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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

I’m in Seattle this week. Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. As I gear up to give a keynote at the annual Seattle 2.0 awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really.

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The 20 Coolest CoWorking Spaces In The U.S.

YoungUpstarts

startups, social media firms, advertising and PR companies, and more. For workers who feel like nomads, drifting from Seattle coffee shops to libraries to living room couches, Office Nomads offers a space for “individuality without isolation.” Right near Microsoft’s campus in Seattle, Thinkspace is a cool coworking spot for startups.

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

Both Sides of the Table

He built & IPOd Demand Media. Aren’t some of the recent successes in Los Angeles just emblematic of the overall long tech boom we’ve seen nationally and has led to growth in funding in NY, Boston, Seattle and San Francisco? He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0 for $565 million to Excite. It is different.

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The Lean Startup Book Tour

Startup Lessons Learned

Friday, September 16 - Seattle On Friday, I fly to Seattle, where I'll be for two days. That evening, there will be a casual talk followed by a book signing at Town Hall Seattle (co-sponsored with Lean Startup Seattle). Series media sponsorship provided by PubliCola. Startup Weekend and Seattle 2.0

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A Startup Journey With GrubHub Founder Mike Evans

Duct Tape Marketing

He lives in Chicago with his wife, daughter, dog, and bike. John Jantsch (00:00): This episode or the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by the Nudge Podcast, hosted by Phil Agnew and brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. He founded fixer.com and on demand, handy person service focused on social impact.

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Twitter Link Roundup #255 – Some Lovely resources for Small Business, Startups, and Design!

crowdSPRING Blog

It has been freakin cold and snowy here in Chicago the past couple of weeks, so I thought I’d share this beautiful video of our beautiful city in winter. We do like to talk about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, economics and other interesting stuff!

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How VCs Think About Adding New Partners

Both Sides of the Table

billion IPO), Envestnet (Chicago, $1.25 As a result we need somebody well networked into these communities already. She has been in operations in Seattle and Los Angeles. Her network from her educational institutions alone has friends in all of the top tech, media & banking institutions. So there you have it.

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