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9 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Business They are Starting Next Year

Hearpreneur

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners the businesses they’re starting in 2020 and here are the responses. #1- I’ve been flipping homes in Louisville for the past four years now and nothing has made me really inspired by the thought of scaling my operations. 1- A new app idea. Photo Credit: Lori Cheek. Photo Credit: Levi Li.

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A Good Answer in a Business Plan Contest

Up and Running

Scene: two MBA entrepreneurs in an almost-empty room, pitching to five judges in an MBA-level business plan contest. And, to the judges’ collective surprise, in this case, the entrepreneurs are able to say yes, they do know of some, they mention the names, and add that their margins are taken from those and companies like them.

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Congrats to Backupify! A Great Exit Story for the First Company I Ever Backed

This is going to be BIG.

It was written by a guy about my age down in Louisville, Kentucky. A former engineer, Rob was a great writer and a thoughtful student of management. We used to chat a fair amount via our respective blogs about management and entrepreneurship. I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004.

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Lean Startup Implementation Lessons

Startup Lessons Learned

The Lean Startup Conference was founded four years ago to bring together real entrepreneurs who have applied Lean Startup techniques and have useful advice to share with each other. and buying cheap users—plus it encompassed team structure and time management. Guest post by Lisa Regan, writer for The Lean Startup Conference.

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Resetting My Priorities

Feld Thoughts

I can’t remember the last time I threw up – and as I somehow managed to get home that day, I’m sure I looked like warmed over s**t. I get to work with incredible companies and entrepreneurs every day. I have extremely meaningful work with three partners who are my best friends. And I get to define how I spend my time.

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Ohio Innovation, Gonzeaux #3 — Avoiding a Beating in Over-the-Rhine

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

I manage to push the car over to the curb. Kudo’s to the entrepreneurs, builders, the city, and the consumers who are creating this revival. The Brandery is part of how Ohio digs out of it’s jobs hole — you train and help entrepreneurs start new businesses. It won’t start back up.

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Transcript of The Secrets to Leading Creative People

Duct Tape Marketing

John Jantsch: Leading or managing people in an organization is a tough job. So, if you have to go to work, solve problems, figure things out, if you’re an entrepreneur, if you’re a business owner, you are creative to a certain extent. Back to Podcast. Transcript. That’s just the nature of the modern workplace.