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The Anvil’s blog on entrepreneurship, technology, and startup culture

The Value of Optionality: Jeff Peters’s Story

The Value of Optionality: Jeff Peters’s Story

Jeff Peters, a partner at Autotech Ventures, has led his life driven by his desire to achieve optionality. This led to his pursuit of the…
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Abby Jacobs
Nov 18, 2020
Use These Lessons Learned by Dane Rudy

Use These Lessons Learned by Dane Rudy

In May of 2016, at Purdue University, as one chapter was beginning, another one was ending. It wasn’t until years later that our paths…
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Brandon Banks
Nov 11, 2020
Zachary Will Sy Has Figured Some Things Out

Zachary Will Sy Has Figured Some Things Out

It isn’t often that you meet a young person who makes you think deeper about your actions, passions, and vision. Zachary Will Sy or Zak as…
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Brandon Banks
Nov 4, 2020
We need more catalyst companies

We need more catalyst companies

Business as a tool for driving change
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Linus Lee
Apr 26, 2018
The Anvil’s Intellectual Property 101

The Anvil’s Intellectual Property 101

How not to steal ideas (and know to protect your own)
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Linus Lee
Mar 22, 2018
The Anvil’s Startup Wish List, 2018 Edition

The Anvil’s Startup Wish List, 2018 Edition

As Anvil’s annual startup accelerator and competition, The Boiler, approaches quickly (applications close this Sunday!), I’ve been speaking…
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Linus Lee
Feb 21, 2018
Big problems aren’t better than small problems

Big problems aren’t better than small problems

Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise; size doesn’t matter.
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Linus Lee
Feb 11, 2018
The problem with products “ahead of their time”

The problem with products “ahead of their time”

The Apple Newton was ahead of its time, the right device, created for a world that wasn’t here yet.
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Linus Lee
Nov 6, 2017
Lessons from Google I/O and SPAN: getting more out of industry events

Lessons from Google I/O and SPAN: getting more out of industry events

Stop mucking around — you’re there for a food reason — I mean, a good reason.
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Linus Lee
Sep 20, 2017
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