YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2019

One foundational principle of the framework is the notion of performing “market-engineering” tasks up front, to ensure you have a reasonable chance of what we call “market-product” fit (without a market, there is no need for your product) before beginning the go-to-market phase. Yes, you must have an innovative product.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

For example, if you are starting a bakery, it would be a mistake to choose a name like “Optica Cleveland”. Another point to add is that you should also avoid picking a name that limits your ability to expand your product lines or services in the future. Other customers may mistake you for an eye clinic.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

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. See if you even have a market that wants your product—that will PAY for your product!”. I used several platforms,” she says. “I Stacy’s advice.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2023

For example, if you are starting a bakery, it would be a mistake to choose a name like “Optica Cleveland”. Another point to add is that you should also avoid picking a name that limits your ability to expand your product lines or services in the future. Other customers may mistake you for an eye clinic.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 18, 2015

And I built a software company because I believed the product was needed. Don’t stay in Cleveland if you prefer Klamath Falls. We needed to meet deadlines on marketing, product development, finances, the whole thing. In my case, being my own boss, or not, was never really the point. Up to you. A good view?

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Hold everyone accountable (including yourself) Stacey Cleveland , Equity Strategist for Employee Engagement at Google, left us with some wise words: “We don’t have all the answers, we may ask you to google it.” Brobe is reframing the experience of surgical recovery by equipping patients with products that provide comfort and confidence.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

We believe in the emotional connection between the consumer and our products. They make our high standard of living possible with their products and services. Previously, I had worked in creating shrink-wrapped software products for 10 years and then headed a dotcom venture which failed. They create most of the jobs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2010

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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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2011

by Tom Cleveland, SmallBusinessLoansDirect.com. The products offered by successful business owners rarely match up totally with their original conceptions; Performance. Tom Cleveland is a writer for SmallBusinessLoansDirect.com. Lastly, you must focus on performance, the primary objective for every startup enterprise.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

They need to learn to find answers to questions like: who are my customers, what product features match customer needs, how do I create demand and what metrics matter? Learning how to keep track of inventory and cash flow and creating an income statement and a balance sheet are great skills to learn for managing existing businesses.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2011

It’s hard to believe that the man who created Mickey Mouse and co-founded one of the biggest motion picture production companies ever faced rejection, but in 1919, Walt Disney was fired from his job at the Kansas City Star because he supposedly lacked imaginative ideas. Here are 10 famous people who flourished after being laid off: 1.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2016

Keep in mind when I say opinions I don’t mean opinions about your own product. He’s a devoted Ohio fan, and hopes to witness a Cleveland Browns championship in his lifetime. Opinions do two things: they establish connection and they inspire conversations that can drive up word of mouth sales. Simply yelling “We’re the best!”

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Up and Running

APRIL 1, 2013

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. And lemme tell ya, the startup costs to reach an MVP ( minimum viable product ) have never been easier to bootstrap.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Scaling lesson #2: Once you find product-market fit with a customer segment, scale up by offering other products that solve other hard problems to that customer segment. Athena's financial performance has steadily grown alongside their product footprint and physician penetration. in reference to a slow roll-out at a hospital].

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

Before moving to Bend last year, my career took me from engineering development roles at defense contractors in the 80’s to product management and executive marketing roles in companies like Qualcomm in the 90’s, to the world of venture capital at several firms including Bay Partners, Formative Ventures and Vulcan Ventures.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

Take a look and let me know what you think. 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.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

It has transformed marketing into how do we find people and persuade them that our product or services is worth doing? In other words, creating a customer that comes to their own conclusion that your product or service is worth their time or their money and that being the purpose of a business. That’s great.

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Tonya Sowles is a Business Consultant with a mission to help YOU become the CEO of your own business maximizing your profitability, productivity, and people. In 2017, when my team and I were at the height of our production, I was burned out and making less money than ever before. Contact me at simon.rothschild@eltucano.de Tonya Sowles.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 8, 2017

Top managers have either happy, productive employees, or they don't. Before he won five Super Bowls with the New England Patriots, his record in his first head coaching job with the Cleveland Browns was a middling 36-44. Top marketers know their prospects either filled out the “Contact Us” form or they didn’t.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 27, 2016

It’s a company that was founded by, and employs modern warriors—US veterans, to help them to return to civilian life and become productive members of society again. FortheChef.com is an eCommerce store that offers a tremendous array of kitchen and tabletop products for the home and professional chef, baker, or entertainer.

