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9 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Business They are Starting Next Year

Hearpreneur

I’ve been flipping homes in Louisville for the past four years now and nothing has made me really inspired by the thought of scaling my operations. Things have gotten more competitive in the real estate market but we’ve managed to perform much better this year despite the pandemic. Thanks to Lori Cheek, Cheekd ! #2-

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A Good Answer in a Business Plan Contest

Up and Running

All three of the others were strong business plans, with good product-market possibilities, strong technologies, and strong management. Tags: business pitch business plan contests pitch presentation Mosaic Genetics NanoMark Therapeutics New Venture Championship NVC University of Louisville University of Oregon. This is a true story.

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PressIt, An Easy Way To Convert Original Content Into Merchandise

YoungUpstarts

Louisville, Kentucky-based online retailer of stock and user-customized on demand products CafePress has launched PressIt , a simple and effective way for bloggers or small businesses to monetize their original images and other content, by making it simple to put them on products like t-shirts, mugs and tote bags.

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Cultivating A Culture Of Excellence From The Ground Up

YoungUpstarts

Unfortunately, too few managers are tending to the personal growth of their staff. In my first year at Ole Miss, five supervisors and I visited Vanderbuilt, University of Louisville, University of Kentucky and several other campuses. Polls show that less than one-third of employees in our country are enthusiastic about their work.

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Congrats to Backupify! A Great Exit Story for the First Company I Ever Backed

This is going to be BIG.

It was written by a guy about my age down in Louisville, Kentucky. A former engineer, Rob was a great writer and a thoughtful student of management. We used to chat a fair amount via our respective blogs about management and entrepreneurship. I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004.

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Lean Startup Implementation Lessons

Startup Lessons Learned

and buying cheap users—plus it encompassed team structure and time management. Last year we heard a variety of strategies for getting customer feedback, beginning with Tendai Charasika of Greater Louisville, Inc. Alejandro and Nikhil were listening to their customers, a theme Lean Startup constantly returns to.

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Resetting My Priorities

Feld Thoughts

I can’t remember the last time I threw up – and as I somehow managed to get home that day, I’m sure I looked like warmed over s**t. While I had a great time, ran a marathon in Detroit in the middle of it , and met a lot of awesome people, I totally shredded myself.