Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

I don’t recommend anyone become an entrepreneur. The tools and temperament needed to get from startup idea to startup success were the focus of the guests on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. Listen to my full interviews with Jeremy and Michael by downloading them from SoundCloud here and here.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

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.”. #1-

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Jason Blumer. Jason is a Co-founder of Thriveal, a firm that helps entrepreneurial CPA firms connect, learn and grow. 15:59] What’s the first strategic sort of leadership hire that you think an agency needs? [17:07] Marketing Podcast with Jason Blumer.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

So it is no wonder that when an entrepreneur starts their second or third business, they incorporate the lessons they learned from their first startup. I’ve been fortunate over the past eight years to work with hundreds of entrepreneurs who have come to the point where they want to sell their business. There are 1.7

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2024

He's also author of, it's Not Just a Website, the Small Business Owners Blueprint for Taking Your Business Online, and we're going to talk a little bit about his unique and varied entrepreneurial journey. I mean, I can't tell you how many entrepreneurs have come on the show and that was their journey, a really common story. How's that?

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 14, 2022

Amy is a successful multi-entrepreneur as the founder of Balance Wellness Collective and Ascension Mentality, business & performance coach at Strategic Voyages Business Consultants, and licensed mental health therapist. So, I hired someone to help me pretty early on in my practice. Amy: See above They’re a very similar mindset.

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Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

To glean insights into the maximization of profitability in the Healthcare Staffing Industry I interviewed 5 Amazing Thought Leaders in the Healthcare Staffing Industry. . The truth is economies change, revenues change, and sometimes things just happen. The results are in. Mick Angelichio, President of Judge Healthcare.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

a group of entrepreneurs from TiE Chennai gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park campus, and we spent the next four hours discussing strategy and tactics of early-stage entrepreneurship. On Saturday, April 9, 2011, I arrived in Chennai at 3 a.m. after a 24-hour journey from California. At 11 a.m.,

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Cameron Herold. He’s the host of the Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief podcast, where he interviews COOs and other seconds to share their insights with his listeners. So now it's the chief revenue officer, right. Marketing Podcast with Cameron Herold.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2012

Hess, author of “ Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Entrepreneurial Businesses “ All growth is good. Growth requires the entrepreneur to install more processes, procedures, controls, and measurement systems. Growth also requires that the entrepreneur change what he or she does. by Edward D. Bigger is better.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 13, 2022

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Mike Michalowicz. Key Takeaway: If you’re like most entrepreneurs, you started your company so you could be your own boss, make the money you deserve, and live life on your own terms. First, the pumpkin plan and the toilet paper entrepreneur.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 1, 2020

We interviewed entrepreneur Mr. Peter Agarwal, President/Owner of LED Phantom Distribution, a distributor of high quality LEDs, lighting, and lighting control products. Peter followed a similar path as many successful entrepreneurs, first with early corporate career positions, then getting the itch to build something of his own.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 15, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Friday, January 15, 2010 Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Harvard Business Review) The next part in the series I am writing for Harvard Business Review is online. This time, Im discussing the challenge for corporate CFOs and VCs alike in holding entrepreneurs accountable. Read the rest here.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

The other day, I got interviewed for Business Insider. It was a good interview, save for that little vein that I had no idea was so prominently featured on the side of my head--but what's a bald guy to do? Any success as an entrepreneur? you want an investor with a large local network of potential hires. What did I do?

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Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

To give you a head start and to help you avoid some of the pitfalls along the way, I interviewed 5 amazing thought leaders in the Healthcare Staffing Industry. The commitment to their nurses and clients has contributed to a 30% annual growth rate allowing them to gross revenue of $56,543,000 in 2017.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

One of my favorite events last year was attending Startup Grind where I got to interview Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. Here is the link to the video interview. My mom was an entrepreneur – she was kind of my inspiration for entrepreneurship. it would make more sense than “me.”

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

This year, in 2016, we will have about 60 Fellows – and we run three other programs for students, entrepreneurs, and tech companies, as well, reaching about 1,000 people a year across all programs. We partnered with Google for Entrepreneurs in 2015 to begin to bring our work national, with a focus on entrepreneurial ecosystems.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The Startup Magazine continues our Founder Interview series with entrepreneur Richard Lavina, Co-Founder and CEO of accounting services platform, Taxfyle. Here are Richard’s insights and startup advice he shared with us about his entrepreneurial journey…. Last year, Taxfyle ranked No. Magazine’ Inc. Quality control?

