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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Teams are continuing their relentless interviewing of customers, or beneficiaries as we call them in this class. The students “get out of the building” and test their hypotheses in front of potential beneficiaries using the Customer Development methodology, all while building and updating their Minimal Viable Products.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Teams are continuing their relentless interviewing of customers, or beneficiaries as we call them in this class. The students “get out of the building” and test their hypotheses in front of potential beneficiaries using the Customer Development methodology, all while building and updating their Minimal Viable Products.

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Bplans Briefcase: Business Stories to Keep You in the Know

Up and Running

What they had to say: Koczela says that being a self-sustaining health clinic allows Penda to focus on the patients as customers, and adapt the business to their needs: “Having the patients be the ones who pay, we keep them as the voice in our heads instead of donors.”. Jusoor runs an entrepreneurship program in Syria. to nine p.m.

Syria 60
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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

It's never selfish to try to do the right thing for your employees, your customers, and your stakeholders." They're going to look to see how you treated your customers. 22:13) The way companies treat employees and customers and impact their communities now will them for decades to come. It's never selfish to hire. ER : Totally.

Dallas 68
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[INTERVIEW] Kris Thorkelson, Entrepreneur And Business Leader

YoungUpstarts

A licensed pharmacist since 1991, it wasn’t enough for Thorkelson to merely fill customers’ prescriptions. We understand that you support several worthy causes, including groups that sponsor families immigrating to Canada from war-torn countries like Syria. Such has been the case for Winnipeg’s Kris Thorkelson.

Canada 100
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Transcript of How to Give a Great Business Presentation

Duct Tape Marketing

Michael Port: Just like if you said, “Listen, Michael, I’m going to … I need some help fighting in Syria right now. So, it’s like you move that customer journey so fast with with this tactic. If we have to think too hard, then we tend to feel slow, stiff, and out of step. Michael Port: That’s right.

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Twitter Link Roundup #195 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Why You Should Never Ask Customers What They’ll Pay | by Ash Maurya – [link]. Why You Should Never Ask Customers What They’ll Pay | by Ash Maurya – [link]. “A massive amount of innovation is ‘innovation for the sake of it’, rather than delivering any actual customer value” – [link].