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		<title>Techpreneurship: Strategy Lab 102 &#8212; Ready, Fire, Aim!</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/07/29/techpreneurship-strategy-lab-102-ready-fire-aim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ready, Fire, Aim!  The phrase is often used to describe what happens when inadequate strategic planning precedes a company, product, service, or project launch. 

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		<title>Techpreneurship: Funding Food Chain</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/07/22/techpreneurship-funding-food-chain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Venture-capital firms investing in angel funds? What? Who'd have ever thunk it? Historically, VCs have not always had the best working relationship or opinion of angels and angel funds.]]></description>
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		<title>Techpreneurship: Late, Over Budget, Wrong Features&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/07/15/techpreneurship-late-over-budget-wrong-features/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=1527</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute, 80 percent of software projects fail, 50 percent are cancelled, and 50 percent are two times over budget while delivering only 60 percent of the required functionality.]]></description>
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		<title>Arkansas Venture Forum Announces Keynote Speaker, Extends Deadline to Apply</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/07/15/arkansas-venture-forum-announces-keynote-speaker-extends-deadline-to-apply/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arkansas Venture Forum has announced its keynote speaker, Howard Morgan, and extended its deadline to apply for the chance to be a presenting company to July 20.]]></description>
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		<title>Good Information in CB Insight&#8217;s VC Activity Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost $6 billion was invested in 612 companies during the second quarter. The report includes data, trends and much more. Very interesting and well worth the time. Print it out and take it home.]]></description>
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		<title>Inc.&#8217;s July/August Issue Devoted to Entrepreneurs</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/07/15/incs-julyaugust-issue-devoted-to-entrepreneurs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inc. magazine's July/August issue is all about entrepreneurs. Some really good, informative reads. Such as The Immigrant Advantage,   How Business-Plan Competitions Reward Innovation, and How States Can Attract Venture Capital. ]]></description>
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		<title>Techpreneurship: The Burdens of Leadership</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/06/24/techpreneurship-the-burdens-of-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is going to be a bit of chat about the burdens of leadership and what techpreneurs might learn from General McChrystal's untimely departure.

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		<title>Arkansas and Entrepreneurial Revolutions</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/06/23/arkansas-and-entrepreneurial-revolutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcarter</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=1418</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, the entrepreneurial environment in the state, most would agree, was infantile at best. Today, a true entrepreneurial culture seems to be fermenting. Where will we be 10 years from now? ]]></description>
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		<title>Techpreneurship: Making the Connection</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/06/17/techpreneurship-making-the-connection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sensei, boundary spanner, wise old sage, mensch, rainmaker... In start-up warfare, you need people on your side that have earned monikers such as these.  
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		<title>Techpreneurship: Is My Idea Any Good?</title>
		<link>http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2010/06/03/techpreneurship-is-my-idea-any-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamerine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the understanding this highly creative period won't last forever, Techpreneur's need to seize the moment.  Some structure and a process of idea validation have to be used or else all of that creative thrust never finds a useful vector...]]></description>
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