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Lean Business: Save Money, Save the Environment

crowdSPRING Blog

Driving to Bloomington a few weeks ago on my way to the older son’s graduation from IU, I was struck as I always am by the sight of a massive windfarm along I65 in central Indiana. Working from home can not only lead to productivity gains and improve employee retention rates , but it can also be a significant way to save energy.

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Lean Business: Save Money, Save the Environment

crowdSPRING Blog

Driving to Bloomington a few weeks ago on my way to the older son’s graduation from IU, I was struck as I always am by the sight of a massive windfarm along I65 in central Indiana. Working from home can not only lead to productivity gains and improve employee retention rates , but it can also be a significant way to save energy.

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How to Build a Startup Team

techcocktail.com

But while you are small and lean, take advantage of everyone skills; if someone on your team is a great writer, have them take charge of your press releases and marketing content. be the manager and product developer). Developer – Most likely your product requires some engineering.

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Startup Visa update

Startup Lessons Learned

He gave me the opportunity to answer questions about our proposal, and share the stories of immigrant entrepreneurs who are creating job all over America, including the Senators home state of Indiana. You can judge for yourself if we lived up to that promise: Lean Startup SmackDown from Frank Gruber on Vimeo. Expo SF (May.

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Out of the Crisis #2: Mark Cuban on putting people first, the Dallas Mavericks, and what we'll want on the other side

Startup Lessons Learned

16:25) Be aware of what's happening in the marketing of your products, learn everything you can about what's going on in your industry to set your company up for the future. (18:56) 47:20) Mark's predictions for how business and society are going to change, the products we'll need and the opportunities that will come out of those needs. (48:11)

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Remote Work, Not Taxes, Threatens Cities: Why That Threat has Peaked but Others Remain

This is going to be BIG.

It’s not like you can choose between a fully detached house in Manhattan versus one in Indiana. Many companies found that their employees worked just as productively at home—especially for those who had any childcare needs taken care of—and they’re happier not having a commute. New York City should be leaning into that.

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The bar is higher

This is going to be BIG.

You can outsource your development to India, the Ukraine, Buenas Aires, or even Indiana. That's right--Indiana. Did you not understand your customer's pain point well enough in your lean startup process? Don't want to learn code? There are incubators to help you out on the financing side, too. Why isn't it growing its own yet?

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