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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 45: Dan Miller and Brian Zuercher

Steve Blank

He was also on the team that wrote the business plan for BlackGirlsCode. In 2014, Business Insider listed Dan as one of the top 46 African Americans in Tech. Seen was recognized as the “Innovation Game Changer” at the 2012 Ohio Interactive Awards. . With Freshsessions, Dan thought he was on to a great idea.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 45: Dan Miller and Brian Zuercher

Steve Blank

He was also on the team that wrote the business plan for BlackGirlsCode. In 2014, Business Insider listed Dan as one of the top 46 African Americans in Tech. Seen was recognized as the “Innovation Game Changer” at the 2012 Ohio Interactive Awards. . With Freshsessions, Dan thought he was on to a great idea.

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Be a Benevolent Dictator (And Eight More Lessons For Getting Your Stalled Start-up Off The Ground)

YoungUpstarts

I always incorporated this mindset into my business plans, right down to my daily activities. Bad hires are not only disruptive to businesses — they’re also expensive. This includes the cost of finding a replacement, training, and the ancillary emotional and unsettling peripheral and disruptive effects.

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Have Your Eye On A C-Suite Office? Turn Your Eyes Toward A Mentor First.

YoungUpstarts

By teaming experienced executives with promising emerging talent, businesses are ensuring a steady supply of trained personnel – ready to take the reins when the appropriate time for succession comes. Mentoring is a cost effective practice that counters employee turnover and disengagement.

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Entrepreneurs, Commit Not These 7 Deadly Sins

YoungUpstarts

Investors consider business plans that show the potential to solve big problems for big markets. Sure, your plan needs to include pro formas and cash flow projections, but if you want to seal the deal, show how you have validated your concept with real customers. Remind yourself that you don’t know what you don’t know.

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Optimism in the Face of Uncertainty: A Look at Small Business in 2017

Up and Running

“[These businesses] are starting to spring up because you see healthcare is still the biggest concern that small businesses have,” says Burch. This concern was echoed in Bank of America’s survey findings : of those surveyed, 64 percent rated health care costs as the “top economic concern.”. She had her three ring binder.”

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Breakthrough or Broken Head? — Gonzeaux #4

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Visiting with Mike Bott, General Manager at The Brandery accelerator in downtown Cincinnati, you actually see what the “Front End of Innovation” looks like — two or three people, over-caffeinated and urgent, clustered around a couple of basic desks working out the details of a business plan, or creating a brand new product.