Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

How entrepreneurs gather, understand and use customer feedback to improve their products was the focus of the guests on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. She returned to her home state of Hawaii to become a mentor and advisor to tech accelerators and startups, and a parent of two before launching Hobnob.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

So we loaded up on flat screen TVs, multiple generations of iPods and trips to Hawaii. It’s my job to invest wisely in entrepreneurs who are capital efficient, who innovate in ways that pay off economically in good markets or bad and who plan for worst-case scenarios. We spent our future since the equity was artificial.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2014

“Our best chance to make the world better is to agree that the choice among corporate structures should be made entirely in service of social impact,” says Rich Leimsider, the Vice President of Fellowship Programs at Echoing Green, a nonprofit that invests with social entrepreneurs. Maryland was the first U.S.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A successful entrepreneur’s life is full of new opportunities and discoveries, financial growth, and of course, the many challenges of the business world. Of course, if you’re an entrepreneur who’s just started on your journey, dreaming of reaching all of these, you need to put in a lot of work before you can enjoy success.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 23, 2015

Being in love with your business, when you’re an entrepreneur, is even better. Although there are days when tossing in your hat seems like a viable option, remembering how much you love your “job” can quickly snap an entrepreneur out of that mentality. We asked some entrepreneurs what they loved about “being their own boss.”

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Hearpreneur

MAY 29, 2016

Before I started my business I went to a conference in Hawaii called Worthshop and one of the speakers was Jody Burr who talked about finding your inner CEO. We wanted something that had drew attention, that stood out, and that felt a little special. In the end the answer was right in front of us all along.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

The #1 request I get from would be entrepreneurs startups is ” how do you do it, what does it take to build a successful startup, what should I do differently? AdTech Angel Investor Business Development CEO Succession early stage founder Hawaii Launch SaaS Scalability startup startup CEO Tom Nora venture'

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their daily, weekly, quartely or yearly goals around their business. We asked entrepreneurs to share their BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) and here are the insightful responses. #1- 9- Be the #1 Small Giant in Hawaii. Have a goal that’s third parties think is impossible?

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Scalable Startup

OCTOBER 26, 2014

startup venture Scalability early stage startup CEO Revenue Growth founder Angel Investor Tom Nora Hawaii CEO CEOing first revenue venture capital angel investor tom nora CoFounder The Next Level Cash Flow Silicon Valley Entrepreneur' #Web #Development #Digital #Strategy #Art| tomnora.com.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 1, 2012

The 25 Most Expensive Homes in Hawaii – [link]. On average, U.S. homeowners owe $76K more than their house is worth, or 44.5% more – [link]. Even as Skype gains users, its future is uncertain - [link]. Racism and Soccer Are in Play at a Big Event in East Europe - [link].

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Austin Startup

APRIL 2, 2021

From Hawaii to Ho Chi Minh, we hail from 10 different countries (and counting). We have serial entrepreneurs, one of Vue’s core team members, engineers who contribute to Google projects, a mindfulness expert, a mixologist, two published authors, the list goes on. Since the pandemic began, eve has grown from 6 to 21 people.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

How entrepreneurs gather, understand and use customer feedback to improve their products was the focus of the guests on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. She returned to her home state of Hawaii to become a mentor and advisor to tech accelerators and startups, and a parent of two before launching Hobnob.

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Scalable Startup

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Angel Investor early stage founder Hawaii Revenue Growth Scalability startup startup CEO Tom Nora venture angel investor Cash Flow CEO CEOing CoFounder Entrepreneur first revenue Silicon Valley The Next Level tom nora venture capital' The rewards are pretty amazing.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 1, 2020

If you are an entrepreneur thinking of investing your money, you are probably wondering how much you should invest, what you should invest in, and when you should invest it. The state of New Jersey has the highest property taxes and Hawaii has the lowest. Supply and Demand. Figure Out Your Property Taxes.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 19, 2022

My wife and me in Hawaii. One of the reasons to become an entrepreneur is so you are able to walk away from your company for a while knowing that it’s self sufficient. . Those two specks on the right side of the photo? Notice, I am not working.). My question to you: Did you take a summer vacation? Did you take a four week vacation?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Since our kids were little our Thanksgiving tradition was to head to Hawaii with friends and eat Thanksgiving dinner under the palm trees to the sound of the waves next to the warm ocean. ( Reply steveblank , on November 26, 2009 at 10:29 am Said: Just the stories of the entrepreneurs are bigger than life.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Different from a freelancer, the term “solopreneur” is a combination of the word solo, as in being done by one person alone; and entrepreneur, someone who starts their own business and spots opportunities for business. If you need to get some sunshine, pick up your mobile phone and laptop and move to the garden, or Hawaii!

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Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2016

To get a sense of the hobbies of successful business leaders, I looked to the entrepreneurs of the Young Entrepreneur Council. Not only that, but these hobbies are ones that have helped them run their businesses better and become more successful entrepreneurs. 10 hobbies of successful entrepreneurs. Scuba diving.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Failure often is harder on entrepreneurs who lose money that theyve borrowed on credit cards or from friends and relatives than it is on those who raised venture capital. Want to be an entrepreneur? Stock Quotes. Live Chat Recap.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JULY 18, 2018

Earlier this year I stopped over in Hawaii on the way from Japan to Canada. I was there to meet up with my Canadian family who were escaping winter. I was also there for one other very important reason — to record this video with Mitch Wilson. Press play to watch: Mitch is a special […].

