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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
In an era of “launch and learn&# is there a need for a business plan? I have seen really great product people espouse the death of the business plan. So, definition: when I talk about a business plan I’m not talking about a 40-page Word document outlining your market approach.
Up and Running
AUGUST 30, 2021
If you want to be an entrepreneur or want to build a startup but don’t have an idea just yet, find a job at a startup first. It’s why entrepreneurs are 125% more successful when they’ve worked at a previous job in the same industry they want to get into. Go lean with your planning. This is what most founders do.
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Steve Blank
MAY 9, 2017
I lived through the time when working in my first job in Ann Arbor Michigan we had to get out a map to find out that San Jose was not only in Puerto Rico but there was a city with that same name in California. Today, for hardware and software it’s consumers – specifically consumer Internet companies – that are the drivers of innovation.
Transformify
JUNE 9, 2023
Lots of people dream of moving abroad to experience life in a different country and climate, or to access new job opportunities that aren't available to them at home. For some, moving abroad is an excellent way to make more money, particularly if jobs in their industry offer higher salaries overseas than at home.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 19, 2016
Companies that commit to their teams succeed because they attract hard-to-recruit talent like Brianna Crab , a data engineer at Capital One. Crab says she was swayed by the company’s culture of continuous learning — not the perks or salary — proving that employee development hones the sharpest competitive edge companies can buy.
Gust
FEBRUARY 22, 2014
When people would ask a similar question back then about the difficulty of software development, my usual response was “anyone can write a TAP program over a weekend that will work with 80% of the paging systems in the world…but getting it to work on the other 20% will take you a year.”
Reid Hoffman
JULY 27, 2021
When I decided I wanted to start a company, I realized that I needed to pick up certain skills first, like product management, knowledge of online services, and a practical understanding of commercial software development. Going to business school is one of the worst places to accomplish this.
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