Steve Blank

JUNE 29, 2009

I packed up my life in Michigan and spent five days driving to California to start work. I was met by a very apologetic manager who said, “We’ve been trying to get a hold of you for the last week. The manager of the training department who hired you wasn’t authorized to do so – and he’s been fired.

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Up and Running

JULY 3, 2013

Proos Manufacturing recently announced that Amy Proos won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013 Award in Michigan & Northwest Ohio. In 2012, Proos was recognized by MiBiz as one of 50 Michigan Companies to Watch. and particularly in West Michigan. So how did Proos reach such heights of success?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2023

06:24] Some people in leadership roles may think this is a really ridiculous idea, to mix work and play to be a serious company. So you can spend less time managing software and more time on what matters your customers. Our Michigan operations weren't shut down quite as badly. Do you still get that pushback? [07:43]

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2014

For that reason, managers who relocate into a very different area should look into leadership coaching to ensure that they can interact effectively with established employees. A firm in need of a place to land for manufacturing should head directly to Michigan, where lines of applicants will be long and full of qualified people.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Each client is trained in leadership and business development through a 12-step program that involves getting started, handling inventory, salon education, recruitment, and much more. The Center for Nonprofit Management.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

With increased stock quantities, hyperactive shoppers and a surge of fulfillment needs, it can be tough to manage all the moving parts of your business. What to look for in an order management system: Low Stock Alerts. Warehouse Management. Manage as usual. Manage all your employees with great attention and leadership.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

AUGUST 30, 2019

The speakers provide three different perspectives on innovation: theory of the “how to” from Gregg Fraley, real world case studies by local manufacturer Earl Miller, and the role of innovative leadership from Sheila Matias. Based in Southwest Michigan, his clients include Sanofi, Accurate Castings, W.R. Innovation doesn’t just happen.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JANUARY 29, 2013

Benton Harbor, Michigan, have you heard of it? It’s directly across Lake Michigan from Chicago. Locals call the area Michiana, a term to describe the cachement of small and medium sized towns along the Indiana-Michigan border (Gary, Michigan City, Niles, Elkhart, South Bend, Three Oaks, New Buffalo…).

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Receive and manage newsletters. Mark Siegel, managing director at venture capital firm Menlo Ventures, which has managed more than $4 billion since 1976, said its a matter of supply and demand. Why Register?

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Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

We’ve had a little change at Brandanew , and have a new office now in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the United States. From managing a baby Startup to the most effective content marketing strategies, read through further… Say hello to the new office! I’m going to start with news that’s closest to my heart.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 10, 2016

It’s an amazing opportunity but one which requires a deft hand and leadership skills that are ready to face the challenges. We learned more about his background in business, how he approaches managing such a large operation, and his tips for growing your business the smart way. Honestly, I Lead Like The Janitor. What does that mean?

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Growthink Blog

MAY 6, 2013

Leaders like Dr. Ezat Parnia - President of Pacific Oaks - a small and fast growing Pasadena-based college that under his leadership is merging traditional offline educational values with the promise and power of online learning. And strategies that are “small,” as in what CRM, what eCommerce platform, what project management software to use?

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Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

The Rust Belt – (Skip this Section if I’m Boring You) Out of the Air Force, my first job out of school was in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the mid-1970’s installing broadband process control systems in automotive and manufacturing plants throughout the Midwest. It’s our hood alignment station,” the plant manager said proudly.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2011

The job of an entrepreneur, manager, or CEO is to say, ‘We’re taking this fork in the road, for better or worse, and it’s on my head’ He or she is the one person who makes the important decisions when it counts. Generals and general managers are a lot alike. They have to move fast. They have to think on their feet.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Sloan Foundation , the Sloan School of Management at MIT , the Sloan program at Stanford , and the Sloan/Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York. corporation, and by extension Sloan laid the foundation for America’s economic leadership in the 20th century. If you look around the United States it’s hard to avoid Sloan.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 9, 2019

He’s a bestselling author, speaker and associate professor of Leadership and Innovation at Oral Roberts University. And there’s a lot of jokes about ignoring Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast. This is John Jantsch and my guest today is David Burkus.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2017

18 South Michigan Avenue, Floor 12. Check out our latest ebook by crowdspring founder and CEO Ross Kimbarovsky titled STAND OUT: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Starting, Growing, and Managing a Successful Business. In addition to supporting local tech startups, BLUE 1647 also strives to be an education center.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

Bruno’s Barkin’ Biscuits, LLC is a small, home-based company in Michigan specializing in all-natural, preservative free, and healthy dog treats. At the same time it seemed that whenever I would have a conversation with a friend, family member, colleague, manager, executive–you name it!–about 27 – Adopted Frisco.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

We see that at every level across the organization today, Eric Ries : It's almost like some of those other top-down command and control management structures maybe aren't needed. I don't know if you know Frances, but she's just a remarkable teacher around new leadership principles. Frank Barbieri : Completely. Ryan Sarver : Yeah.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Both at improving your digital engagement and acquisition effectiveness, and at weaning your leadership away from the shiny hollow demo/psycho obsession. Make re-allocation of people/money recommendations to your leadership team. Currently my tofu ads are in heavy rotation in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Michigan.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 1, 2020

I have been working to start my own fund combining public-private funding to invest in companies" - African American Female "I am Mexican-American first generation college graduate, parents were both Mexican immigrants (mom still cleans houses for the rich from Chicago here in Michigan). They will expect nothing less of their investors.

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