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How to Manage Supply Chain Planning Like a Pro

YoungUpstarts

Transportation partners play an enormous role in the supply chain as they bring products into distribution centers and sometimes directly to customers. Develop Relationships with Supply Chain Partners. Develop relationships with each of your supply chain partners and make communication a top priority.

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Burnout « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

I had resolved to get myself back by taking a 2 week-long vacation at a Zen center in Los Angeles. Lessons Learned No one will tell you to work fewer hours You need to be responsible for your own health and happiness Burnout sneaks up on you Burnout is self-induced. You created it and own it. while doing 2 jobs. Keep it coming.

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Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder

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After quitting my job and starting Sorced , I spent a few months validating my business concept by creating the product mockups and doing customer development. Los Angeles, CA. The Alchemist Series: Customer Development and Metrics. Tweet By Elizabeth Knopf (Co-Founder & CEO, Sorced). Santa Clara, CA.

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Lean Startup Machine Boulder

Feld Thoughts

What I saw yesterday is further evidence of this – 13 teams spent from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon using the Lean Startup Methodology, the concept of customer development, and the lean startup canvas to go from idea through a series of validated learnings to get to a better idea.

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Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more)

Startup Lessons Learned

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R. ► May (3) Thank you Philosophy Helps Start-Ups Move Faster (WSJ on the.

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Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, and more

Startup Lessons Learned

For example, heres the video of my talk last month at Twiistup in Los Angeles (slides are posted here ): I try to post event-related updates to Twitter , but if you want to subscribe to my event-specific plans directly, Im trying Plancast (a new startup founded by a friend).

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Engineering a Regional Tech Cluster-part 3 of 3 of Bigger in Bend

Steve Blank

Bend’s economic development agency ( EDCO ) has worked very hard to establish direct flights to major West Coast cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, and Denver. Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Science and Industrial Policy , Venture Capital.

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