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Entrepreneurs and the Wikipedia Road Map

The Startup Magazine

The first step–a conscious decision to be included and a commitment to meet the stringent quality, market and social impact standards the Wikipedia community upholds. If the volunteer community decides an organization is not yet notable, the next step is to create a media plan to boost its Wikipedia status. Dan Cook.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I originally provided pro-bono public relations services to artists and non-profits due to my love for the community and the arts. I wanted to make the community and the world aware of the talent, businesses and resources that thrive within my city. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Photo Credit: Sandeep Todi.

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[Interview] Mark C. Perna, Founder And CEO Of TFS, Cleveland, Ohio

YoungUpstarts

Our mission is to share and support every client’s passion for making a difference, and it’s thrilling to see our clients being empowered to do that every day in their communities. How do you explain the paradox of our country’s labor shortage while millions of people are unemployed?

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Starting A New Business Venture Is Not As Daunting As You Might Think

YoungUpstarts

by Tom Cleveland. Your nearby community banker is a good start. Tom Cleveland writes for BetterMerchantAccounts.com. Tired of your “6 AM to 6 PM” rut? Tired of working for an unappreciative boss that refuses to acknowledge what a gift he or she has in you? Put your “ego” aside, and have an honest debate with yourself.

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

Steve Blank

It’s home to a small but growing tech community that has been developing over the past decade, and that’s what piqued my interest. However, what I found in Bend was a deeply entrepreneurial community that is leaps and bounds beyond just a destination resort town. So I launched The Big Bend Theory with Bruce Cleveland.

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Host a Livestream of The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

For the 2010 and 2011 Lean Startup conferences , we offered the complete conference for simulcast so that people could join in from their communities around the world. These simulcasts are important community-building opportunities. (BTW, BTW, you can read more about why in Brad Feld's new book, Startup Communities.)

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The Power Of Mattering

Duct Tape Marketing

Key Takeaway: Mattering is the idea of feeling valued for who we are at our core by our families, by our friends, by our community, and also being dependent on to add meaningful value back to parents, to friends, to the community. And also being dependent on to add meaningful value back to parents, to friends, to the community.