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St. Louis Startups Strut Their Stuff

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Tech ventures, some of whom were presenters at the earlier Demo Day, joined ventures in green energy and the life sciences. This is the 13th year the conference has been in business, which alternates each year between Kansas City and St. Both events drew small and large investors from all over the country.

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Are You From Where Your Were Born?

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In the article The biggest tech company founders from every state I win the callout for Arkansas. He’s most known for founding Foundry Group, a prominent venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investment, but also co-founded startup accelerator Techstars.” The post Are You From Where Your Were Born?

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. What Does a City Need to Compete?

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How to Find a Mentor

Up and Running

Wright, serial entrepreneur and founder of investment firm The Resourceful CEO. “I I applied, pitched, and was accepted into BetaBlox —a Kansas City-based startup incubator—in June of 2014,” says Shane Park, CEO of Coinplay. See Also Q&A with Business Incubator Co-founder Joe Maruschak.