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co-founder @invantiventures | organizer @permitpending https://t.co/M3PXMPSCoZ
South Bend, IN
Joined December 2007
We've spent 2 months writing about our process and frameworks. But it can be difficult to do on your own. So in April, we are running a 4-week Problem Sprint. It’s open to anyone, free, virtual, and (mostly) asynch.
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"Is the problem big enough?" is an important question, but borrowing from what we've learned from South Bend over the past decade, we also find it powerful to ask "is it small enough?" https://t.co/Xy93ecuBEu
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Should you be thinking about business model before you have a startup idea? We say yes! Check out our latest essay about discovering how potential customers value the problem you're solving and how that should drive your solution: https://t.co/NPrwJsmErL
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Dustin and I sat down and talked about applying the contradiction framework we use at INVANTI to the startup Babyscripts -- check it out!
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If you've got an entrepreneurial inkling, but haven't figured exactly what you want to start yet, check out our latest essay: It All Starts with a Contradiction
"INVANTI has always been about taking tools of analysis and turning them into tools of creation. How could we design a framework that doesn’t just let startup founders evaluate if they have an insight, but accelerate generating them in the first place?" https://t.co/3f2Zhulpa6
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The Founder Studio is based on three bets: 1. Work with people that can be founders before an idea 2. Work on problems that tech doesn't often address, but matter in everyday life 3. Focus on the experience of people in small & midsize cities https://t.co/izFJlRs24I
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The new Founder Studio cohort comprises 18 people in 14 states. 61% identify as Black, African American, Latinx, or Asian, 72% identify as women, and 100% have started something in their past. https://t.co/izFJlRs24I
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Our goal is to help our 18 new Founder Studio members build companies full-time and connect them to pilot customers in the South Bend Region. We will be making $20k investments from our fund into a select group from the cohort.
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We’re kicking off a new cohort of the INVANTI Founder Studio! We have invited 18 people to join us, from across the country, for the next three months to explore problems, identify opportunities, and develop and test solutions and business models. https://t.co/izFJlRs24I
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We just launched the INVANTI Virtual Studio! Our mission remains to help people thoughtfully explore problems and build impactful companies. Learn more at https://t.co/X0pUqABxOE or read on...⏬
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We research problems that are unique to small cities and back founders to solve them.
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We depend every day on @MiroHQ to make the process of going from pre-idea to pilot more transparent - thankful for them highlighting our approach!
To groom new entrepreneurs in the heartland of the USA, @invantiventures turns to Miro to give founders the support they need to pursue their dreams of making an impact in the world 🌎 Read more in our latest customer story 👇 https://t.co/zNYMz0GqMV
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We are building a home base for initiators and overlooked insights. Join us! https://t.co/DsmpeW5BFy
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If you're the kind of person who wants to start something impactful, no matter your background or if you have an idea yet, the Guild is a place for you. Applications are open through Sept 27th at https://t.co/DsmpeW5BFy.
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Applications for the Initiators Guild are open through Sunday, September 27th | https://t.co/DsmpeW5BFy
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Thank you @Startup_SBE for the opportunity to share my story about joining an @invantiventures cohort and building @InspectusCo here in #SouthBend. Working hard to #CutTheRedTape, #SaveRestaurants, and take compliance off their plates.
@KyraMcandrews wasn’t sure what she’d find in South Bend after spending her life in major metropolitan areas, but the region has proven to offer the right blend of ingredients to feed her love of food and her passion for public policy. https://t.co/kY4U0167Lr
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Applications for the first round of the Initiators Guild are due this Sunday, May 10! If you or someone you know is passionate about working on important problems and has a track record of initiating things, reach out. https://t.co/XAzy8H5hzF
We are building something new. The Initiators Guild is a digital, remote guild that activates and supports initiators to create companies that impact the daily lives of Americans. We get them started before they have an idea and help them make progress.
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"Overlooked insights most often live within people’s stories — sometimes so baked into their daily experience that they themselves don’t always see them. But to get access to these stories, which are often deeply personal and painful, you need a core ingredient — trust."
Today, in Part IV, we talk about the role of place in entrepreneurship and the Initiators Guild.
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"The best part about solving these types of problems is that they have the key ingredients for an impact company. The intensity means potential customers are motivated to seek out new solutions and the pervasiveness means there are a lot of those potential customers out there."
Today in Part III, we talk about working on overlooked insights.
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There are a lot of people out there who have unique insights into some of the most pressing problems Americans face on a daily basis, and who have what it takes to start something to fix them, but have not been able to act yet. Check out Part II: Activating the Initiators
We announced Friday we are building something new: The Initiators Guild. Today, in Part II, we take a deep dive into how we activate the right people to start things.
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