Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

I share tons of stories from entrepreneurs that have discovered a higher purpose their business serves and how they found the clarity to build a business that brings them joy as well as success. This book is undoubtedly the riskiest thing I’ve ever written, but it contains a message that I think needs to be spread and shared.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 28, 2012

A few weeks ago at Thinc Iowa I noticed the tradition they had of giving a standing ovation to the speaker when the speaker took the stage. I just spent an awesome day at the EO Entrepreneurs Masters Program 20th Anniversary. I had never seen that before and thought it was awesome.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Some entrepreneurs invent only excuses, while other entrepreneurs are highly effective and successful. Highly effective and successful entrepreneurs share common habits. Here are seven habits of highly effective and successful entrepreneurs (plus a bonus at the end): 1. Success and failure doesn’t happen by chance.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Entrepreneur news from reporter Eric Markowitz. These days, start-up entrepreneurs like Parker do sometimes use equity not only to motivate key employees but also to help pay for consulting and other services. Iowa Life Changing. Successful businesses are built in Iowa every day. Finance | Tuesdays. Innovation | Fridays.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Instead, I’m going to let entrepreneurs live / work in it. This came about through meeting with Ben Barreth, who created Homes for Hackers, at the Thinc Iowa conference. If you are an entrepreneur at a startup and want to live rent free for a year in a house with a 1GB Internet connection, apply now !

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2013

And I am often approached by entrepreneurs in cities which don’t have a vibrant VC community. Just ask the people of Portland, Seattle, Boulder, Iowa, Princeton, Dallas or countless other cities that don’t have enough venture capital. I travel the country a lot. Ask SuperCell. Or UrbanAirship. “ Startup Advice'

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Entrepreneur news from reporter Eric Markowitz. In the 1990s, Graham was one of those entrepreneurs giving away equity in exchange for crucial services. If Graham bets on the wrong entrepreneur, he could lose money--and get swamped with managerial problems at the same time. "My Iowa Life Changing. Finance | Tuesdays.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 4, 2020

Inventive entrepreneurs will always look for effective ways to reach out to the consumer. An entrepreneur can also use a platform like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to post promotional materials and offer business and product updates. Chrissy Weems attended a TEDx Talks event at Davenport, Iowa to share the story.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Meet some of the incredible female entrepreneurs who have volunteered to work with the girls in Latinitas by serving as mentors, career presenters, and judges at our 2017 Startup Chica Conference. Laura grew up in Iowa where she received degrees in computer science and english from the University of Iowa.

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The Next Web

JULY 6, 2013

Conventional wisdom told entrepreneurs it was necessary to live in one of the central hubs if you wanted your business to thrive. This is especially true for entrepreneurs with newborn tech businesses they want to see grow up big and strong. As an entrepreneur, I’m a lone wolf!” Why worry about a startup community?

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 2, 2012

Check out the Social Entrepreneurs of Grinnell , a microfinance group started in 2007 on campus in Iowa. SEG provides loans locally and internationally. Pretty impressive. SEG is one of fifteen finalists in the White House Campus Champions of Change Challenge.

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Up and Running

MARCH 13, 2013

Entrepreneur Zack Price is guest blogging his experience this week on the 2013 StartupBus as it makes its way from Chicago to SXSW in Austin. I even practiced pitching to a complete stranger, while taking a leak in a truck stop bathroom in a town called Iowa, Louisiana. I’m sure they know all about crowdfunding in Iowa, LA.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 3, 2011

Driving through Iowa, Indiana or southern Illinois, they’re pretty hard to miss towering and turning on the horizon. In contrast, the only solar panel I’ve seen in real life was in Forest City, Iowa, a town I’d be hard-pressed to find a handful of people who have heard of it. Small Business Spotlight of the Week: SpotHero.

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Up and Running

MARCH 22, 2016

To get a sense of how to start a daycare business, we talked with Lindsey Roemen, owner of Lindsey’s Family Daycare in Larchwood, Iowa, and Shalonda Owens, owner of Fruitful Trees Learning Center in Columbus, Ohio, about their experiences as daycare owners. See Also: Practical Market Resources for Entrepreneurs.

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ithacaVC

MARCH 21, 2011

Cornell ended up in second place, losing to Penn State, but beating Iowa (I think for the first time ever). Tenacious : startup entrepreneurs need to be tenacious in the “truly persistent and determined” sense of the word. I wrestled in high school (very long time ago) and follow Cornell wrestling closely.

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Seeing Both Sides

DECEMBER 1, 2014

A few years ago, I was matched with a very tall, eager entrepreneur who shared with me his passion for private coaches for sports. He was new to Boston, having grown up in Iowa, attended Brown and then worked in Chicago. A few years ago, I met a student during office hours at HBS, who was embarking on a new company.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 25, 2014

Entrepreneur Podcast Podcasting Positioning Small Business Marketing Social Media Startups Kevin Jordan' These shows have turned the owners and employees of obscure small businesses into international celebrities, and generated tens of thousands of dollars of revenue for the businesses (if not more).

