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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 20: Nayeem Hussain and Will Zell

Steve Blank

Joining me in SiriusXM’s studio in New York were. Being in Ohio, which lacks the startup ecosystem of an entrepreneurial cluster like Silicon Valley, made it difficult for Will to get funding for his first startup, Huddlewoo : The type of business that we were building needed an investment of capital ahead of revenue.

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Startup Lessons Learned

Id like to call special attention to Kurt Carr s perspective (lets hope he finishes his five-part series): Now that I’m back in Ohio (I was one of the token foreigners in a room full of Silicon Valley residents), I have found myself reliving and rethinking much of what I saw there. Steve Blank has been a mentor to me for several years.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 40: Stan Gloss and Matt Armstead

Steve Blank

Matt Armstead , a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Lumos Innovation , which helps Ohio-area founders launch their startup ideas. They have to think outside of their own back yard, get really active and make trips out to San Francisco or to New York to build some very important relationships. Matt Armstead.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 40: Stan Gloss and Matt Armstead

Steve Blank

Matt Armstead , a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Lumos Innovation , which helps Ohio-area founders launch their startup ideas. They have to think outside of their own back yard, get really active and make trips out to San Francisco or to New York to build some very important relationships. Matt Armstead.

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