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

crowdSPRING Blog

The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. The celebration for its unique culture and flourishing business community is very appealing, and many new startups are flocking to the city to embrace it as their own. Boulder, CO. The companies out here, they’re rooting for each other.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

Both Sides of the Table

We threw a Launchpad LA dinner to bring the community together as we tend to do 6-10 times a year. Brad wrote up his answer here – you should read it because it’s very instructive for how I believe communities ought to think about naming conventions. They designed the next gen UI for the film The Minority Report.

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

Both Sides of the Table

When my friend and the father of LA’s tech startup community Bill Gross first demonstrated his company GoTo.com (renamed Overture) on stage at a TED conference he was actually booed (True story. Around $400 billion of imports & exports pass through the LA ports each year, which set the national high-water mark in 2012.

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

it is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, but because of its dedication to sustainability, it is now working with local communities to form separate stove manufacturing factories in their countries. The Huffington Post reports that as of 2012, 31 percent of those defining themselves as social enterprises were LLCs. Here in the U.S.

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[US][Competition] U.S. Chamber of Commerce DREAM BIG Small Business Of The Year Award 2012

YoungUpstarts

Chamber of Commerce has announced the seven regional finalists for the DREAM BIG Small Business of the Year Award 2012. The seven featured companies have already proven their worth as winners of the Blue Ribbon Award for innovative business practices and contributions to their local communities. Chamber of Commerce.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

The Carson, California company employs about 800 people in its 4 Southern California plants. I believe everyone is a leader, whether it’s at work, home, church, or in their community. We offer a little bit of family in every meal, everybody that touches this recipe gives something to it.

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How To Scale Your Business In 2016

YoungUpstarts

That’s why events like ONTRApalooza (Santa Barbara, California | October 22 – 23, 2015 ) are designed specifically for entrepreneurs and small business owners with that in mind. Her talent helped grow ONTRAPORT 5,000% in three years, landing the organization at #102 on the 2012 Inc.