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Transcript of Investing in Small Businesses to Do Good for the Community

Duct Tape Marketing

And so, Whilma who owns the restaurant, and her husband moved their family from the Philippines to Searcy, Arkansas. But things like cost of goods and marketing, and interior decor, and some of these other things we’re seeing in her way of actually being a profitable business. The [Forgosa] family is from the Philippines.

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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. Textbook is here.

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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. Low Cost Franchises. the previous year. Comcast Corp., BUSINESS REAL ESTATE. -