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University of Minnesota Commencement speech – May 10th 2013

Steve Blank

Minnesota is a wonderful place to hunt, fish, canoe, raise kids, and pursue lots of interests other than just your job. University of Minnesota Science and Engineering alumni have founded more than 4,000 active companies, employing over ½ million people and generating annual revenues of $90 billion. And that’s great. Only In America.

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University of Minnesota Commencement speech – May 10th 2013

Steve Blank

Minnesota is a wonderful place to hunt, fish, canoe, raise kids, and pursue lots of interests other than just your job. University of Minnesota Science and Engineering alumni have founded more than 4,000 active companies, employing over ½ million people and generating annual revenues of $90 billion. And that’s great. Only In America.

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The Millennial Entrepreneur: Idealistic or Realistic? [with Infographic]

Up and Running

After all this time, is it possible that entrepreneurs are now an endangered species? For some personal insight, I spoke with Matthew Leirdahl, a millennial entrepreneur from Minnesota, and Shanesh Ranchhod, a millennial from Auckland New Zealand who is on the verge of entrepreneurship. Aspiring to Leadership.

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Redefining Success In Sales With The Unsold Mindset

Duct Tape Marketing

And so this understanding that everybody is selling themselves or an idea or someone else's idea, and we teach the only sales mindset class for entrepreneurs in all of higher education that we know of. They also want to be entrepreneurs, but they also want to be able to have people, like, have agency in their decisions. I'm kidding.

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Twitter Link Roundup #151 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Practical Advice From Female Entrepreneurs Who Stand Out In A Sea Of Dudes | Fast Company – [link]. Why Chicago is One of the Best Cities for Entrepreneurs | @ Technori – [link]. How Much Traffic Do New York Times Links Generate | Entrepreneurs Unpluggd – [link]. How To Stop Being Too Busy – [link].

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How One Family Started a Successful Online Halloween Business

Up and Running

The Fallenstein family started making and renting a dozen Halloween costumes from their Minnesota garage, and the small business sparked a lot of interested in the little town of Mankato. How did your business grow from a small garage-based business into a business with 1,000+ seasonal employees ? Invest in and engage your employees.

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How To Improve Customer Service? Hiring Is Just The Start.

YoungUpstarts

by Micah Solomon , author of “ High-Tech, High-Touch Customer Service: Inspire Timeless Loyalty in the Demanding New World of Social Commerce “ If you want to improve customer service to the point that it becomes a competitive advantage, you have to hire great employees. How do you get what you want out of employees?

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