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25 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

Business owners and founders work long hours, wear several hats, and have high expectations for their performances. For Greenback, this means working remotely, cutting back on meetings, and building strong systems that reduce the need for management oversight. Photo credit: Jenna Green. Thanks to Jenna Green, Moscow Muled ! #9-

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Smooth-Stone Changes Name to Calxeda; Adds Hires

Austin Startup

Calxeda is on track with its business and ARM-based product development plans, moving toward providing first samples of its industry-changing technologies in 2011. The new name, Calxeda , pronounced “Cal-zeh-dah,” is a derivative of the Latin for “Smooth-Stone.”

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Three Customer Discovery Tips For Building An Innovative Company

YoungUpstarts

by Joanna Malaczynski, founder of DESi. Before you do anything else, you need to take time to understand the needs and expectations of your customers on an ongoing basis as you develop your product and business. Pete Girard, Co-Founder of Toxnot, can attest to the importance of this.

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Why I left Wall Street to figure it out.

Austin Startup

The startup was launching its product there, and as part of the promotion plan, we were to go into bars in the evenings and sign people up to use their service. The manager of the promotion knew me from having worked on another promotion at the previous year’s SXSW festival for State Farm, and she liked my work. How did I get the gig?

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

So what does CTO mean, besides just "technical founder who really cant manage anyone?" I always assumed I wouldnt manage anybody. Being a manager didnt sound fun - deep down, who really wants to be held accountable for other peoples actions? So I wound up learning the discipline of managing other people.

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2017

Hearpreneur

We managed to automate 25% of our bookings and achieved higher ratings than before. This past year was not without its challenges, between product development, production and gaining publicity, but receiving national coverage and hearing just how much our customers believe in our message has made the journey all the more worthwhile.

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Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, September 19, 2009 Support the Startup Founders Visa with a tweet Its been an exhilarating first day here in Washington DC for the Geeks on a Plane tour. We can remedy it by creating a special visa for startup founders. I think the benefits are a no-brainer. 2gov.org will take care of the rest.