossible.
Steve Blank
MARCH 26, 2012
In 2012 the NSF will put 150 teams of the best scientists in the U.S. In-between the 2011 pilot class and the first NSF class of 2012, I got a call from Congressman Dan Lipinski. Principal Investigator: Ellis Meng University of Southern California. Principal Investigator: Jacob Schmidt University of California-Los Angeles.
Up and Running
FEBRUARY 23, 2016
As of 2012, there were almost two million small farms in the U.S., What if, as you’re getting ready to harvest your first batch, you then find out that all the demand for passion fruit is centered in Southern California, and not in Miami like you thought? Chelsea Green Publishing, and Storey Publishing.
Hearpreneur
JANUARY 22, 2017
I sat down with my partner and we brainstormed the name for our business. Instead, my producing partner suggester Corner Piece, Because we’re the piece you need to get everything started. Image Credit: Siobhan Green. Thanks to Siobhan Green, Sonjara, Inc ! #8 Image Credit: Andrew Greer. Image Credit: Bryan Miles.
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