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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Votem

Austin Startup

Votem is a complete end-to-end platform that takes your organization from registration through to results and review. See Votum pitch in the category of Blockchain Technology (12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Sunday, March 15), before a live audience and a panel of expert judges. Votem is based in Cleveland. Why Cleveland?

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Traversing No-Man’s Land, The Go-To-Market Phase

YoungUpstarts

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “. The best way to explain the “gap” in the Traction Gap Framework is to review the three phases that every startup must pass through in order to succeed. Mind the Traction Gap? Go-to-Product. Go-to-Market. Go-to-Scale.

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The Traction Gap Framework: Four Pillars Of Startup Success

YoungUpstarts

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles.

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The Traction Gap Framework: Four Pillars Of Startup Success

YoungUpstarts

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles.

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

Up and Running

Don’t get focused on the tech or how to dominate the market, just identify a problem and set about solving it. The company operates on six continents and boasts more than 250,000 graduates worldwide. Along the way, the group brought on another classmate, Joe Miller, to handle the technology end. reviews, reputation, Yelp!,

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The Lean LaunchPad Goes to High School

Steve Blank

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.” Doris Korda, spent the first 15 years of her career in the high-tech industry and is now the Associate Head of School. ” Hawken School has now given us an answer. They quit giggling.

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The Lean LaunchPad Goes to High School

Steve Blank

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.” Doris Korda, spent the first 15 years of her career in the high-tech industry and is now the Associate Head of School. ” Hawken School has now given us an answer. They quit giggling.

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