Terry Starbucker

MARCH 25, 2012

Since I moved to Portland about 16 months ago, I’ve hung out with a lot of entrepreneurs, in coffee shops all over town. I was a “corporate guy” for so many years (28 to be exact), and while I thought I knew what it was really like to “think like an entrepreneur”, it turns out I really didn’t know.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 10, 2022

In a growing economy where credit was plentiful, the tech industry has repeatedly chanted the innovation mantra “Fail fast, learn fast.” Methodologies such Lean Startup and Agile have taught us to innovate faster by harnessing the power of iteration. In the last decade, we’ve learned to over-rely on iteration. Radhika Dutt.

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Experience to Lead

AUGUST 26, 2021

A leader’s ability to communicate current insights and relevant predictions in the industry can inspire innovation and creativity among team members. I see an L&D leader as a bit of an entrepreneur in the company. Keep the Momentum Going: Successful entrepreneurs are gritty and never give up.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 28, 2012

The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses Eric Ries Crown Business (2011) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.”

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