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The Big Bang. The Lean LaunchPad explodes at University of Maryland

Steve Blank

The University of Maryland is now integrating the Lean LaunchPad ® into standard innovation and entrepreneurship courses across all 12 colleges within the University. Over 44 classes have embedded the business model canvas and/or Customer Discovery including a year-long course taken by every single one of its bioengineering majors.

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Statisticians make the world go round

The Startup Magazine

Statistics have been vital to the way our governments have provided their citizens with information on the pandemic. They make the rules that govern everything we do day to day. When a company produces their new and exciting product, it is important that they give the customers the best possible option. Product testing.

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Doubling Down On a Good Thing: The National Science Foundation’s I-Corps Lite

Steve Blank

I’ve known Edmund Pendleton from the University of Maryland as the Director of the D.C. National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Node (a collaboration among the University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins). small businesses to turn Government-funded research into commercial businesses.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

It could be studying entrepreneurship in school or it could have been working with a government contractor or maybe someone had a sales job. He also didn’t believe in supporting the community and supporting local organizations through our skills. Thanks to Lauren Watkins, Urbana Custom ! #13 It’s usually a process.

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How to Start a Farm: Your Complete Guide to Success

Up and Running

Even if you know nothing about formal market research practices, you can do your own research by getting out to learn more about your customers, distribution channels, and about how to start a farm. Check out farmers’ markets, meet other local producers, speak to customers as you shop. Farming used to be so much more about community.

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In Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Cofounders Find YOU!

davetroy.com

These are your “weak ties&# and will be the people who can help you find accountants, lawyers, customers, and vendors. If there’s no speaker, make sure there’s a focus or targeted community you want to understand better. Find a way to present to a community you care about. You need a lot of both. Be authentic.

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

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