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America’s Farmstand, The Online Farmer’s Market

YoungUpstarts

That’s where America’s Farmstand comes in. “I was raised in the country and had the pleasure of jogging past and interacting with farmstands every morning growing up,” explains Todd Greenfield, founder and president of Stonington, Connecticut-based America’s Farmstand.

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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

The Startup Magazine

Although America has plenty of opportunities on widely used social media and marketing campaigns (for examples, LinkedIn and Apollo work at their best in the U.S.), In fact, the Connecticut-based firm does not charge any fee for buyers willing to place orders. B2B Platforms in the United States. Not all businesses like that.

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Feb. 28, Stamford, CT: HBS Event on Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices

David Teten

David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital ; Chairman, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. Previously, he was the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Arrowhawk Capital Partners, an investment company and the Vice President of Strategic Business Development and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Golden Pond Healthcare, Inc.

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The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps – What America Does Best

Steve Blank

I explained that the goal of the Innovation Corps was to bridge what the NSF calls the “ditch of death” – the gap between when NSF research funding runs out and when a team is credible enough (with enough customer and market knowledge) to raise private capital or license/partner with existing companies.

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Episode 105: From Corporate to Captain with Chris Murphy

Mike Michalowicz

Chris serves as a Certified Strategies Business Coach for Strategies out of Centerbrook, Connecticut. Corporate Partners. Chris serves as a Certified Strategies Business Coach for Strategies out of Centerbrook, Connecticut. Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrispmurphy. FourSquare: https://foursquare.com/chrispmurphy.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. Connecticut. Mexico/Central America. South America. Connecticut.

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Crazy Horse Memorial & Visionary Innovation

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Rushmore, have a couple of strenuous hikes, and share it all with my lovely partner. Ziolokowski could have stayed in Connecticut and had a posh life as a top east coast sculptor. This past week I got out to South Dakota, determined not to write or even think about creativity or innovation. There was no money for the project.