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Build Success from a Struggling Agency with a Multimillion-Dollar Pivot

Duct Tape Marketing

01:58): So one of the unique things that we were doing on the operation side is I was living in San Diego and I went across the border. The outsourcing is not going to be a viable business model for the future because of technology and all the other things that are going on. (06:07): Yeah, that's you. Thanks so much.

Mexico 71
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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Now, we can share our proven business model with people everywhere. I became a business owner because I could. I was tired of the bureaucracy of government and corporate work along with limited vacation days (my balance was always bouncing off of zero!). I started my business in San Diego in 2007.

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Getting out of the building…by staying in the building!

Steve Blank

. ———– The National Institutes of Health recognizes that Life Science/Health Care commercialization has two components: the science/technology, and the business model. The Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences (the I-Corps @ NIH ) uses the Lean Startup Model to discover and validate the business model.

San Diego 265
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Hacking for Defense & Hacking for Diplomacy – Educator/Sponsor Class

Steve Blank

Multiple teams have been engaged by government, prime contractor and VC firms for follow-on discussions/engagements. Fourth , would the same Lean Startup methodology (business model design, customer development and agile engineering) used in the Lean LaunchPad and NSF I-Corps class work here? Result: Hell yes.

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Hacking for Defense & Hacking for Diplomacy – Educator/Sponsor Class

Steve Blank

Multiple teams have been engaged by government, prime contractor and VC firms for follow-on discussions/engagements. Fourth , would the same Lean Startup methodology (business model design, customer development and agile engineering) used in the Lean LaunchPad and NSF I-Corps class work here? Result: Hell yes.

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Celebrating the body of work of my clients in 2013

Early Growth Financial Services

Mike Hrostoski launched The Conference For Men , a weekend of accelerated personal growth for 300 inspiring men in San Diego on April 25-27. Mindy Holahan – In Power Boost Marketing, Mindy Holahan grew her author services business, More Time To Write. I hope you enjoy it!

Phoenix 75
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Startup Lessons Learned

I mean I grew up in San Diego California as a middle-class white American. They never boasted or bragged or said we defeated the darkness and it's over. They always said to me and my sisters: beware the signs, know your history, be ready. I thought they were paranoid. The list goes on.