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Small Gestures and Big Impacts.

Giving first, adding value in small ways, and doing my part to change the world. — The other day I got a thank-you note from a founder I had helped. The note was to let me know that they had won two pitch competitions and the help that I gave on the content organization and flow of the pitch was helpful. It was an awesome feeling. …

Startup

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Small Gestures and Big Impacts.
Small Gestures and Big Impacts.
Startup

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5 hours ago

The Dream

If you could be doing anything — There is a coaching question that gets asked all the time. If you could be doing anything and you know it would succeed, what would you do? I ask myself this question at least once a month (in a formal way). The first answer is ‘exactly what you are doing…

Innovation

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The Dream
The Dream
Innovation

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5 days ago

Growing up Innovation

Remembering my father. — This bit of writing is coming out of some of the deep reflection I have done over the past couple of years during my time of contemplating my next adventure. I was aware that I love innovation, and upon much reflection I came to see how the seeds of being…

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Growing up Innovation
Growing up Innovation

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Mar 20

The Next Adventure Update

Where I landed. — A blast from the past. Over the last few weeks I posted a link to a podcast that I did regarding the ecosystem work I had done in Eugene for over a decade. …

Startup

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The Next Adventure Update
The Next Adventure Update
Startup

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Mar 19

Little Drips

The compounding effect of adding energy to ecosystems. — Over the past few weeks I have gotten sucked back into the startup ecosystem world just a bit. I have had quite a few phone calls and slack exchanges on the nature of startup ecosystems, and the challenges of building and maintaining them. …

Startup

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Little Drips
Little Drips
Startup

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Mar 17

The Difficulty of Ecosystem Building

Watching PBS and finding a better analogy. — I spend some time every week helping founders with pitch decks. I am always pushing them to simplify, to be clearer, and to find some way to make it make sense. Finding a good analogy that will help people ‘get’ what what you are building is always helpful. Explaining something…

Ecosystem Building

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The Difficulty of Ecosystem Building
The Difficulty of Ecosystem Building
Ecosystem Building

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Oct 21, 2022

Every day, just a little more…

The power of compounding in life. — When doing a startup, it feels like you need to nail it. Every day. Every sales call, every pitch, every meeting, you feel like you need to be ON. It seems that each and every thing is critical, and there is no room for mistakes. …

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Every day, just a little more…
Every day, just a little more…

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Oct 11, 2022

Mashed Potato Spaghetti Burrito

What everyone asked for and no one wants — Once upon a long time ago on a cold day that I can’t exactly remember the month, Kevin, Rob and I decided to make a trek out to check out a skateboard ramp in North Carolina which was know as the Wilson Ramp. The ramp was both beautiful and intimidating…

Startup

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Mashed Potato Spaghetti Burrito
Mashed Potato Spaghetti Burrito
Startup

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Oct 10, 2022

Learning to go with the flow

How a lifetime of action sports prepared me to be an entrepreneur. — I have had several conversations the last few weeks where I was struggling to articulate a concept that is so wired into who I am that words do not express it very well. I see the issue pop in in small businesses, and again and again it pitch decks and…

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Learning to go with the flow
Learning to go with the flow

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Nov 11, 2021

The Challenge of Startup Community Building.

Finding the elusive business model for long term sustainability. — A while ago, I wrote an article which was essentially the easiest way for me to send out a message to all of the people I have interacted with in Eugene in order to say goodbye. It triggered a series of interactions in the twitter-verse that unlocked a flood or…

Startup

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The Challenge of Startup Community Building.
The Challenge of Startup Community Building.
Startup

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Joe Maruschak

Joe Maruschak

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Entrepreneur and Investor with a background in games Adult Fan of LEGO (AFOL). Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/JoeMaruschak

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