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Why Everyone Wants To Be Agile

YoungUpstarts

Many project management frameworks are rooted in agile, such as scrum, kanban, lean, and extreme programming (XP). Rob Bellenfant is a millennial entrepreneur and investor specializing in IT, sales, marketing, and talent development. He is the founder and CEO of TechnologyAdvice , a Nashville, Tenn.-based

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28 Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips and Tricks of Staying Motivated

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Alexandra Caffery, Fresh n’ Lean ! #8- I was doing my own admin, sales and marketing while doing operations (delivering what I was selling). I believe the best quality an entrepreneur can have is perseverance, whether that’s in a high-pressure sales environment, or when launching your fifth business venture.

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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. Their success with Bonnaroo led to the sale of more music festival apps. The partners are keeping operations lean and flexible because they expect the business model to continue to evolve. Be patient.

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Startup Reality Distortion #3: The Fallacy Of the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

onstartups.com

23 Tweetable Insights From "The Lean Startup" (5 days ago). 3 Quick Entrepreneurial Sales Lessons (1 week ago). From Nashville to Boston: How A Startup Accelerator Changed Our Lives (1 month ago). Why Venture Capitalists Invest In Pigs, Not Chickens (1 week ago). How To Pick The Right Idea For Your Startup (3 weeks ago).

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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. They don’t understand this concept as a sales funnel. Number six was Nashville Tennessee, great job, but you were edged out by Knoxville. Jonathan: Kanban.

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The Art of Work with Jeff Goins [VIDEO]

Up and Running

Jeff is a full-time write who lives just outside of Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, son, and Border Collie. Whether you think your craft is entrepreneurship, or in my case, it’s writing and communication, maybe it’s sales, maybe it’s making whatever widget that you make. The question is how do I get good?

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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). 3 Quick Entrepreneurial Sales Lessons (1 week ago). From Nashville to Boston: How A Startup Accelerator Changed Our Lives (1 month ago). Why Venture Capitalists Invest In Pigs, Not Chickens (1 week ago). How To Pick The Right Idea For Your Startup (3 weeks ago).

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