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Why Governments Don’t Get Startups

Steve Blank

Unlike small business entrepreneurs, their interest is not in earning a living but rather in creating equity in a company that eventually will become publicly traded or acquired, generating a multi-million-dollar payoff. Their job is to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. They hire the best and the brightest.

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Battery gives back to Israeli entrepreneurial community with venture creation workshop

VC Cafe

We opened each case study discussion with an analysis of the venture in question using the People, Opportunity, Context and Deals (POCD) model outlined in the Harvard Business Review article ‘ Some Thoughts on Business Plans ’. By: Geoffrey Mugliston.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

That’s why we gathered a collection of 20 online resources for European startups that will help you with business plans, recruiting, publicity and networking. BPS : Business Plan Servicesâ?? s leading practice that is dedicated to providing full assistance with business planning. business planning.

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8 Challenges When Scaling Your New Venture Worldwide

Startup Professionals Musings

Many businesses, large and small, have stumbled in this area. For example , Starbucks’ first efforts to expand to Israel and the Middle East failed miserably due to a totally different “coffee culture” there, not accommodated adequately. It’s time to make the global opportunity part of your business plan today.

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

When my father had his business plan all set up, he brought it to the rabbi and got a benediction for a successful business. When he left the neighborhood, he decided that because he got a benediction from the rabbi in Crown Heights, he’d name his business (CrownTV’s parent company) Crown Heights.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? . - Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0