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 12, 2018

Thanks to a new company helmed by Greek-American entrepreneur Aristotle Loumis of WearEllison.com , that worry will be a thing of the past, and everyday consumers can get in on his innovation via his outside-the-box crowdfunding campaign on Republic.co. At 18, he headed to University of Iowa to study dentistry. Carve out a niche.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

TJ Juskiewicz is the director of RAGBRAI, a seven-day bicycle ride across the state of Iowa. Action Steps: Be active in your community so people think of your shop for future service needs, even if they originally bought the bicycle online. Learn more about TJ and the ride here: [link].

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

TJ Juskiewicz is the director of RAGBRAI, a seven-day bicycle ride across the state of Iowa. Action Steps: Be active in your community so people think of your shop for future service needs, even if they originally bought the bicycle online. Learn more about TJ and the ride here: [link].

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

TJ Juskiewicz is the director of RAGBRAI, a seven-day bicycle ride across the state of Iowa. Action Steps: Be active in your community so people think of your shop for future service needs, even if they originally bought the bicycle online. Learn more about TJ and the ride here: [link].

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 2, 2015

Fletcher could always be found meeting student entrepreneurs and would regularly seek out and offer other promising students internships at growing Boulder startups. The book 2 Billion Under 20 has great examples of millennials from Iowa to Israel doing things similar to what Fletcher does to make their startup communities more successful.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 26, 2017

The meeting of deadlines and commitments alone causes a person to stand out from the crowd like an alien space ship parked in an Iowa cornfield. Psychologist and Entrepreneur contributor Sherrie Campbell recommends : As you plan your day discipline yourself to accomplish the tasks which require the most effort and discipline from you.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 26, 2017

The meeting of deadlines and commitments alone causes a person to stand out from the crowd like an alien space ship parked in an Iowa cornfield. Psychologist and Entrepreneur contributor Sherrie Campbell recommends : As you plan your day discipline yourself to accomplish the tasks which require the most effort and discipline from you.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Or the growth of Dwolla in Iowa or C2FO being built in Kansas City? As you have more exits in your startup community and more second-time entrepreneurs the growth of a local startup community becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. 20 years ago could you have imagined ExactTarget becoming a multi-billion company in Indianapolis?

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Important for all entrepreneurs to understand: The Cult of “Great Product” – [link]. What It’s Like To Be An Entrepreneur – crowdSPRING – [link]. With Iowa Startup Alliance, spaces to open doors to visiting entrepreneurs – [link]. Nice guys finish last when it comes to leadership – [link].

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Mike Michalowicz

JULY 13, 2016

Cory Vieth, 25 years old from Waterloo, Iowa, had a photography business in high school, and purchased a Computer Repair franchise called Computer Troubleshooters in 2012 after working there for 3 years. Fundera – Single source online funding for entrepreneurs. Fundera - Single source online funding for entrepreneurs.

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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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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

5 Comments 30 Answers Tristan Kromer , I help entrepreneurs find co-founders. Would that take away my right to talk about successful entrepreneurs and top managers? Of course, if the Biz Guy is a serial entrepreneur with references from employees and co-founders who made so much money they are investing as angels in this venture.

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Up and Running

MAY 24, 2013

All silicon everything: Entrepreneur put together an infographic showing how California isn’t the only startup mecca in the United States anymore. Portland, Ore has become “Silicon Forest,” New Orleans is “Silicon Bayou,” and even Iowa is taking on the name “Silcorn Valley.”

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2016

Resources to help you do market research and determine your niche: Practical Market Research Resources for Entrepreneurs. In California, Washington, Hawaii, Iowa, and Florida, you’ll need a Seller of Travel license. Words of advice: Final tips from entrepreneurs who have started successful travel businesses. “We For the U.S.

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VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2010

Israel’s Makhteshim Agan, the world’s biggest generic agrochemical maker, is acquiring Iowa-based Albaugh, a leading US producer of glyphosate and other generic herbicides, two of Makhteshim’s core businesses. ISRAEL’S MA INDUSTRIES BUYS ALBAUGH FOR $1 BLN.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

The vital stats on successful entrepreneurs – [link]. Google backs Iowa wind farm, has put close to $1B into clean power – [link]. How To Hire Hackers: A Realistic Guide For Startups | OnStartups – [link]. Asking Questions beats Giving Advice | The Intercom Blog – [link]. Can enterprise SaaS products be viral?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 11, 2020

But when I talk to entrepreneurs who maybe can’t afford to work with me or they just have some questions, usually I give the metaphor the example, I should say, about pitching an apple. So I live in Iowa, and at the time I was doing a design company, graphic design. And for me it’s just a natural ability.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 27, 2016

With the Iowa Caucuses this coming Monday and the New Hampshire Primary a week later, this is crunch time in both the Democratic and Republican Presidential Nomination Races. And whatever your politics, as business people we can learn a lot in these next two weeks from how the leading candidates sprint and compete hard for votes and momentum.

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