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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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Start Up Blog

APRIL 10, 2012

Being open-minded—open to change, open to being wrong, and open to new possibilities—can lead to new products, new clients, new markets, and entirely new ways of doing business. Civility eases differences among humans.

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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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The Startup Lawyer

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

The winning team from Dallas will go head-to-head against the winning teams from Beirut, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, New York, Portland, Seattle, Sofia, and Tulsa. Startup Weekend Dallas is now a true global startup battle. What is Global Startup Battle?

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2014

For example, in September, M&T Bank, based in Buffalo, NY, noted that it increased small business lending by $259 million in the previous 12 months, far exceeding the goal of a $50 million increase that it projected at a White House Small Business Lender Forum in Cleveland in September 2011. First Niagara Financial Corp.,

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 10, 2012

Being open-minded—open to change, open to being wrong, and open to new possibilities—can lead to new products, new clients, new markets, and entirely new ways of doing business. Civility eases differences among humans.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2018

The Growth Edition (April 29th-May 1st) is for companies whose founders are already making a full-time living from their software products. The Starter edition is for founders who are not currently making a full-time living from their software products but who seek to do so in the future. Cleveland, USA. Content Marketing World.

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aweissman.com

JANUARY 11, 2012

One can follow the Cash Mobs twitter account and see these things in cities such as Cleveland, Houston, Ann Arbor, Kansas City - and thats just this week. One can follow the Cash Mobs twitter account and see these things in cities such as Cleveland, Houston, Ann Arbor, Kansas City - and thats just this week. at 10:27 AM.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

When we have faith in our talents, our team and our product or service, we simply can’t be in fear. For example, I left my Midwest hometown of Cleveland, Ohio to go to the Deep South and attend the University of Alabama. I want them to move from fear into faith of themselves, their talents, their team and their product or service.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

It is the innate power of a good founder’s network that will turn napkins into products and products into successful businesses. Recently, I was honored to attend StartUp Health ’s Healthcare Transformer Summit, co-located with Cleveland Clinic’s Medical Innovation Summit. Nurture your network; maintain your relationships.

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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.” Boys and girls ages 11 -14 pitched ideas on Monday and then worked through the week to pitch their Minimum Viable Products to VCs on Friday — StartUp Weekend style.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Someone calls you up tomorrow, John, and then says, “Hey, I need you in Cleveland. There’s no way I’m coming to Cleveland. I would might be happy to come to Cleveland, but can you tell me why I’m doing it?” Can you come out?” I’ll be there. Already booked my ticket.

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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.” Boys and girls ages 11 -14 pitched ideas on Monday and then worked through the week to pitch their Minimum Viable Products to VCs on Friday — StartUp Weekend style.

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David Teten

AUGUST 2, 2011

There will be local events in Boston / Toronto / Cleveland / Austin / and your city , plus a live video stream. Each startup gives a pitch and brief demonstration of his/her product. I hope you can join me on Thursday night, August 11, for the Ultra Light Startups Feedback Forum and Pitch Showdown.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The difference between your initial idea and your ultimate product is the difference between a slab of rock and the David. You may or may not have a working product. Your product may or may not suck. What matters is your vision of what the product will be and how it will change the world. Pitch like a mofo. Win-win-win.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

Hand reared, growing into a cheeky, unique little character, full of personality and attitude… what better name for our product than ‘Oska. The name for my independent film production company, Corner Piece Productions, was inspired by a motif of puzzle pieces in our first feature, West of Her.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2011

Product management and customer development, KISSmetrics. jesskah UltraLean: Building Products Without a Dev Team Sandeep Sood. Fast-paced, thought-provoking and social, this Ignite features presentations from in-the-trenches entrepreneurs ready to share their lessons learned. Also: booze. Co-founder, Backblaze. Co-founder, Polyvore.

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