Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Minneapolis/St. Just as Silicon Valley’s roots can be traced to innovation in World War II so can Minneapolis/St. Why Minneapolis/St. While it seemed like a good idea and had the Navy’s backing, the founders got turned down for funding by companies, investment bankers and everyone, until they talked to John Parker.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 20, 2020

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Cars line up at a drive-thru food pantry. How HelpKitchen began The idea for HelpKitchen began with a conversation between Eric Ries and Jeff (founder and CEO of Twilio) and Erica Lawson. Fortunately for all of the founders’ romantic relationships, we automated this in just a few weeks.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2020

George Floyd: In Minneapolis, George Floyd was held to the ground by a police officer kneeling on his neck during an arrest. Our store and HR teams are working with all of our displaced team members, including the more than 200 team members from our Lake Street store in Minneapolis. She responded by threatening to call the police."I'm

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2014

Kathryn has been the founding VP of Marketing of Oracle , a successful recruiter, a world class Venture Capitalist, a co-founder of a Venture Capital firm, a great board member, one of my mentors and most importantly a wonderful friend. Or one of the first women co-founders of a VC firm – “I co-founded a great firm.”

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Up and Running

JANUARY 6, 2015

Jo Clarkson, UK Operations Director for The Alternative Board has made that his top resolution for 2015. Elisabeth Santana, co-founder and CEO of a floral design company in Manhattan called e.j. Their resolutions are pictured above, and clearly they plan on some serious growth for 2015. In 2015…Give back.

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