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A/B testing

Acceleration Partners

accounting spreadsheet

acquisitions

activation style

active listening

Adidas

administrative startup process

advertising

Advice Interactive Group

advisors, personal team of

affinity groups

Aikido selling

Airbnb

Alba, Jessica

alliances

alternative channel strategy

alternative funding sources

Alton, Larry

Altucher, James

Amazon

Anderson, James Twiford

angel investors

AngelList

Angelou, Maya

anticipating customer’s needs

AOL-Time Warner deal

Apelian, Minas

Apple

growth strategies of

innovation at

Jobs’ work at

shelf-life of products made by

user-friendly products of

Argo AI

Arnof-Fenn, Paige

Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College

asset-based lending

Atlassian Confluence

audience, understanding your

backward growth strategy

Baggott, Chris

Banfi Wines

bank accounts

bank loans

Bare Bones Biz

Bariso, Justin

Basecamp

Battery Ventures

B corporations

Bed, Bath & Beyond

benefit corporations

Ben & Jerry’s

Bento Boxes

Berry, Tim

Bezos, Jeff

Biz2Credit

B Lab

Blakely, Sara

Blank, Steve

Blockbuster

Blue Jeans

Bluestein, Adam

Blumenthal, Neil

BMW

body language

Bonobos

bookkeeping

bootstrapping

Boston Beer Co.

Box

Bplans.com

Bradberry, Travis

branding

Branson, Richard

The Breakthrough Company (Keith McFarland)

Brilliant Mistakes (Paul Schoemaker)

Brin, Sergey

Brodsky, Norm

Brown, Paul B.

Buchanan, Leigh

budgeting for innovation

Buffett, Warren

business bank account

business focus

business ideas

case studies of

and competitive advantage

and entrepreneurial mindset

evolution of

and fear of failure

getting feedback on

lack of

of Rent the Runway

sources of

summarizing

taking action on

and target market information

and vision

of Warby Parker

from your areas of interest

business license

business lines of credit

business offering

business plan

case for not writing a

components of

informal

for Lean Startup method

need for

writing a

Business Plan Infographic PowerPoint

Business Without the Bullsh*t (Geoffrey James)

Butterfield, Stewart

BuyAds.com

buying habits

BuySellAds.com

Campaign Monitor

Canaan Partners

Cash

cash flow, tracking

C corporations

CDC/504 loans

CEO to CEO

certificate of resale

Chally Worldwide

charisma

Chase, Adam

Chase, Kit

Chicos

CircleUp

CIT

Clarkin, John E.

Clarksville Natural Grocery

ClassPass

coffee industry

cold calling

Coleman, Bernadette

Coleman, Tom

collateral

Commercial Finance Association

communication, see effective communication

Company of the Year

company overview

Compendium

competition

competitive advantage

identifying your

strategies for achieving

of Warby Parker

Competitive Strategy (Michael E. Porter)

computer vision industry

construction management

content marketing

Content Marketing Institute

Coors

Costco

costs

of products

for startups

creative thinking

credit cards

criticism

CRM (customer relationship management)

crowdfunding

Cuban, Mark

Cuddy, Amy

customer familiarity

in anticipating customers’ needs

improving your

Steve Jobs on

at Starbucks

customer relationship management (CRM)

customers

attracting

bargaining power of

in lean startup method

Dahl, Darren

decision making

Decision Strategies International Inc.

decisiveness

Deeds, David

delegation

Dembling, Sophia

demographics

Department of Commerce

DesMarais, Christina

determination

differentiation

Digital Content Next

DigitalOcean

direction

diversification

Doblin

Dollar Shave Club

Domino’s Pizza

Don’t File a Patent! (John D. Smith)

Dropbox

Drummey, Corbett

Drybar

Dubin, Michael

Dweck, Carol

Economy, Peter

effective communication

and body language mistakes

strategies for

80/20 rule

EIN (Employer Identification Number)

elevator pitch

emails

Emaze

emotional connection

emotional intelligence

developing your

and IQ

Emotional Intelligence 2.0 (Travis Bradberry)

Emotional Intelligence (Daniel Goleman)

emotions

Employer Identification Number (EIN)

energy

Enshored

entrepreneurial mindset

Entrepreneurial StrengthsFinder

Entrepreneur of the Decade

An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Certified B Corporations and Benefit Corporations (Yale Center for Business and the Environment and Patagonia)

entrepreneurship

The Entrepreneur’s Path (Tom Walker)

