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10 Positive Signs For Starting Your Own Business Now

Startup Professionals Musings

Crowd funding is setting new records worldwide, with $17 billion from North America alone, and VCs poured another $100 billion more into small growth companies last year. Now they are back in every community, with the best even waving money at graduates. Cost of entry for a startup is at an all-time low.

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28 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Organization, Communities or Associations they Belong to That Help Support Their Business

Hearpreneur

One of the best ways to promote your business and increase its name recognition is by joining business organizations and/or communities or associations. For business owners under the age of 45, it provides access to a global network and instructional programming. For me, that’s where professional communities come in.

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

Global interest in Canadian tech jobs has increased by 58%. Experts believe the global interest has made these jobs easier to fill. By 2017, the tech industry in Toronto became one of North Americas fastest growing tech market, per a CBRE 2 018 North American Scoring Tech Talent report. Ontario a Tech Giant.

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[Singapore] Location Based Marketing Association Launches Local Chapter

YoungUpstarts

Singapore also boasts a thriving start-up and tech community and tech-savvy consumer base, all of which make for fertile conditions in which LBS and location-based marketing can continue its rapid adoption and evolution in line with consumers’ habits and preferences.

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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

View from Seed

My contact at Facebook assured me that this story wasn’t the only one of its kind, and that it was more common than you’d think in other offices they had globally. Incepted in 2012, Alignable’s platform hit the market in 2014, and since then, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of business owners in North America join.

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My Advice To Entrepreneurs: Consider Canada For Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

The access to some of the world’s brightest minds in technology, the proximity to some of the industry’s most influential brands, and the vast networking opportunities in both start-up and investor communities is hard to ignore. One of the countries gaining momentum with the early-stage start-up community is Canada, and for good reason.

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18 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Deal With Economic Uncertainty

Hearpreneur

We are doubling down on our commitment to partner with a diverse range of facilities across North America, including small, family-owned businesses that need the support. You will find that at all times regardless of global affairs there are always people that fail and succeed. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.