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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. Dino and I kept in touch as he moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Here’s Part 1 of Dino’s story….

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SWOT Analysis Examples

Up and Running

Even if you already know what a SWOT analysis is and what it’s used for, it can be tough to translate that information and examine your own business with a critical eye. Reading an example SWOT analysis for a business that is either in your industry or based on a comparable business model can help get you started.

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How to Write a Business Plan for an Outpatient Medical Practice

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Financial summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Think of the next few sections of your plan as the overarching description of your practice’s business opportunity. Then you’ll think through your ideal customer , your competition , and your opportunities for growth.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Also make sure that you’re communicating well with any web developers or designers you hire. One of the biggest keys to getting great work is being a great client.

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Start With a Strong Team. (Or Not at All)

Gust

Picture a meeting room with a lot of windows, early evening, early Spring, the Oregon landscape darkening outside. We now know that this ‘build it and they will come” is a prayer rather than a business strategy. An entrepreneur has just finished his pitch. You need a combination of skills. What skills?

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2019

Hearpreneur

The mission of the MOB is to connect mothers who own businesses to resources, connections, and referrals and MOBCON did that and so much more! Although we started in Portland, Oregon, we now have members in every state with many meetup launches planned for 2020.We’re I’m also proud of the national growth of the MOB.

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The 7 key components of a perfect elevator pitch

Up and Running

If your product or service doesn’t solve a problem that potential customers have, you don’t have a viable business. That’s great if you are tackling such a problem, but for most businesses, that’s not the reality. As long as you, as an entrepreneur, are solving a problem that customers have, you can build a business.