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Pragmatism with Flavor

TechEmpower

As the technical partner, we want to be real partners in the business-making sure the technology helps achieve the business objectives. Our business model nudges us slightly toward the sound, safe (stodgy?) We work with clients to get them off the ground with a platform to build their business.

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A New Way to Teach Entrepreneurship – The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford: Class 1

Steve Blank

Could we even could find 40 Stanford graduate students interested in being guinea pigs for this new class? Over the quarter, teams of students would put the theory to work, using these tools to get out of the building and talk to customer/partners, etc. What if I was wrong? Would anyone even show up? to get hard-earned information.

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Here’s How Dropshipping Can Be Turned Into A Successful Venture

YoungUpstarts

After you’ve chosen a dropshipping partner, you must thoroughly go through the products they have in their inventory to offer you. As such, don’t allow yourself to be made into a guinea pig and choose wisely while selecting the supplier and its products so as to test out the products at low prices.

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What Is Your Inner Animal Spirit?

Feld Thoughts

Did you know that she loves rodents – rats, mice, capybara, guinea pigs, pika, and groundhogs. Your partner’s? I remember talking about it over a meal about 22 years ago – it was shortly after we started going out. That night I learned about all of her favorite animals. ” (she just did that). I love bears.

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Techstars and The Nature Conservancy

Feld Thoughts

So has my partner Seth and his wife Greeley, who is currently a trustee on the TNC Colorado board. Amy went to Tanzania and Kenya in 2009 with TNC to increase capacity of TNC non-profit partners. We also support TNC’s work with indigenous women environmental community leaders in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.

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6 Creative Ways to Figure Out If You’ve Got a Good Business Idea

Up and Running

Be your own guinea pig. Some business ideas require a human guinea pig or person willing to volunteer to use the product or perform the service. Who better than yourself to see if your idea works? “I kept my ‘day job’ and worked lost pet cases on the weekends and evenings.

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13 Not-So-Obvious Ways You’re Bombing Your Investor Interview (Do This Instead)

Austin Startup

You assume the decision-maker is the Managing Partner, because they’re the boss. As Sputnik ATX Partner, Joe Merrill says, perfection is the enemy of execution. Similarly, you should learn from the guinea pigs in your space. How do you know, and what are their incentives to buy? You should be able to answer these questions.

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