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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

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. The founders were simply wrong about their assumptions about customer needs. Founders Need to Run the Company Longer.

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The Power Of Play In Business Culture

Duct Tape Marketing

She is the founder and CEO of JAM a multi-million dollar global business that has connected millions of people through play since its inception as one of the largest adult recreational sports leagues in the world. Listen to creative elements wherever you get your podcasts. (00:52): Kristi Herold (16:15): Yeah. It's playful and positive.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 23: Nina Tandon and Brandon McNaughton

Steve Blank

What it was like to get out of the research lab to build a startup was the focus of interviews with two of the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern). Nina Tandon. Brandon McNaughton. And download any of the past shows here.).

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Clusters, Class, Culture and Unfair Advantages

Steve Blank

Somehow I figured out how to apply to school in Michigan. Pre-infinite information on the Internet about colleges, I picked Michigan because I saw them play football on TV, but I ended up applying to the wrong school in Michigan – my first time around I ended up in Michigan State not the University of Michigan.

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Clusters, Class, Culture and Unfair Advantages

Steve Blank

Somehow I figured out how to apply to school in Michigan. Pre-infinite information on the Internet about colleges, I picked Michigan because I saw them play football on TV, but I ended up applying to the wrong school in Michigan – my first time around I ended up in Michigan State not the University of Michigan.

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Episode 3b: Smart Bear Live!

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

How cofounders can collaborate without going crazy. We been managing the field by plan more than 75 enterprise customers and channel partners. I would work full-time making software all day, and at night I would go home and give ski instructions here in Michigan. What does it mean to have a co-founder or not?

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3 Winning Startups And Keys to Success

Up and Running

He told a great story of building a company around values – “all natural whole nut and fruit bars made from ingredients you can see and pronounce&# – and building the company the old-fashioned way, hard work, pounding the pavements, marching around New York going store by store to generate a channel of distribution.