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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

We were on the University of North Carolina campus to meet with Fred Brooks and Henry Fuchs. Get Out of Building Our trip to North Carolina was part of a year long effort to get out of the building to understand our market, customers and their applications. They would all work in this one company. Now In Print!

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What Worked Yesterday, May Not Work Today.

Growthink Blog

I regularly speak with entrepreneurs and executives grappling with these "the world is passing me by" kind of forces and challenges, and I am both impressed and dismayed by the leadership and strategic choices that they try to make to save their businesses from them. If so, send me an email to jay.turo@growthink.com. read more.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere – Show No. 16: Wayne Sutton and Dave Kashen

Steve Blank

Prior to Worklife, Dave was a CEO coach, leadership trainer and culture consultant to some of Silicon Valley’s fastest-growing technology companies. — Wayne set his sights on entrepreneurship when he was a teen, working in the tobacco fields of North Carolina: I remember working in the tobacco field one morning.

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Unintended Lessons

Steve Blank

We started in North Carolina eating BBQ and enjoying the Southern culture, went through Washington D.C checking out the shopping in Georgetown, saw beautiful horse country in Pennsylvania and upstate NY and headed down into the bays and coves of Connecticut filled with sailboats. To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print!

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The Secret Sauce of a Successful Smart City

Austin Startup

Cary, North Carolina surveys its residents every other year about various topics and the so-called barriers to citizen involvement rarely change. saw a 500% increase in crime tips when it added a simple email contact form to its website. Nearly half of residents say they simply don’t have time to participate.

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Web Analytics 101: Definitions: Goals, Metrics, KPIs, Dimensions, Targets

Occam's Razor

Your company leadership (small business or fortune 100) will help you identify business objectives for your online existence. Analyzing people just from North Carolina (because there was an ad campaign targeted just to NC). Segments: Acquisition: Organic search, Email campaigns, Mid-western US states. Beneficial.

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Transcript of How to Roll Out the Red Carpet for Your Customers

Duct Tape Marketing

You are in Asheville, North Carolina. John Jantsch: I just visited there with my wife and we canoed the north broad right through Biltmore and went up on the Blue Ridge Parkway. But today’s midlevel manager or entrepreneur doesn’t necessarily have time to be as creative as they want. Is that right?