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The Journey of an Entrepreneur Pilot and the Creation of a Groundbreaking Aviation Consulting Firm

The Startup Magazine

Armed with a deep understanding of the industry’s pain points and inefficiencies, Alejandro set out to create a solution that would address actual and future airplane owners and aviation organizations to navigate the complexities of asset acquisition, evaluation and forecast, with precision and agility.

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Technology, Innovation and Modern War – Class 6 – Will Roper

Steve Blank

Acquisition, technology, and logistics. In some of our class sessions you’ve heard about how acquisition in the Department of Defense hasn’t kept up with new threats, adversaries, and new technologies. But Will Roper who runs Air Force acquisition, technology and logistics, gives lie to that assertion. The future is predictable.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). Btw, here’s our startup [link] We are bringing yield management to the restaurant industry.

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The Lean LaunchPad – Teaching Entrepreneurship as a Management Science

Steve Blank

There are few courses which teach aspiring entrepreneurs the skills (business models, customer and agile development, design thinking, etc.) We’ll build the class around the business model / customer development / agile development solution stack. What are your hypotheses around customer acquisition costs?

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DataRails Hires David Rosenberg as New VP of Customer Success

The Startup Magazine

The benefits of using DataRails can clearly be seen in the rapid customer acquisition the company is experiencing and the overall excitement for the product among users.” ” Product Focus.

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Dragons, Bootstrapping and Women in Tech

Up and Running

If not, be agile enough to change direction and re-focus,” Nelson advises. Nelson suggests creating a projected sales forecast and planning how you’ll achieve it, realizing of course that you’ll make adjustments to these numbers as you grow. Be hyper-focused. Partner well.

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8 predictions that will affect the way we sell this decade

NZ Entrepreneur

It’s about becoming more agile. If you don’t know this stuff, you’re missing a whole world of sales insight that could direct your customer acquisition and retention strategies. Prediction: Business who deliver a sense of purpose and flexible work arrangements will continue to win the sales talent war. 2) Business Authenticity.