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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

Minneapolis/St. Just as Silicon Valley’s roots can be traced to innovation in World War II so can Minneapolis/St. Why Minneapolis/St. Serendipity came to Minneapolis-St. Parker was a ex Naval Academy graduate and a Minneapolis businessman who owned a glider manufacturing company and was well connected in Washington.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank.

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It's time for lean philanthropy: a case study

Startup Lessons Learned

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Cars line up at a drive-thru food pantry. We’re hopeful that by sharing our story, others in the tech and philanthropic world can get some ideas for ways they can use lean principles to help their communities through this trying time.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. The Kauffman Index recently named Miami the second most entrepreneurial city in the U.S., Let’s take a look at some of the best U.S.

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: ThriftyWrench.com

crowdSPRING Blog

Car repair services can sign up to have their name available on the site. Though ThriftyWrench is only available in western Wisconsin currently, they are hoping to expand into the Minneapolis-St. We’ve spend countless hours screening and surveying repair shops in the Minneapolis-St. Until ThriftyWrench.com came along.

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Embracing Your Entrepreneurial Superpower Being Unemployable

Duct Tape Marketing

07:20] Can you name a particular instance in your career where you felt like “This is going to work, this is like what I should be doing”? [08:58] Does your superpower have a name? [10:00] I'm curious, does your superpower have a name? [04:13] Why is the book called Unemployable? [07:20] So there's that. Absolutely.

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12 Questions: Meet Tal More (USA)

crowdSPRING Blog

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. My name is Tal More. I arrived to the U.S.