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[Review] Retail Truths

YoungUpstarts

He looks into almost every issue that pertain to retailing such as dealing with vendors and manufacturers, planning store layouts, engineering quality customer service, competiting with the competition, hiring the right staff, and even dealing with bankers, for example. I say this as a newly-minted F&B entrepreneur myself.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

—————- The next piece of the Secret History of Silicon Valley puzzle came together when Tom Byers , Tina Selig and Mark Leslie invited me to teach entrepreneurship in the Stanford Technology Ventures Program ( STVP ) in Stanford’s School of Engineering. My office is in the Terman Engineering Building.

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Webinar Recap: Create a Business with Your Art (Q&A with Ann Rea)

Up and Running

Last week, I had the privilege of hosting a one-hour Q&A session with Ann Rea, a successful artist and entrepreneur who is devoted to destroying the myth of the “starving artist.” He asked what tactics in today’s market place can get a new artist entrepreneur to be a stand out aside from their body of work.