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Up and Running

MAY 16, 2016

Do you find yourself driven by both entrepreneurial and humanitarian interests? To supplement this guide, I interviewed an expert in the home health care field: Carol Byrne is the National Sales Director for 21st Century Health Care Consultants, a consulting firm which serves home health care agencies throughout the United States.

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Steve Blank

JULY 11, 2016

And world-class entrepreneurs never quit. How founders cope with startup challenges was the focus of today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. Listen to my full interviews with Jessica and Peggy by downloading it from SoundCloud here and here. Clips from their interviews are below. Jessica Mah. Peggy Burke.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

The first hint lies in its name; this is a product development model, not a marketing model, not a sales hiring model, not a customer acquisition model, not even a financing model (and we’ll also find that in most cases it’s even a poor model to use to develop a product.) So what’s wrong the product development model?

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Here are the stories of five “golden year entrepreneurs”, who have effectively made the gold for themselves. To help with the growing work load at the lab, she has subsequently hired her son and daughter to work with her. During his entrepreneurial tenure Sanders met with the U.S. Jack Weil, Age 107 d.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 3, 2018

Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their New Year’s Resolutions around their business. It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, but every new year is an exciting time because it’s ripe with opportunity. It’s a new year and right after the ball drops, it’s time to go to work.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

As part of our Founder Interview series, The Startup Magazine caught up with entrepreneur Ola Sars, Founder and CEO of music-tech leader, Soundtrack Your Brand. A serial entrepreneur in the music-tech space, Ola has been a driving force behind transforming the music industry. Ola Sars, Founder and CEO of Soundtrack Your Brand.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Hands-on startup advice for emerging entrepreneurs. For instance, if a consultant proposes to help you with public relations, pay them a commission equivalent to the greater of a flat fee per story placed or a percentage of revenue generated from the PR coverage. infoChachkie. Thanks for visiting! Pyramid Power.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? All things being equal, of course, you’d rather have more revenue rather than less. And yet revenue alone is not a sufficient goal. More on that in a moment.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

So far, I have found "lean startup" works better with the entrepreneurs Ive talked to than "agile startup" or even "extreme startup.") This is a philosophy that governs my daily life as well as my entrepreneurial activities. The wise entrepreneur will take this advice seriously in order to distill his ideas down to their essence.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

. × At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time. Entrepreneurs often ask me for help with their pitch decks.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- To build a community. On top of this, my role allows me greater flexibility and a daily sense of accomplishment helping other female entrepreneurs make money and put their best foot forward through beautiful branding and website development.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 29, 2013

But they’ll sit up and pay attention when you talk about the customers and revenues of the business. We will open our network of successful entrepreneurs and investors to offer invaluable experiences to you. Many of our mentors are entrepreneurs who have built, from scratch, a successful business. Listen to what it tells you.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

For example, some startup sales execs believe hiring the core sales team is a key objective. Once the product begins to ship, startup sales execs use orders and revenue as its marker of progress in understanding customers. And if first customer ship is on this date over here, then I need to hire and staff a sales organization by then.”

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 18, 2021

In discussions with founders and investors, as well as interviews , I describe the role that games have played in my career. Not only do we discuss why I think games are so valuable for entrepreneurs, we take an in-depth, geeky look at the specific games that impacted my life. because you found more gold, or reached a revenue target.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 30, 2009

We would interview them after they put the box back on the shelf. Initially your job is to understand each of the parts of your business model before you hire someone to do it. And we had to convince a few of them the box was really empty.) Worry about the sales results. What did we learn?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2022

In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Stu Heinecke. He is a twice-nominated hall of fame marketer, Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center author-in-residence, and was named the “Father of Contact Marketing” by the American Marketing Association. And my new partner in this is the NASDAQ entrepreneurial center.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

DECEMBER 28, 2011

Everyone likes New Year’s Inspiration this time of year; this interview is perfect to scratch that itch. This is the fourth installment in my “Uncommon Interview” series — interviews where we get right into the meat and dispense with pleasantries or “how did you get into this business” sorts of fluff.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. So I’m packaging the best of them up for you here in a new series called The Entrepreneur’s Essentials.

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