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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

The Startup Magazine

B2B Platforms in the United States. Instead of Asia, you may want to target the largest market on the planet, i.e. the United States. In fact, the Connecticut-based firm does not charge any fee for buyers willing to place orders. You will not find a massive volume of users, but maybe you will find better partners.

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How To Start A Startup – For Busy People

YoungUpstarts

Kevin Hale, Founder, Wufoo, and Partner, Y Combinator. Justin Kan, Founder, Twitch, and Partner, Y Combinator. Alfred Lin, Former COO, Zappos, and Partner, Sequoia Capital. Reid Hoffman, Founder, LinkedIn, and Partner, Greylock Ventures. Keith Rabois, Partner, Khosla Ventures (formerly PayPal, Slide, Square and LinkedIn).

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How Women Can Achieve Success In Male Dominated Professions

YoungUpstarts

By Kathy Jensen, Partner at CST Group . While the amount of women entering the traditionally male dominated profession has improved significantly, today, women account for only 19% of partners in CPA firms nationwide. I joined CST Group in the summer of 2012 as a Senior Manager, and recently was named partner.

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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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America’s Farmstand, The Online Farmer’s Market

YoungUpstarts

. “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. ” “I found myself asking farmers, ‘What if?

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – June 2012 Edition

VC Cafe

Stanley is headquartered in New Britain, Connecticut, USA. Britain’s Apax Partners in cooperation with Baltimore, Maryland’s JMI Equity has purchased the US-Israeli software company Paradigm for $1 billion. Most of the products developed and manufactured in Israel are shipped to the United States and Europe.

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20 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

So now here in CT people will search for we buy houses in connecticut. This project was a dare of risks as we never built a home outside the United States. Thanks to these signs the public now is aware of companies that buy houses. Google then puts us on top of the search results, and this gives us more leads than we can handle.

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