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The Achilles Heel of Startup Ecosystems

This is going to be BIG.

Across the world, various economic development organizations, government agencies, and non-profits are putting in admirable and well-intentioned efforts to develop startup ecosystems. Take the example of goTenna , a thriving communications hardware startup located in Downtown Brooklyn that employees almost 50 people.

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One Little Ice Cream Cart That’s About to Have Big Growth

Up and Running

An employee at Red Wagon Creamery serves up a scoop. During 2010 and 2011, Stuart and Emily spent nine months developing recipes, “using our lucky neighbors as taste-testers.”. People in Eugene loved it,” Red Wagon says in a funding prospectus (more on that in a bit). “In Add seven to 10 employees. Heart of Chocolate.

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How Andreessen Horowitz Evaluates CEOs

Ben's Blog

The CEO must set the context that every employee operates within. When a company clearly articulates its story, the context for everyone—employees, partners, customers, investors, and the press—becomes clear: When a company fails to tell its story, you hear phrases like: “These reporters don’t get it.”. The Strategy and the Story.

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Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I don’t actually have any employees. Because I have no employees, there’s a profit margin of about 70%, so it’s a really fantastic business model and gives me the freedom to travel and come back from my travel with more money than I left with. But for all this to happen, a really key point is to have a really good prospectus.