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28 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips and Tricks of Staying Motivated

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Alexandra Caffery, Fresh n’ Lean ! #8- I was doing my own admin, sales and marketing while doing operations (delivering what I was selling). 15- Remind myself of how venture capitalist operate. Thanks to Sean Giovanni, The Record Shop Nashville Recording Studio ! #24- 8- Talk to people alot. 24- Two things.

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Business Model Demands Patience

The Entrepreneurial Mind

Nashville-based Aloompa is a great example of a business that's taking its time to get things right. In a visit to my business school class at Belmont University, two of the founders, Kurt Nelson and Tyler Seymour, told how they developed the business model for this relatively young company.

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Episode 14: Be Your Own Boss, Restaurant Owners, and Friendliest Cities for Businesses | The Bcast

Up and Running

We’ve talked a little bit about planning, and lean management, and even some of the Kanban principles that we talked about a few episodes ago. I headhunt some of the most successful independently owned restaurant operators to kind of find out what it takes to be successful in one of the most challenging industries that exists.

Texas 60
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Stealth Mode, Schmealth Mode: The Real Reasons Why Startups Don't Talk

onstartups.com

23 Tweetable Insights From "The Lean Startup" (5 days ago). From Nashville to Boston: How A Startup Accelerator Changed Our Lives (1 month ago). But how would you categorize a company that wants to hold off until the launch for fear of having some one else pick up the idea while still in development? Nice summary, Dharmesh.

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Lessons from the Front Line of a Microfund

The Entrepreneurial Mind

One year ago today I blogged about a new microfund here in Nashville called Jumpstart Foundry. Each of the selected concepts for our first year of operating this microfund received $15,000 in equity capital and special arrangements with participating partners for marketing, accounting, legal and technology services.