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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

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William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. Boulder, CO.

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Zachary Bogue And Matt Ocko Launch Data Collective, An Early Stage Fund For Big Data Startups

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Thursday, August 9th, 2012. Alexia Tsotsis is the co-editor of TechCrunch. She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. Disrupt SF 2012. Disrupt SF Hackathon 2012. 2011 Holiday.

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A new field guide for entrepreneurs of all stripes

Startup Lessons Learned

From Lean Startup Machine , Lean LA and San Diego Tech Founders , to countless speeches and workshops, I have seen the impact that their leadership has had first hand. But that's not what founder Chris Lindland had in mind for BetaBrand, an online clothing company. Copyright © 2012 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Five College Startups That Help Others

YoungUpstarts

The company was originally started in March of 2010 by a Californian high school student who now attends the University of California, Berkeley. Givebag was also founded by Brian Schroth and other college students in Southern California. Founder Josh Weingart started WaterDrop Shop while enrolled at Illinois State University.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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Around $400 billion of imports & exports pass through the LA ports each year, which set the national high-water mark in 2012. It’s not accident we have so many great startups targeting commerce including Tradesy, DailyLook, NastyGal, Honest Co & JustFab just to name a few.

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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

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Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder. And she didn’t start her company in Northern California. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. She now recognizes the need to have co-founders. She’s infectious.”

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Impact! NYU Scales the Lean LaunchPad

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The Lean LaunchPad class teaches students how to build a Lean Startup using business model design, customer development and agile engineering. Over the last two years they used part of the National Science Foundation funds to send eight NYU faculty to California attend the Lean LaunchPad Educators program. Spread it Widely.

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