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Head, Heart, and Hands: 3 Essentials for Startup Success

Up and Running

Howard Schultz brought the espresso bar concept from Italy to the United States and grew Starbucks into a global phenomenon. If you have a business idea, write a quick business plan—a Lean Plan. If you’ve heard of the business model canvas idea, Lean Planning is similar but ultimately more useful.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department. Each team continues to capture its work on a Mission Model Canvas – a modified version of the Business Model Canvas that’s at the heart of the Lean Startup methodology. Christos Makridis, a Ph.D

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Hacking for Diplomacy takes the Lean Startup methodology and applies it to problems sourced from the State Department. Each team continues to capture its work on a Mission Model Canvas – a modified version of the Business Model Canvas that’s at the heart of the Lean Startup methodology. Christos Makridis, a Ph.D

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Twitter Link Roundup #80 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

The image above is a photo of Manarola, Italy – a small town in northern Italy. Lean Marketing: Five Cheap Ways To Market Your Startup – [link]. Lean Marketing: Five Cheap Ways To Market Your Startup – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! image credit: EpicV27.

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Host a Livestream of The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

This post was co-written by Eric Ries and Sarah Milstein, co-hosts of The Lean Startup Conference. For the 2010 and 2011 Lean Startup conferences , we offered the complete conference for simulcast so that people could join in from their communities around the world. These simulcasts are important community-building opportunities.

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In the Lean In Era, Business And Tech Still Fail To Promote Women; 4 Ways To Fix The Problem Now 

YoungUpstarts

Women can lean in, education can push STEM, states may enact wage gap and family leave legislation. Get a mentor, network, don’t be a “bully broad,” be strategic, lean in, lower your voice, don’t be a “queen bee,” dress conservatively, and so on. But those developments mask the more fundamental issue. Cast a wide net.

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Lean Business: Freelancers for ALL My Friends!

crowdSPRING Blog

Condottiero meant “leader of mercenaries” in Italy in the Renaissance.). Related posts: Lean Business Tips: Hiring Contractors for Fun and Profit(ability). Lean Marketing Tips: Increasing Lifetime Value With Email Campaigns. (Note: The word Freelance is derived from “Free Lance” a term for a mercenary.

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