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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

We’re standing 15 air miles away from the epicenter of technology innovation. I lived through the time when working in my first job in Ann Arbor Michigan we had to get out a map to find out that San Jose was not only in Puerto Rico but there was a city with that same name in California.

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Support Your Fellow Entrepreneurs, Vote in SXSW 2020 Panel Pickers!

Austin Startup

AVOID TECH PINGPONG: FINDING YOUR PLACE IN EDTECH SXSW EDU | Track: Higher Education Speakers: James Wiley, Eduventures Principal Analyst for Technology at ACT | NRCCUA The Pitch: In EdTech, companies make conflicting claims about their products. They have overlapping functionality and it is not clear what different product types mean.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Sam earned a BA in Communications Arts and Sciences from Michigan State University.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

Both Sides of the Table

We have structural employment issues : The official unemployment rate in the US is hovering just below 10% but “true” unemployment is much higher when you account for those that have stopped looking or taken part-time employment and in key states like California and Michigan we’re downright hurting. Sound familiar?

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

The ‘Ice’ is inspired by the cutting-edge technology that I pride myself on to create jewelry that captures the essence of urban fashion and street culture. It took a lot of creative meetings between my co-founder and I before we came up with meaningful names. The second driver was giving our team a clear direction to focus on.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

online.wsj.com

Technology. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. WSJ Classroom. Ran gold Resources Ltd. The Wall Street Journal.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., more in Small Business. Find New $LINKTEXTFIND$ » smaller.