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10,000 Startups – Startup Weekend Next

Steve Blank

Just a crazy idea two years ago, the class is now taught at Stanford , Berkeley, Columbia , Caltech, Princeton and for the National Science Foundation at the University of Michigan and Georgia Tech. More importantly, it makes no demands of you to stand and deliver your weekly customer development progress in front of your peers.

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Damaged Pure Michigan Brand Impedes Economic Development

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Pure Michigan is a Damaged Brand. As a Michigan resident I’ve followed the developments in Flint with a mixture of horror, sadness, outrage, and confusion. The focus of this post is about the damage that has been done to the state of Michigan’s brand, Pure Michigan. Pure Michigan is (or was) a brilliant brand.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

Because of a global donor blood shortage, particularly in emerging markets, clinicians and patients don’t have enough access to donor blood. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. What is your top goal for Sisu Global for 2020? We are proud to be a Baltimore-based company with global reach.

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Principles For Low-Budget Marketing Strategies Every Startup Should Know

YoungUpstarts

Every product must be perceived as different and unique, but without overestimating the customer’s demand for it. It honors the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit, cradle of many worldwide talents, including the multi platinum rapper and the multinational car brand.

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Swedish Immigrant Helps Reinvent the Mouthguard Industry

Hearpreneur

But as I tried to find my own path in this, it became clear that there are MANY resources for small startups in Ann Arbor, and today throughout Michigan. We brought a product to the market that you cannot find anywhere else, and in addition a product there is a need and high demand for. Starting a business is a tough decision.

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States of Innovation, Going Gonzeaux Tour – 2012

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Phil Duncan , Global Chief Design Officer with P&G is a featured speaker at FEI. I’m starting in Three Oaks, Michigan, so, the states I’ll be “covering” will include, at least, and on these approx dates: Michigan – leaving here May 7. Don’t know yet, demand will shape it.

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How to Write Better B2B Case Studies: 2 Lessons from Psychology

ConversionXL

According to LinkedIn’s Demand Gen Report 2018 , case studies are the preferred content format of B2B buyers, with 79% of respondents consuming them in the past 12 months: They’re also, the report notes, the second-most shared type of content among B2B buyers (after blog posts). This is a missed opportunity. You strip it away.

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