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University of Minnesota Commencement speech – May 10th 2013

Steve Blank

This school has a distinguished roster of graduates… Earl Bakken, the founder of Medtronic , was an Electrical Engineering grad, and Bob Gore of Gortex , and your current president are both alums of your Chemical Engineering program. military realized that our advantage over the Soviet Union was in silicon, software and systems.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders?

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University of Minnesota Commencement speech – May 10th 2013

Steve Blank

This school has a distinguished roster of graduates… Earl Bakken, the founder of Medtronic , was an Electrical Engineering grad, and Bob Gore of Gortex , and your current president are both alums of your Chemical Engineering program. military realized that our advantage over the Soviet Union was in silicon, software and systems.

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It's time for lean philanthropy: a case study

Startup Lessons Learned

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Cars line up at a drive-thru food pantry. How HelpKitchen began The idea for HelpKitchen began with a conversation between Eric Ries and Jeff (founder and CEO of Twilio) and Erica Lawson. Fortunately for all of the founders’ romantic relationships, we automated this in just a few weeks.

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Redefining Success In Sales With The Unsold Mindset

Duct Tape Marketing

Also, they are investors, startup advisors, and co-founders of Agency18, a firm that helps mission-driven companies adopt their Unsold Mindset. They are the bestselling co-authors of The Unsold Mindset: redefining what it means to sell. He's like, this guy went to the University of Minnesota. You hear the second, huh?

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

online.wsj.com

Computer Software. 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., Computer & Software Services. Software. - Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising.

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Twitter Link Roundup #151 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Fighting among co-founders is healthy- [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Minnesota bans Coursera: State takes bold stand against free education – [link]. How To Stop Being Too Busy – [link]. ” – [link].