Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

But I would point out that these days there are really talented tech developers & teams everywhere. How about in the last 12 months deals announced with Dwolla (Iowa) and Pollenware (Kansas City). It creates recycled capital + 2nd-time entrepreneurs … on steroids. Here are mine: 1. And I really mean everywhere.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2012

Over Saturday and Sunday teams focus on customer development, validating their ideas and building a minimal viable product. The master of ceremonies for the weekend was Steve Chau, who hails from Kansas City (about four hours away by car) and who has run several weekends in other places for the past four years.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2014

One social enterprise that embodies this model is InStove, an organization that sustainably makes the world’s most efficient stove, for use primarily in developing nations where fossil fuels and electricity are scarce, and walking long distances to gather wood can be dangerous. Here in the U.S.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2011

Good post by @micah with tips for entrepreneurs demoing a product/service to investors – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Progress with electricity for developing countries – artificial leaf from MIT – [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 30, 2019

I chatted with some incredible guests, I did some solo shows where I could share a bit about the Duct Tape Marketing philosophy, and I got to share excerpts from my latest book, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur , which was released in October. Matt Scanlon is a fellow Kansas City business owner. Click here to listen to the episode.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2012

Some entrepreneurs want to do something that’s never been done before, while others want to build upon existing business niches or ideas and become a strong competitor. Here are nine unlikely entrepreneurs who changed the market: Bill Gates. Starting a business is hard work, but making it successful is a whole other challenge.

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Mike Michalowicz

JUNE 3, 2013

You can live in a tent in a cornfield in Kansas and do business. You have the choice to do business from anywhere, anytime, including some of the most beautiful and mobile entrepreneur friendly towns in the USA. So here you have it, the “Top 10 Small Towns for Mobile Entrepreneurs for 2013.”. Clayton, Georgia. Walcott, Iowa.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 17, 2018

Educated in Biochemistry, Dr. Shelton went on to receive his Masters from the University of Kansas. Being an entrepreneur is rewarding but takes a lot of work. Being an entrepreneur takes an additional skill set and approach to find solutions to problems. They never seemed to deliver the results people were looking for.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

What gets frustrating is that I tend to hear the same arguments over and over again from new entrepreneurs, and many of them are just completely unfunded. Unfortunately, they tend to resonate really well with frustrated entrepreneurs and a lot of dust gets kicked up over them. You know what—it’s supposed to work like that!

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The Next Web

JULY 6, 2013

Conventional wisdom told entrepreneurs it was necessary to live in one of the central hubs if you wanted your business to thrive. This is especially true for entrepreneurs with newborn tech businesses they want to see grow up big and strong. As an entrepreneur, I’m a lone wolf!” Why worry about a startup community?

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Phil Singleton owns and operates Kansas City Web Design , where he and his team provide custom WordPress and Magento web development, and Kansas City SEO , where he provides search engine optimization services to companies with hundreds of thousands in revenues to hundreds of millions.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2015

One day, we all look up and realize our businesses aren’t in Kansas anymore. Now, change is like a twister out of Kansas that sweeps us up and drops us in Oz. It’s ironic that, as a company grows, it can develop a calcified internal life that stymies the potential for future growth. in instructional technology.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I was around at the beginning, spending a day a month in Kansas City with the Kauffman Foundation as an entrepreneur-in-residence when the program was originally created by a team at the Kauffman Foundation to identify, develop, and network the next generation of global leaders in the venture capital industry using a two-year apprenticeship program.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

9:19] You put in a lot of hours – there are a lot of entrepreneurs and startups some of who don’t achieve anywhere near the level of success you did – what toll did that take on your personal life? [12:51] What, like a minute, like a lot of entrepreneurs, startups, some of who don't achieve anywhere near the level of success you did.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 26, 2021

Although starting a business from scratch is an exciting opportunity, the numerous details involved make the entire process challenging for many entrepreneurs. Alternatively, you can turn to a Kansas bank that understands a 7 (a) loan guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA). Pick Your Business Location.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The media loves to write about them and economic development organizations try to attract them because of the jobs they create. Neither investors nor entrepreneurs like long sales cycles. Kansas City, Mo., a business development company specializing in government contracting and procurement consulting throughout the U.S.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 2, 2017

One of the big surprises to me was the feeling of friendship that develops during an interview. For example, next month I will be on John Lee Dumas’ highly popular podcast Entrepreneur on Fire – and plan to use this as an “as seen on” eye candy for my websites. Real personal connections. Online reviews.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 26, 2015

