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SXSW Startups: Steamchain

Austin Startup

We project to have multiple instances of our solution executing financial transactions in production environments across multiple OEMs and end user organizations. SteamChain is based in Milwaukee, Wisc. We love Milwaukee! Elon Musk: I’d like to ask him about his experience ramping up production on the Model 3.

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The product design sprint: prototype (day 4)

www.gv.com

At the Google Ventures Design Studio, we have a five-day process for taking a product or feature from design through prototyping and testing. We call it a product design sprint. They can tell you what they understand about your product — and what they don’t. It only costs $20. On day 2 you drew concept sketches.

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Ten Ways To Lose A Deal

YoungUpstarts

Or maybe your projected earnings were reasonable, but your product demo went horribly wrong. Of course, nobody’s perfect, but when you’re seeking venture capital, some mistakes, more than others, can cost you the deal. You don’t want to have to nod and agree that you’ll move to Milwaukee if you had never considered it.

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People are the whole game - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

In brief, my own story involves a software company called RTMS in Milwaukee.   It was simple   - Reduce costs and improve consumer experience for the large retailers. So the big guy gets bigger, protected by a system of imposing costs and inefficiencies that makes true entrepreneurship pretty difficult.