Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2009

Since it was the military and I was a lowly airman (I was outranked by the rest of the entire air force), the answer I got was, “Don’t you know there’s a war on? Shut up and keep fixing that equipment.”

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Steve Blank

MAY 13, 2009

Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi Mississippi was the Training Center responsible for teaching 10’s of thousands of students a year how to repair radar, communications, and electronics. While the sharp end of the stick were the pilot and/or crew, each of these systems required a cadre of technicians to maintain and repair the equipment.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 28, 2009

Stay Hungry, Stay Curious When these bombers got their first modern Electronic Countermeasures suite (the ALQ-117 with automatic wide-band receivers and jammers), I got sent back to school for three months (to scenic Biloxi Mississippi again) to learn how to repair it.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) help entrepreneurs start and grow their small businesses through professional, confidential advising, as well as classes and workshops. . Sometimes entrepreneurs feel intimidated because SBDCs are often located on college campuses. What is a Small Business Development Center (SBDC)?

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MARCH 18, 2014

Sometimes they get invented by young, brilliant people who might be one generation removed from the third world (or Mississippi). Because sometimes the most incredible innovations, start-ups, don’t get invented by already-middle-class people. People who are a bit hungry for success.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

JUNE 7, 2012

Today I learned from Steven Nalley at the Starkville Daily New that some Mississippi State students have pushed into the breathalyzer market and have done well with their idea ( Night and Day Vending ) on the business plan circuit. Last night, there was a competition in bowling with a lot of student entrepreneurs, and he came in second.”.

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Small Business Force

APRIL 13, 2014

Becoming an entrepreneur has never been easier. To help you, here are some indicators that you might have a real problem succeeding as an entrepreneur. To be an entrepreneur, you have to able to fly out of bed in the morning and get yourself motivated to create and build your business. Be honest with yourself.

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Steve Blank

JULY 19, 2017

Soldier, Scholar, Entrepreneur. Ironically, I was first introduced to Joe not at Stanford but through one of his other lives – that of an entrepreneur and businessman – at the company he founded, BMNT Partners. Joe Felter was just appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 8, 2021

And most importantly for us as investors, SilviaTerra is founded by mission-driven entrepreneurs. He received forestry training at Mississippi State and a graduate degree at the Yale School of Forestry. The story starts with CEO Zack Parisa who grew up in the woods of northern Alabama.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

The 2000 collapse followed a period of manic investing when entrepreneurs with off-the-wall ideas and ridiculous or nonexistent business plans sought and received funding from ill-informed investors blinded by the magical aura of the Internet or just simple greed. A Variation on the First Dot-Bomb?

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