YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2013

A startup may spark from a simple idea and quickly grow in momentum due to the ease of launching a product or service. The startup also gains the benefit of not subscribing to traditional business structures. The following are five different locations that are ideal for young startups: 1. New York City.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

He wanted to bring the same level of technology focus and energy that Mayor Bloomberg had brought to New York City. We not only helped launch the space industry (rockets that put a man on the moon were designed here at JPL, which is why our biggest tech startup employer now is SpaceX!)

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Steve Blank

JULY 8, 2014

My roommate, Glen, would become my best friend in Florida and Thailand as we were sent to different air bases in Southeast Asia. I didn’t, growing up in a New York City apartment that seemed more like an outpatient clinic. If there’s no funding for startups in your community - get up and move to where it is.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2016

I grew up in New York in a single-parent household that teetered on the bottom end of lower middle-class in what today we’d call “working class.”. Most of my classmates who opted for college went to the local colleges or New York State University schools. Here’s how my story unfolded. Limited Horizons.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2016

I grew up in New York in a single-parent household that teetered on the bottom end of lower middle-class in what today we’d call “working class.”. Most of my classmates who opted for college went to the local colleges or New York State University schools. Here’s how my story unfolded. Limited Horizons.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 18, 2010

I had never been outside of New York so to me Michigan seemed like a foreign country. He was equally curious about someone who grew up in New York. When I got back from Thailand the war was winding down and Michael was now in the University of Michigan Law School (having finished his undergrad degree in 3-years.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 6, 2012

Happy New Year! Four months ago, T he Lean Startup debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list. On Monday, I’m taking The Lean Startup across the pond to the UK to launch the first international edition. The Lean Startup is a new approach to business that's being adopted around the world.

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