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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

While all the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ), Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, each of their journeys was unique. I want to make my community, country or world a better place, while being challenged to solve some of the toughest problems.”.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Motivation to Grow Their Business

Hearpreneur

We also understand that growth brings opportunities for our team to learn and develop, which is incredibly motivating. Think of it as cultivating a garden; each product we develop, each client we assist, and every retail, D2C ecommerce, and SaaS business I mentor, are seeds we're sowing. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments In 2021

Hearpreneur

My team dedicated their time to creating a sense of community. Our membership network of thousands of small business owners and entrepreneurs across hundreds of local chapters nationwide feel like they belong to an entire community now. 20, 2021 we opened our first flagship store in Waikiki, Hawaii. 12- Launching a new company.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

One social enterprise that embodies this model is InStove, an organization that sustainably makes the world’s most efficient stove, for use primarily in developing nations where fossil fuels and electricity are scarce, and walking long distances to gather wood can be dangerous. Here in the U.S. Maryland was the first U.S.

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Thanksgiving Day

Steve Blank

Since our kids were little our Thanksgiving tradition was to head to Hawaii with friends and eat Thanksgiving dinner under the palm trees to the sound of the waves next to the warm ocean. ( So no post today on entrepreneurship, Secret History of Silicon Valley, Customer Development, Lean Startups, etc.

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What I Read On Spring Break

Feld Thoughts

Amy and I just spent a week off the grid in Hawaii with my partner Ryan, his wife Katherine, and their son. Last year on spring break we cancelled a trip to Hawaii (with the McIntyres) because of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in Japan.

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We Love Our Customers

crowdSPRING Blog

We have over 60,000 designers and writers in our community, and thousands of buyers from 70+ countries have posted projects. You might remember Kevin from his tribute with Chris Detmer (our UI Developer) to Michael Jackson or from his unmatched win in our random Shakespearean sonnet day competition at crowdSPRING. Mahalo Nui Loa!

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