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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). “I’m a scientist in the University of Michigan. Nina Tandon.

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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.

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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 pavement, marching around New York, going store by store to generate a channel of distribution.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

When my Japanese husband died at a young age almost 16 years ago, I had been doing medical writing for a major New York Hospital and also helping him with his documentary films for Japanese and American public television. I was tired of reading about dog food company recalls every time I opened up the news or social media.

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Clusters, Class, Culture and Unfair Advantages

Steve Blank

I grew up in New York in a single-parent household that teetered on the bottom end of lower middle-class in what today we’d call “working class.”. Most of my classmates who opted for college went to the local colleges or New York State University schools. Somehow I figured out how to apply to school in Michigan.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

www.foliomag.com

The breakdown: “Capturing conversation outside brand-owned channels is not a perfect science, but at the moment, Radian6 is leading the pack. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico. Tool: Radian6 (Salesforce) URL: Radian6.com District of Columbia. Massachusetts.

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Clusters, Class, Culture and Unfair Advantages

Steve Blank

I grew up in New York in a single-parent household that teetered on the bottom end of lower middle-class in what today we’d call “working class.”. Most of my classmates who opted for college went to the local colleges or New York State University schools. Somehow I figured out how to apply to school in Michigan.

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