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 7, 2018

That’s Cyndi Thomason, founder and president of Bookskeep, standing in front of Pyrocumulus clouds at the Kileaua eruption in Hawaii. I think it looks a lot like that still from Gone With the Wind, the one taken just after Scarlett O’Hara says, “As God as my witness, I’ll never go hungry again!”. That’s not Scarlett in the picture.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The summit opened with a panel of Investors sharing their insights of what the funding environment for entrepreneurs, non-profits and small businesses will look like as the economy recovers. Besides sharing tips for teaching traditional entrepreneurs the discussion also included how we could help Main Street businesses.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 7, 2018

The pic is me in front of the Pyrocumulus clouds at the Kileaua eruption in Hawaii. This is not a spoiler- but a further nudge to let you know you can do everything Mike writes about. On Tuesday I returned home from my 4-week vacation. I started planning for this 18 months ago at Mike’s suggestion.

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Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

In this admittedly very unscientific survey I’ve found that between a quarter and half of the students I consider “hard-core&# entrepreneurs/founders (working passionately to found a company,) self-identified as coming from a less than benign upbringing. I’ve been surprised at the data. Comments and brickbats welcomed.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 28, 2022

Richie is an award-winning author and serial entrepreneur. Entrepreneur, and Huffington Post. Pacific Business News recognized Richie as one of the Top Forty Under 40 “best and brightest young businessmen” in Hawaii. Yeah, it has a good ending, you know, like spoiler alert, but I actually was in, I live in Hawaii.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 16, 2021

I mean, that's, we're gonna talk, uh, on, on your show about my latest book, the self reliant entrepreneur. I remember being out in Hawaii and people like, wow, that's amazing. I work with so many entrepreneurs that, you know, they're never satisfied. And I say that all the time, the self parts on you. You being able to do this.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We try to hire people who we believe will be upfront and respectful of entrepreneurs and know that it’s far easier to judge ones decisions on the outside than it actually is to have to make the tough decisions inside of a startup every day. Empowerment is hard for most startup entrepreneurs. Great leaders are doers.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 18, 2017

We had the opportunity to hear from Ryan Emmons, the CEO of Waiakea on how he’s disrupting his industry and tips that he has for fellow millennial entrepreneurs. . When live in Hawaii and you don’t stay at a resort, you can’t help but ignore the unemployment and poverty in some areas that is directly relevant to education.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 10, 2018

But still, she’s been to Hawaii three times already. This afternoon a second-time entrepreneur told me he, at founding, gave most of his equity in his current company to a nonprofit he cares about. Did I mention the organic blueberries – $6 for six ounces – what the f**k! I’m open to suggestions on this one.

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Babbling VC

JUNE 6, 2020

I always tell entrepreneurs and basically anyone going to events that the most important thing is to get the invites to the right dinners. There is a US VC event called Lobby I believe where the whole concept of it is to get people to Hawaii and there is no conference.it Likewise, everyone around me was on their phone or laptop.

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Life Beyond Code

JULY 2, 2013

I went to BYU (Brigham Young University) at Hawaii. I actually raised money, created a fund and decided to back certain budding entrepreneurs who had won the business plan competition. BYU-Hawaii worked closely with me to help create the business model and put mentors in place. I’ve a very stupid person.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Not surprisingly, most of the investments being made are in white, male entrepreneurs , even though, according to the NY Times, ".blacks blacks and whites use marijuana at comparable rates." " Yet in all states but Hawaii, blacks are more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana offenses." it mentioned.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2016

The Lean Startup movement brings together the brightest minds in Silicon Valley to share the best advice for entrepreneurs, from entrepreneurs. AOL co-founder Steve Case , who just released his new book, The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future , is one of the big thinkers we’re excited to team up with.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 8, 2012

Most entrepreneurs know that it’s a good idea to incorporate a startup as soon as possible. Maryland was the first state to pass benefit corporation legislation in April 2010, followed by Hawaii, Virginia, California, Vermont, New Jersey and New York. Sweeney: B Corps are not yet available in every state.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

There are now a second generation of entrepreneurs and companies that have learned from their last successes and are producing great new companies like TopSpin Media , Sometrics and GumGum. My favorite Rogers line was, “musicians of the future will be entrepreneurs and not employees [of labels].”

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

It’s the equivalent of having a cup of coffee together before you take the weekend in Hawaii. See Also: 34 Educational Resources for Aspiring Entrepreneurs. For new clients, try to find a quick small job to demonstrate your skill without requiring the client to commit to a long term expensive job.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

During the summer of 2010, I developed a workshop, A New ACEF Valuation Workshop for Angels and Entrepreneurs. Hawaii Angels. To provide some reference points, I surveyed thirteen angels groups in North American to determine their recent experience in negotiating the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies. Maple Leaf Angels.

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