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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 2: Business Model Hypotheses

Steve Blank

Customer Segment : Owners/administrators of large green spaces (golf courses, universities, etc.) Vogt Holding), PhD Mechanical Engineering (FAU, Germany), MS Engineering (ETH Zurich, Switzerland. would buy an autonomous mower. Organic farmers would buy if the Return On Investment (ROI) is less than 1 year. Personal Libraries.

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Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouhi

SoCal CTO

I was on the way back to LA from a ski vacation in Switzerland where I decided while sliding down a glacier that if I survived I would start my own advertising agency. I started out with a handful of dimes making cold calls from a phone booth in Grand Central Station. AlwaysOn has some of the best conferences I've ever been to.

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The 12 Strangest Celebrity Businesses

YoungUpstarts

proof beverage, called Mansinthe, is produced in Switzerland and can be bought online by anyone wanting to experience the green fairy. It was banned in the U.S. until 2007, and Manson decided to jump into the newly opened market. Donald Trump’s cologne. Is there any business that the Donald doesn’t have a hand in?