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JANUARY 5, 2015

We’ve preached and practiced the lean approach to business and, while I still strongly believe in it, I have come to the conclusion that we haven’t done a good job connecting with and engaging our customers. ” Photo, Wikimedia Commons: Mount Hood reflected in Mirror Lake, Oregon.

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JULY 18, 2013

My advice for you, with the web being so oversaturated (and consumers being over stimulated), is to think like you are Google’s famous ultra-lean homepage: if you only had to pick a handful of things, what the priority? Andy Hayes is a creative web producer based in sunny Portland, Oregon.

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JULY 16, 2015

Beginning as a small red cart in Eugene, Oregon, today Red Wagon Creamery has a downtown storefront, local retail distribution, and online ordering. We wanted ice cream that we make from scratch,” Emily says, “to showcase local, Oregon dairy, and using local, seasonal fruit, berries, and produce.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

I know that this all seems obvious now with the movements started by Steven Blank ( Four Steps of Epiphany ) with the whole Customer Development processes / Lean Startup movements also popularized by people like Eric Ries. And he gave them all early access to our prototypes for reaction. Back then it seemed foreign.

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MARCH 30, 2015

I view pitches regularly as a member of an angel investment group in Oregon, and as a judge for three intercollegiate and international business plan contests. My latest book, “Lean Business Planning” has a chapter on these pitches, which is also on the website as “Your Business Pitch.”

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MARCH 13, 2019

There are no good Chinese restaurants in Eugene, Oregon.”. You can also create a Lean Plan which is a great hand-out if you are giving an elevator speech and also a good solution for sending a pitch via email. Check out our Lean Plan template if that sounds like the right solution for you.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

For instance, America’s SBDC Oregon offers a variety of services for entrepreneurs, like access to Market Research Institute data, and business advising for veterans through its Veterans Mean Business program. SBDC advisors can help brainstorm strategies and address problem areas, like how to lean up your manufacturing processes.

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JULY 17, 2017

My neighborhood of Alberta in Portland, Oregon, where small local businesses are plentiful. If you’re looking for more resources on how to get started with your business plan, our business planning guide is a good starting point, as is our introduction to Lean Planning. Or, you can check out our library of sample business plans.

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MAY 31, 2016

He started from his dorm room at the University of Oregon in 1996; he sold his company, Rumblefish.com, for $27 million in 2015. These days I suggest the concept of the lean business plan, mostly just bullet points, lists, and tables, which you do for yourself only. Eventually, you settle in on how you hope to make money.

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JANUARY 22, 2015

In the last year alone, several have opened across the United States, with cafes in New York City, Oakland, California, and soon, Portland Oregon. Starting a Business cat cafe lean planning' However, the interest in cat cafes stateside is certainly growing. An entrepreneurial epiphany. Let us know in the comments below, or on Twitter!

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JULY 3, 2015

Check out Tim Berry’s book, Lean Business Planning , coming soon. Well that’s where the lean planning comes in. Well that’s where the lean planning comes in. That’s where maybe the lean startup mode comes in. Read also: Should You Stick to the Plan or Change It? – (9:47). Jonathan: Right.

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JULY 14, 2015

Peter: Well, fortunately I know how to pronounce his name because I felt and that was some of his incubator work but Joe is a local entrepreneurial champion here in Oregon. Here in Oregon, we’ve got some in Portland that are really great and then this article talks about some here in Eugene, Oregon which are doing well but fairly new.

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MARCH 15, 2016

If you’re not seeking bank or investor funding, you can probably get away with a lean business plan. In addition, the licensing you’ll need will vary by state; in Oregon, for instance, as there is no sales tax, business licenses serve as a substitute for a sales tax ID.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Human Resources and Conflict Resolution (22:32): Read more: Oregon’s New Sick Leave Law. Peter: I’m feeling agile, I’m feeling lean, nice and spry. Jonathan: I don’t know about the agility thing, but you’re looking lean. How do you keep it lean? Trevor’s recommended HR tool: Zenefits.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2009

Alaska , Wyoming , Colorado , Washington , Oregon, Maine.) Eric Ries’s astute observations about engineering and Lean Startups make the same point. We would take at least a 3-week vacation every summer. Since my wife and I liked to hike we’d explore national parks around the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

For example, Oregon State University Extension has a “Small Farms” portal where you can find out more about crops, grains, soil, livestock, and much more. If you’re based in Oregon and want to know more about growing blackberries, you couldn’t find a better resource. The best part of these portals is their local bent.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Harley Goes Lean to Build Hogs. Subscriber Content Read Preview. Pension Crisis Looms Despite Cuts. Subscriber Content Read Preview. Firms Miss Out on Jobs Push. Subscriber Content Read Preview. Most Popular. Commented. Family Protests CNN Use of Slain Envoys Journal. How to Stop Hospitals From Killing Us. Massachusetts. Mississippi.

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MARCH 11, 2015

The opportunity when I got to pitch on stage in front of 400 angel investors was for the largest angel investor conference in the Pacific northwest called Angel Oregon, and we competed with 60 other companies. I have some entrepreneurs who are in Gaza, who are in Cairo, who are in New Jersey, and I’m in Oregon.

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

With the help of my friend Jeff, from the University of Oregon, I’ve been looking at academic research on business planning—the actual science around planning and how it impacts both startups and existing businesses. I recommend starting with a Lean Plan. University of Oregon. Action: Know your business inside and out.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 24, 2014

Dino Vendetti a VC at Bay Partners, moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Over the years Dino and I brainstormed about how Lean entrepreneurship would affect regional development. Part 1: Bend, Oregon Ecosystem and Entrepreneurs. Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds.

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MARCH 9, 2015

Over the past few months, with the help of my friend Jeff, from the University of Oregon, I’ve been looking at academic research on business planning—the actual science around planning and how it impacts both startups and existing businesses. See Also Introducing Lean Planning: How to Plan Less and Grow Faster. University of Oregon.

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