Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

When Customer Development and the Lean Startup were just a sketch on the napkin, Dino Vendetti, a VC at Bay Partners, was one of the first venture capitalists I shared my ideas with. Over the years we brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Part 1: Bend, Oregon Ecosystem and Entrepreneurs.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2011

by Tom Cleveland, SmallBusinessLoansDirect.com. Your passion will drive you and others around you, but be sure to partner with people that are as enthusiastic as you are. Know what your strengths are and partner with others to cover your weaknesses; Preparation. Tom Cleveland is a writer for SmallBusinessLoansDirect.com.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 2, 2013

Hawken is an independent school for grades K-12 in Cleveland, Ohio, committed to the idea that students learn more “by doing than by listening.” Tuesday afternoon they got out of the building and headed to a local mall to begin the customer validation and development process. Develop project management and team communication skills.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2011

In the ’80s, Cuban worked as a salesman at a computer store, but found himself more interested in working on computers and developing business plans rather than manning a cash register and sweeping the floors. From 1991 to 1995, Belichick was the head coach of the Cleveland Browns, but after facing a losing season, Belichick was let go.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Recently, I was honored to attend StartUp Health ’s Healthcare Transformer Summit, co-located with Cleveland Clinic’s Medical Innovation Summit. Your network will become your partners, customers, and brain trust. Collaboration can be as simple as sharing resources: the best-value-for-the-dollar accountant or a great graphic designer.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 2, 2013

Hawken is an independent school for grades K-12 in Cleveland, Ohio, committed to the idea that students learn more “by doing than by listening.” Tuesday afternoon they got out of the building and headed to a local mall to begin the customer validation and development process. Develop project management and team communication skills.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

For example, I left my Midwest hometown of Cleveland, Ohio to go to the Deep South and attend the University of Alabama. I wrote “ Your No Fear Career ” when my marriage to my business partner was falling apart. I’m not talking about jumping out of airplanes or crossing the border into North Korea.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I sat down with my partner and we brainstormed the name for our business. Instead, my producing partner suggester Corner Piece, Because we’re the piece you need to get everything started. Most law firms simply use the last names of the originating partners as the name of the company. Image Credit: Andrew Greer.

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Steve Blank

MAY 5, 2016

I partnered with people all over the company and I basically built new products. Doris explained how it works and why it’s effective: I find real businesses with real and urgent startup problems around Cleveland who are willing to let a bunch of high school kids work on those problems. They learn creative problem solving.

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VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

has acquired Israeli face recognition technology developer Face.com for $100 million. Redwood City, California’s Shutterfly, a leading internet-based social expression and personal publishing service, has acquired Israel’s Photoccino , a developer of groundbreaking technologies for photo ranking, analysis and organization.

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Steve Blank

MAY 5, 2016

I partnered with people all over the company and I basically built new products. Doris explained how it works and why it’s effective: I find real businesses with real and urgent startup problems around Cleveland who are willing to let a bunch of high school kids work on those problems. They learn creative problem solving.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 27, 2016

I wanted to create an agency that would be a strategic partner to our clients, and most of all, I wanted to bring clarity to everything we did. As a recruiter myself for many years, who had helped candidates prepare CVs, develop job search strategies and improve interview skills, I felt inspired to create InterviewFit.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

Forbes reports that in the last 50 years, infant mortality rate is down two fold in developing nations and five times over in the first world; world hunger has dropped; and almost 90 percent of all children in the world are now enrolled in elementary school. The Cleveland Clinic’s Top 10 for 2015. The super interesting news.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Outcome: last night a Biz Dev guy from Disney/ABC sent me an email asking about partnering with some of their online properties. The dude turned out to be a senior partner at a major international corporate law firm, and 6 weeks later he offered to take me on as a pro bono client. link] Carter Cleveland Dude! Amazing post!

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Venture Chronicles

AUGUST 3, 2011

Today Get Satisfaction announced that we have successfully closed a new round of financing , led by Bruce Cleveland at InterWest Partners. We have developed the business to a point where we know what we are selling, how our customers derive ROI, and we have a strong perspective on the market today and tomorrow along with where we fit.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

I had an emotional call with Herb Scannell who flew out to Philadelphia, Cleveland and Miami in three successive weeks to canvass door-to-door. When I went to add partners at Upfront I called an LP of mine and told him I was trying to recruit a new partner named Kara Nortman. He actually said that. She’s a competitive athlete.

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