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Why the Future of Tesla May Depend on Knowing What Happened to Billy Durant

Steve Blank

When Sloan arrived at GM in 1920 he realized that the traditional centralized management structures organized by function (sales, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing) were a poor fit for managing GM’s diverse product lines. Durant died managing a bowling alley in Flint, Michigan, in 1947. The company closed in 1931.

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[Review] Customer Sense

YoungUpstarts

Enter “ Customer Sense: How the 5 Senses Influence Buying Behavior “ by University of Michigan professor Aradhna Krishna. Also known as haptics, one’s sense of touch is distributed across one’s skin and mouth (via the cutaneous system) unlike other more focused senses.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

An excellent example of a social enterprise is The Empowerment Plan —an organization that hires people currently living in homeless shelters to create a combination winter coat, sleeping bag, and over-the-shoulder bag, which is then distributed to the homeless of Detroit free of charge. B corp, or Benefit Corporation.

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From apathy to action: Transforming volunteer boards through tech empowerment

Board Effect

For example, Starfish Family Services, a Michigan social service agency, has a 21-member board. Efficiency By automating administrative tasks such as meeting scheduling, agenda preparation and document distribution, technology saves time and resources for both board members and administrative staff.

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Why the Browser Matters

Ben's Blog

After Mosaic, even Marc and his co-founder Jim Clark originally planned a business for video distribution to run on top of the proprietary Information Super Highway , not the Internet. It’s difficult to overstate the momentum that the proprietary Information Super Highway carried. Now Tim aims to do the same thing with the browser.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 2: Business Model Hypotheses

Steve Blank

what distribution channel? Fred Ford (MSME, Mar 2011) Senior Eng for Mechanical Systems on Military Satellites, BS Aerospace Eng (U of Michigan). what’s the product? Come up with ways to test each of the 9 business model canvas hypotheses. Decide what constitutes a pass/fail signal for the test. in Control Systems.

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Meet Arbor Brewing Company: How Do You Grow A Local Business Brand?

Brandanew

Arbor brewing company was set up in the summer of 1995 in Ann Arbor, Michigan by the husband-wife duo of Matt and Rene Greff. It is the first brewpub set up in Ann Arbor and the fifth in Michigan. But our partner, Gaurav was from U of M (University of Michigan) and had spent a lot of time at the Brewpub. It’s what we like.

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