EQ, Applied (Justin Bariso)

equity crowdfunding

equity financing

ethnographics

evolution of ideas

ExactTarget

execution

executive summary

export strategy

Express Employment Professionals

Express Personnel

Extreme Leadership Institute

extroversion

Facebook

advertising on

boosting posts on

business idea for

crowdsourcing with

networking through

Oculus acquired by

time spent on

factoring

Factors Chain International

failure

family, funding from

Farber, Barry

Farber, Steve

Fastenal

fear of failure

feedback

on emotional intelligence

on ideas for startup

in lean startup method

Feldman, Mike

financial commitments, avoiding

financial overview

financial projections

Finkel, David

five forces

FiveStars

Fleiss, Jennifer

focus

focus groups

follow up

Ford

Forleo, Marie

forward growth strategy

Founder Collective

Fried, Jason

friends, funding from

Fundera

funding

alternative sources of

from bank loans

and bootstrapping

and business plan

calculating need for

from crowdfunding

from friends and family

from professional investors

and startup costs

from your own assets

Gallup

Gandhi, Ravin

GE, see General Electric

Geckoboard

The Geek Gap (Minda Zeltin)

General Electric (GE)

generosity

Gilboa, Dave

Glazer, Robert

Glitch

GMM Nonstick Coatings

Goetz, Thomas

Golden Seeds

Goleman, Daniel

Google

Google AdWords

Google Docs

Google Trends

Gorlin, Marc

Grant, Adam

GraphicRiver.net

groups, speaking to

Grove, Andy

growth strategy(-ies)

and delegation

diversification as

for going global

integrative

intensive

of MM.LaFleur

of 99 Designs

risk management in

Gschwandtner, Gerhard

Haden, Jeff

on administrative process for startups

on charisma

on sales skills

on talent development

Hall, John

Happy Accidents (Morton Meyers)

Hardy, Renee Lawson

hashtags

Hastings, Reed

Heller, Robert

Herman Miller

Ho, Victor

Hoberman, Lori

Hoberman Law Group

home equity line of credit

home equity loans

Honest Co.

horizontal growth strategy How to Delegate (Robert Heller)

HubSpot

Hunt, Andy

Hyman, Jennifer

IBM

Ibrahim, Maha

Iconeme

IdeaExchange

ideas, see business ideas

Inc. 500

Inc.

independent sales reps

Indiegogo

industries

country-specific associations of

five forces shaping

identifying and evolving with trends in

offering opportunities

industry events, as research venue

Influence & Co

influencers

informal business plan

Information Technology Services Marketing Association

innovation

at Box

and constant development of new products

debunking myth of

at Lego

Instagram

integrative growth strategies

Intel

intelligence (IQ), see also emotional

intelligence intensive growth strategies

intent, in speaking

internal sales reps

international expansion

introversion The Introvert’s Way (Sophia Dembling)

Intuit

Investors’ Circle

IQ (intelligence), see also emotional intelligence

Jackson, Ian

James, Geoffrey

jargon

J.C. Penney

Jim Moran Institute for Global

Entrepreneurship, Florida State

University

Jobs, Steve

Johansson, Anna

John, Daymond

Kabbage

Kadakia, Payal

Kadansky, Connie

Kassar, Ami

Keeley, Larry

Kerpen, Dave

key performance indicators (KPIs)

Kickstarter

Kim, Larry

Koch, Jim

KPIs (key performance indicators)

Kruse, Kevin

Kumar, Suresh

LaFleur, Sarah

Lagorio-Chafkin, Christine

Lamson, Melissa

Lancer & Loader Group

leaders

charisma of

decisiveness of

effective communication by

generosity of

productivity of

self-awareness of

leadership style

Lean Canvas

Leanstack.com

The Lean Startup (Eric Ries)

lean startup method

Learnvest

legal advice

legal structure of the business

LegalZoom.com

Lego

Lendio

Levie, Aaron

Levine, Jonathan

liability

Lighter Capital

Likeable Local

limited liability company (LLC)

lines of credit

LinkedIn

listening

LivePlan

LLC (limited liability company)

Llewellyn, Patrick

loan brokers

localization

Luxottica

Mackay, Harvey

Mackay Envelope Company

Mackay Mitchell Envelope Company

Mackey, John

Maheras, Bill

MailChimp

Manafy, Michelle

management team

Manufacturers’ Agents National

Association

Mariani-May, Cristina

Marie Forleo International

market(s)

current opportunities in

monitoring

overseas

target

market development

marketing

conducting research for

by DigitalOcean

techniques for

through social media

marketing and sales strategy

marketing plan and analysis

market penetration

market research

Markowitz, Eric

Mattel

Mavens & Moguls

McFarland, Keith

McFarland Partners

meditation training

meetings, avoiding

Mercedes-Benz

Meyer, Marc

Meyers, Morton

microloans

Microsoft

Miller, Shannon

mindfulness training

mindset

minimum viable product (MVP)

Minshew, Kathryn

Mint.com

mission statement

mistakes

MM.LaFleur

mobility tech

Mobley, Clayton

ModCloth

morning routine

Moz

MultiFunding

The Muse

Musk, Elon

MVP (minimum viable product)

Mycoskie, Blake

Nagji, Bansi

NAICS (North American Industry Classification System)

name of business

Netflix

networking

Neves, Antonio

new entrants

new products

New York Angels

NeXT Inc.

