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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Thanks to working with a Coach I was able to turn my life around and went from living a life by default, to living one by design. 13- Offer cabinet designs that beautify home. We wanted to help homeowners by offering cabinet designs that beautify homes and make kitchen storage much more efficient. Thanks to Sigrid Tasies. #5-

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The Story Behind the Secret History Part II. Getting B-52s through.

Steve Blank

Soviet Air Defense – PVO Strany The B-52s had to get through a massive Soviet air defense system that had been built and evolved over two decades and was designed to shoot down manned bombers. All of this designed to make the plane if not invisible to Soviet radar, at least really difficult to lock onto and shoot down.

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If I Told You I'd Have to Kill You: The Story Behind “The Secret.

Steve Blank

And you’d like me to do my talk on Customer Development and startups?” “No, we’re the other CIA.” Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice. Steve my name is Donald xx, and I’m the head of external affairs of the CIA’s venture capital firm and we’d like you to keynote our conference.” Now In Print!

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Entrepreneurship is hard but you can’t die

Steve Blank

Most of the fighter planes used to support the war were based in Thailand , or from aircraft carriers (or for some B-52 bombers, in Guam.) In the early 1970’s the U.S. was fully engaged in the war in Vietnam. I was 19, in the middle of a hot war learning how to repair electronics as fast as I could. He’s Not Coming Back.

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