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Lean Startup Implementation Lessons

Startup Lessons Learned

Metrics play a big role in any conversation around implementation. At last year’s conference, Red Room CEO and co-founder Ivory Madison pointed out that vanity metrics are among those numbers most commonly cited in investor decks: page views, new members, unique visitors, conversions and, vainest of them all, Twitter followers.

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5 Cities for Ambitious Women in Business in 2020 and Beyond

Austin Startup

Only Louisville has more women in executive roles in any major U.S. The City of Roses has done more to directly promote women in business than any other U.S. city over the last decade, and it shows in the numbers. The percentage of women in executive positions grew by 5% to 34%.

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States of Innovation, Going Gonzeaux Tour – 2012

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Okay, it’s not a battle, it’s a conversation, but it’s definitely a road trip, and definitely about the Doing. FEI is an amazing event, and, wouldn’t it be great if that innovation “conversation” was happening all over? Kentucky – May 10 (Louisville). And online?

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Transcript of The Secrets to Leading Creative People

Duct Tape Marketing

Once you’ve ranked all of your ideas using this framework, effectiveness, practicality, and then is it interesting and cool, then you can actually have a meaningful conversation. Just as encouragement to you, it was really, really amazing to see your community in action there as well.

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Startup Myths #1 – You Need an NDA

chrissundberg.com

Then maybe I talk to Brad Feld and during the course of our conversation he asks if I’d be interested in partnering with Foundry Group to invest in a mobile app that does XYY, which is similar, though not identical to your app. On my way to Louisville! Imagine, if you will, that I’m an angel investor. I sign an NDA.

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Twitter Link Roundup #159 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Fantastic post by Ernie Miller on why he loves bing a programmer in Louisville - [link]. The One Conversational Tool That Will Make You Better At Absolutely Everything - [link]. Will 2013 be the year of conversion optimisation? What You Really Need Is A Market, Not An Idea | Paul Finn - [link]. Quora – [link].

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In Cloud We Trust: First Round invests in Backupify

This is going to be BIG.

Rob's had a number of conversations with key market players around business development and is open to more. He's been in Louisville, Kentucky over the last few years and he's been talking about moving to a more robust innovation community for as long as I know him.

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