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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

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And we did, until the internet came on the scene a couple of years later and left us holding our floppy disks in our hands. She says her idea began to take shape after she went through Bizdom Detroit, an entrepreneurial accelerator program founded by Quicken Loans and Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert. Talk about cleaning up!

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Thank you

Startup Lessons Learned

I had really debated about whether there was any value in spending the time and money to fly to San Francisco when there was a perfectly serviceable simulcast going on in Cleveland. All I can tell the folks who attended the simulcasts is that I’m not missing either the time or the money. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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10 Famous People Who Flourished After Being Laid Off

YoungUpstarts

Mark Cuban wasn’t always a successful Internet mogul and NBA owner. Billionaire businessman and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg didn’t reach this level of success without failing a little here and there. Mark Cuban. Cuban was laid off, and this was the last time he worked for someone else ever again. Michael Bloomberg.

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Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more)

Startup Lessons Learned

Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading. Take a look and let me know what you think. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

As a successful online marketer with all long distance clients, she had been running her business entirely over the internet for years. We saw a need for Cleveland, Ohio, to attract young entrepreneurs back to the city at a time when most were leaving. How did it work out for me? Fast forward three years and I’m doing it.

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What They Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School 2.0

Up and Running

Fellow Chicagoan / Clevelander Mark H. He invented the Sports Marketing industry over a handshake with Arnold Palmer… just a few miles from where I was born in Cleveland, OH a billion dollar empire was formed. The New York Times best seller “ What They Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School ”.

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10 Entertaining Things to Check out While You’re Waiting in Line Today

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The New York Times also reported just two months ago that violent crime has drastically dropped in the United States in the past 20 years. The Cleveland Clinic’s Top 10 for 2015. The Cleveland Clinic is one of the foremost medical institutions in the United States. You go girl!