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Save the Date! theĀ 5th Lean Innovation Educators Summit

Steve Blank

Babu DasGupta – University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Ivy Schultz – Columbia University. Victoria Larke – University of Toronto. Ali Hawks – BMNT. Julie Collins – Georgia Tech. Bob Dorf – Columbia University. Michael Marasco – Northwestern University. Sabra Horne – BMNT.

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GFi Working With Universities, Manufacturers, and Big Pharma

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Qualitative Research , Innovation Events, Training, Facilitation, and Writing: Facilitation : Marquette University is working with the Milwaukee community and Johnson Controls to innovate. The idea is to combine faculty expertise with social innovation organizations to positively impact problems in urban Milwaukee.

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SXSW Startups: Steamchain

Austin Startup

Beyond security, which is really table stakes, the most pressing challenge is working with OEMs to develop compelling commercial offerings that present a clear value proposition to their end user customers. SteamChain is based in Milwaukee, Wisc. We love Milwaukee! Steamchain values key information over big data.

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Referrals: Worth Their Weight In Gold or Passing The Buck.

Tim Keane

.  For instance, I've recently written "Bill, I'd like you to consider talking to Ned at Newco who has an intriguing start up that's made some traction in the party planning/social media space as evidenced by some good stats on customer sign-up and early salres results.  I'm attaching a deck. .

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Diverse Startups Can Receive Tech Mentorship And Thrive

ReadWriteStart

Her company, Citizen Made , which makes tools to help companies sell custom products, won a Lā€™OrĆ©al Women in Digital grant , giving it the funding it needed to open a new office in New York City. About a year ago, Rachel Brooks was poised to bring her startup to the next level.

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Entrepreneur Grows Pet Food Company Through Inspiration of the Benefits of Less-processed Food For Animals

Hearpreneur

Fifteen years later, Stella & Chewyā€™s remains a growing company, dedicated to delivering their wholesome raw-based nutritional products from a 164,000 square foot manufacturing facility in the suburbs of Milwaukee, WI, where Moody originally grew up. Tell us your story. Where do you see your business in the next 3-5 years?

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The product design sprint: prototypeĀ (dayĀ 4)

www.gv.com

Theyā€™ll tell you what they expect things to do (ā€œIā€™d click here because Iā€™d want to see a list of your customersā€¦ā€), and when they get confused. If youā€™re running the study in Seattle, and you need to show a newspaper, show the Seattle Times, not the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. That stuff is distracting in a user study.

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