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A Good Answer in a Business Plan Contest

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Scene: two MBA entrepreneurs in an almost-empty room, pitching to five judges in an MBA-level business plan contest. All three of the others were strong business plans, with good product-market possibilities, strong technologies, and strong management. Very interesting business. This is a true story.

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Twitter Link Roundup #159 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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Bonnstetter-Harvard Business Review - [link]. Small Business and Startups: Dear Santa - [link]. Fantastic post by Ernie Miller on why he loves bing a programmer in Louisville - [link]. The Top Five Career Regrets | Daniel Gulati-Harvard Business Review - [link]. crowdSPRING Blog - [link].

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StartupBus – Round 2, Part 2 – Mexico Storms San Antonio, Steals StartupBus Show – (Post #6)

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So bueno in fact, I have to put the rest of the Semi Finals on hold to due a bloggy post solely on this south of the border autobús. Unlike tech businesses that are in style one week and out the next, people are always gonna wanna work out. I hadn’t seen Shak smile since Louisville, and just look at him. (