Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

I know that this all seems obvious now with the movements started by Steven Blank ( Four Steps of Epiphany ) with the whole Customer Development processes / Lean Startup movements also popularized by people like Eric Ries. But I believe that it creates an authentic relationship with your community. Back then it seemed foreign.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

Building relationships with vendors and the local community. About the plan: Located in Medford, Oregon, Martin Cove Brewing Company has been a successful microbrewery for the past three years. With this money, they plan to expand its distribution to selected metro areas within the state of Oregon. Finding a brewery location.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

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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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Botanical Bounty is an Oregon-based perennial farm that grows a variety of botanical, medicinal plants. A weakness that may deter investors is NovOculi’s lack of relationship with the medical device distribution community. Example SWOT analysis: Botanical Bounty. About the company. Customer testimonials. Sales channel relationships.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

A Lean Business Plan might be a better fit if you simply need to think through all the different aspects of your business. A Lean Plan will be shorter, and it lends itself to quick revisions, but both types follow the same general outline. They tend to be lengthier and more detailed.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 18, 2013

However, I’ve noticed as the design community has leaped from font to font, color to color, designs are converging on a theme of minimalism. Andy Hayes is a creative web producer based in sunny Portland, Oregon. Just like in fashion, web designers tend to go through a lot of fads – specifically color schemes and font choices.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2009

Alaska , Wyoming , Colorado , Washington , Oregon, Maine.) Eric Ries’s astute observations about engineering and Lean Startups make the same point. Thanks for being such a great thinker and advisor to the startup community! We would take at least a 3-week vacation every summer. Now I know what to do.:)

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