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28 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips and Tricks of Staying Motivated

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Alexandra Caffery, Fresh nā€™ Lean ! #8- I was doing my own admin, sales and marketing while doing operations (delivering what I was selling). 15- Remind myself of how venture capitalist operate. Thanks to Sean Giovanni, The Record Shop Nashville Recording Studio ! #24- 8- Talk to people alot. 24- Two things.

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Business Model Demands Patience

The Entrepreneurial Mind

Nashville-based Aloompa is a great example of a business that's taking its time to get things right. The partners are keeping operations lean and flexible because they expect the business model to continue to evolve. Nelson said Aloompa isn't ready to hire a full-time staff and build an organization.

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Live From the StartupBus ā€“ Round 2, Part 1 ā€“ I got Scobleized ā€“ Post #5.

Up and Running

And then, when Scobleizer brought up the tricky sponsorship question, I simply passed the baton to Chris Courtney who clonked them over the head with some lean methodology, just as he did earlier that day. I finally done good. Gotta know when to pass the pill. The judges then asked me some questions about publishing. No problem.

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Episode 14: Be Your Own Boss, Restaurant Owners, and Friendliest Cities for Businesses | The Bcast

Up and Running

We’ve talked a little bit about planning, and lean management, and even some of the Kanban principles that we talked about a few episodes ago. I headhunt some of the most successful independently owned restaurant operators to kind of find out what it takes to be successful in one of the most challenging industries that exists.

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Stealth Mode, Schmealth Mode: The Real Reasons Why Startups Don't Talk

onstartups.com

23 Tweetable Insights From "The Lean Startup" (5 days ago). From Nashville to Boston: How A Startup Accelerator Changed Our Lives (1 month ago). is this company operating in "stealth" mode? Why Venture Capitalists Invest In Pigs, Not Chickens (1 week ago). 3 Quick Entrepreneurial Sales Lessons (1 week ago).

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Lessons from the Front Line of a Microfund

The Entrepreneurial Mind

One year ago today I blogged about a new microfund here in Nashville called Jumpstart Foundry. Each of the selected concepts for our first year of operating this microfund received $15,000 in equity capital and special arrangements with participating partners for marketing, accounting, legal and technology services.