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New York Lean Startup Week

Startup Lessons Learned

We'll have slides and video from our Lean Startup track posted soon. Don't forget to vote to help choose a Lean Startup SXSW Challenge winner. I am declaring next week to be officially Lean Startup Week in New York City. These events all have limited availability: NYC Lean Startup Circle , Thurs.

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Bigger in Bend – Building a Regional Startup Cluster–part 1 of 3

Steve Blank

When Customer Development and the Lean Startup were just a sketch on the napkin, Dino Vendetti, a VC at Bay Partners, was one of the first venture capitalists I shared my ideas with. Over the years we brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Startups in Bend. Bend Startup Ecosystem.

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28 Gifts for the Entrepreneur in Your Life

Up and Running

We’re huge fans of the lean startup methodology here at Palo Alto Software, so The Lean Startup is definitely a good place to start, as is The Art of the Start. See Also: Business Startup Tools: A Curated List of Our Favorite Tools and Resources to Build Your Company. For entrepreneurs who want to learn more.

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Dragons, Bootstrapping and Women in Tech

Up and Running

To complicate things further, your startup is also frequently a side hustle while you hold down a day job. And this isn’t just for your business, but as many startup founders know, your personal finances can matter just as much (especially if you aren’t profitable yet). How do you balance it all? Look inward.

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Optimism in the Face of Uncertainty: A Look at Small Business in 2017

Up and Running

My neighborhood of Alberta in Portland, Oregon, where small local businesses are plentiful. Keep reading for Burch’s take on the current small business climate, as well as his top recommendations for startup success. The current small business landscape. According to Burch, the horizon is sunny for small businesses. “I

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One Little Ice Cream Cart That’s About to Have Big Growth

Up and Running

Like any business startup, the Philips faced challenges; plus, the trade-off of skipping shortcuts is having a harder road. That made our first winter in the shop very lean, but we made it through,” he says. We have leaned on LivePlan since we were a cart,” Stuart explains. See Also Maternova and the Business of Saving Lives.

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How to Start a Brewery: Growing Your Own Craft Beer Business

Up and Running

No matter its size or age, every brewery was once a startup. Most small businesses and startups that are looking to grow— hire a new employee , or buy a new piece of equipment, or open a new location —need to think hard about cash flow, or making sure they have enough money in the bank to meet payroll and other financial obligations.

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