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Bigger in Bend – Building a Regional Startup Cluster–part 1 of 3

Steve Blank

When Customer Development and the Lean Startup were just a sketch on the napkin, Dino Vendetti, a VC at Bay Partners, was one of the first venture capitalists I shared my ideas with. Dino and I kept in touch as he moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Here’s Part 1 of Dino’s story….

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How to Write a Business Plan for an Outpatient Medical Practice

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A Lean Business Plan might be a better fit if you simply need to think through all the different aspects of your business. A Lean Plan will be shorter, and it lends itself to quick revisions, but both types follow the same general outline. They tend to be lengthier and more detailed.

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SWOT Analysis Examples

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Botanical Bounty is an Oregon-based perennial farm that grows a variety of botanical, medicinal plants. Haley’s Vintage Hats is an online-only business that sells unique and affordable replicas of vintage designer hats. Example SWOT analysis: Botanical Bounty. About the company. Customer testimonials. Sales channel relationships.

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3 Website Trends That Customers (and Business Owners) Will Love

Duct Tape Marketing

Here are 3 website design trends I think you should be watching. Responsive Design: A Great Experience, No Matter Where. Have you heard the term “ responsive ” website design and laughed it off as techno-mumbo-jumbo? Remember, the purpose of your website’s design is to support your brand and brand message.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features. I used to always tell my development team, “you need to design a product that my dad could use.

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One Little Ice Cream Cart That’s About to Have Big Growth

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Beginning as a small red cart in Eugene, Oregon, today Red Wagon Creamery has a downtown storefront, local retail distribution, and online ordering. We wanted ice cream that we make from scratch,” Emily says, “to showcase local, Oregon dairy, and using local, seasonal fruit, berries, and produce.”.

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Business Pitch, Elevator Pitch, and the LivePlan Pitch Page: What’s the Difference?

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I view pitches regularly as a member of an angel investment group in Oregon, and as a judge for three intercollegiate and international business plan contests. My latest book, “Lean Business Planning” has a chapter on these pitches, which is also on the website as “Your Business Pitch.”