Nike

99 Designs

Nolo.com

nonbank loans/advances

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

North American Merchant Advance Association

Northwestern Mutual

notebook, using

Oculus

Olivia’s Market

O’Malley, Brian

Onassis, Aristotle

On Deck Capital

Oracle

Osteryoung, Jerry

overseas markets

Page, Larry

pain points

Paley, Eric

Palo Alto Software

Parsons, Natan

partnerships

Patagonia

Patel, Sujan

patents

Patzer, Aaron

“the pause”

Paychex

PayPal

Penney, James Cash

permits

persistence

personal assets

perspective gap

pet care industry

Pinson, Linda

Pinterest

pitch deck

pivot

Plank, Kevin

Polaris

Popular Pays

Porter, Michael E.

positioning

Power, Rhett

praise

pricing model

problems, as business ideas

procrastination

Procter & Gamble

product development

productivity habits

professional investors

Pruitt, Jeff

psychographics

Quittner, Jeremy

Raider, Jeff

Red Mango

referrals

relationship-building

Rent the Runway

RepHunter.net

RepRight.com

retail technology, brick-and-mortar

retirement savings

reviews, online

revolving credit

Rev 1 Ventures

Ries, Eric

risk management

risk-taking

Robbins, Tony

Robinson, Ryan

Robison Oil

Rohr, Ellen

Ronick, David

Rosenthal & Rosenthal

Safer Way Natural Foods

Saint Gobain

sales

at Dollar Shave Club

and finding independent sales reps

at FiveStars

and hiring internal sales reps

powerful techniques for

tips for success in

Sales Call Reluctance

Salesforce

sales reps

Samsung

Sandberg, Sheryl

Sanders Dry Cleaning

saying “no”

Schoemaker, Paul

Schrage, Michael

Schultz, Howard

scope

S corporations

search engine optimization (SEO)

Search Engine Watch

Sears

selective hearing

self-awareness

self-importance

seller’s permit

SEO (search engine optimization)

7(a) loans

sharing startup ideas

Sher, Robert

Short, Dan

shyness

Silicon Valley

Simplified Leasing

Singer, Dan

Skiles, Mark

Slack

Small Business Administration

Small Business Administration loans

Smartling

Smith, John D.

Snapchat

social media

social media marketing

Social Security number

soft skills

sole proprietorships

South by Southwest

Spanx

Spartan Value Investors

Spears, Britney

Spinelli, Stephen

Square

Stanley, Mike

Starbucks

Startup Pitch

Startup Professionals

Startup X–Perfect Pitch Deck

Stevens, Howard

Stone, Biz

strategy and implementation

Student magazine

substitute products/services

suppliers, bargaining power of

SurveyMonkey

synthetic biology industry

Tabaka, Marla

TalentSmart

talking so people will listen

Tallwave

target market information

taxes

tea industry

Ten Types of Innovation (Larry Keeley)

term sheets (for VC)

Tesla

Thompson, Sonia

time required for starting a business

TinySpeck

TOMS

T1Visions

“touch it once”

Touchsuite

Toyota

TradePort.org

Trafalgarssquare.com

Tredgold, Gordon

Trello

Triton Financial Solutions

Tuff, Geoff

Twist Bioscience

Twitter

Uber

Under Armour

Unilever

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)

value, believing in

value propositions

venture capitalists (VCs)

VIA

Virgin Brides

Virgin Cars

Virgin Cola

Virgin Group

Virgin Pulse

Virgin Records

VirginStudent.com

vision, see also business ideas

VisionSpring

von Tobel, Alexa

Wainer, Mitch

Walker, Tom

Walmart

Warby Parker

warnings, listening to

Wasserman, Elizabeth

Webb, Alli

Web Profits

website, for global business

Welch, Jack

Weller, Craig

Wells Fargo

Whole Foods

Wild Creations

Winfrey, Oprah

word choice

WordStream

Yale Center for Business and the Environment

YouTube

Zappos

Zeigarnik effect

Zeltin, Minda

Zidel, Erica

Zipcar

Zuckerberg, Mark

Zwilling, Martin