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If I Told You I'd Have to Kill You: The Story Behind “The Secret.

Steve Blank

Steve my name is Donald xx, and I’m the head of external affairs of the CIA’s venture capital firm and we’d like you to keynote our conference.” Except at this VC conference, 100 or so of the 300 attendees had badges that had their first name and only the last initial of their last name. (And So here it is in five parts.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part V: Happy 100th Birthday.

Steve Blank

When I read the funny names of these microwaves devices… Backward wave oscillators, TWT’s, Magnetrons…long silent memories came back. These components were the heart of the electronic warfare equipment I have worked on; including fighters in Thailand and on B-52 bombers.

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How to Start a Travel Agency

Up and Running

A lean business plan would be a perfect fit for your business. Even if you do intend to pitch your business idea to lenders and investors, you can start with a lean plan, and flesh out the rest of the info later on. Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster. The Complete Guide to Registering Your Business Name.

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26 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips and Tricks of Staying Motivated

Hearpreneur

You lean on your team. I learned to do this years ago when I moved to an ashram in Thailand for six weeks. When I left that corporate job to start my second company, I took the name plate that was mounted outside my office door. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Thanks to Daniel Gillaspia, UponArriving ! #9-I

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Episode 12: How to Define Your Target Market, Guest Eric Siu, and the #MinimumWage | The Bcast

Up and Running

But when you go to eat there, you’re actually going and sitting in their house, and you’re seeing a slideshow of their travels in Thailand on the wall. To Tim Berry’s point, who was on this podcast a little while ago in a lean planning episode, a lot of this stuff comes from iterative thinking. Peter: Yeah.