Timothy Sprinkle interviewed me early in his process and then set off on an almost one year trip across the US where he spent real time in Detroit, New York, Las Vegas, Austin, Kansas City, Raleigh-Durham, and Boulder. This is a great snapshot in time – right now – to show how startup communities develop anywhere.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Out of necessity. My firm, atCommunications, LLC—a Chicago-based Web development and digital marketing agency—is this year celebrating its 20th year in business! We are now considered to be Kansas City’s highest-end transportation provider.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Originally created in the mid 1990’s to help with the imprecise problem of how to value early stage companies, especially those in technology, I developed what soon became known as “The Berkus Method” when published in the popular book, “Winning Angels” by Harvard’s Amis and Stevenson with my permission in 2001. Well, it had to happen.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2017

Today I’m thrilled to share the story of my long-time friend and Kansas Citian John Couture who is the founder of the Bier Station , as a part of the “Amex Welcomed” program with @americanexpress , which is showcasing the people behind our favorite local businesses that welcome Amex. I went through the Kaufman Urban Entrepreneur Program.

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Up and Running

JULY 29, 2014

In recent years, socially-minded entrepreneurs have begun testing a new type of business entity: the L3C, or Low Profit Limited Liability Corporation. His organization, Americans for Community Development, provides detailed information about L3Cs, and you can find out more about the organization on their website. .

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 8, 2019

There was a, since we’re both from Kansas City, there was a billboard a couple years ago in the Waldo area, and it was all these pairings of contrary perspectives, and it was a company saying, “We want all those people.” They come up with ideas, but they know how to implement them. You need to be around other people.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Through YEO, I got to know Mike and Cindy (who is also an entrepreneur and was in YEO) very well. And, through our deep relationship with Techstars, our reach and network is even further and includes cities like Detroit, Kansas City, Austin, Chicago, San Antonio, and San Diego. My long standing relationship with Mike.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2014

Tyler Nay is presently a senior operations accountant at Watco Companies, LLC, a transportation company based in Pittsburg, Kansas. Entrepreneur Financial Management Small Business Tyler Nay Xero' If you would like to connect with Tyler, please do so on LinkedIn.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 21, 2020

He is a speaker, MC and a television announcer with 25 years or so under his belt, the last 12 with the Kansas City Royals. John Jantsch: I have to tell you, first off, a lot of my listeners know that I’m in Kansas City and that I’m a Kansas City Royals fan that I got a solid single off of Monte at fantasy camp.

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Up and Running

JUNE 17, 2015

Some of the most common advice for new entrepreneurs is to “find a mentor.”. A mentor is a teacher, a trusted advisor that a budding entrepreneur can turn to with questions and get valuable advice, tailored directly to their industry and specific business situation. Sometimes, you need a little help finding your way.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

This book is … it’s interestingly enough, because you’re a marketer; I’m a marketer; we’re both entrepreneurs … This book, in a lot of ways, is not really for entrepreneurs. Because there’s all kinds of developers that are busy making apps all the time and that’s their thing.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Entrepreneur. Home / Inspiration / 41 Entrepreneurs Share Their Favorite Business Quotes. 41 Entrepreneurs Share Their Favorite Business Quotes. It doesn’t matter if it has been said before and repeated numerous times, quotes can give you the fire you need to be a better entrepreneur or learn how to handle a difficult situation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

He’s been a developer/hacker for over 15 years, and he sold his first startup, VinSolutions for $150 million. I grew up working in flea markets, and my family was entrepreneurial, not in the tech side of things or anything, but in different ways, and was always working side projects and jobs for people as a developer.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

As an entrepreneur looking to become a business leader, you will need to know and anticipate how and when your role within the company will need to evolve. Joseph, MO, and Kansas City, MO. Joseph and Kansas City typifies the potential pitfalls when you fall in love with your “package” vs. your “value.”. I use the cities of St.

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Mike Michalowicz

DECEMBER 28, 2012

It has (and continues) to be my pleasure to see the absolute laser like focus that a woman can have in regards to being an entrepreneur. Business development is all about relationships. All entrepreneurs should realize their job in their company is their job. But, it is the ladies’ turn to take the lead. It’s A Job.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Most businesses these days seem to take a sales or marketing approach to business development instead of a sales AND marketing approach. With that information, have the sales and marketing departments sit down together and develop a profile of your “ideal” customer. Then, search out prospects that most closely fit the profile.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Failure often is harder on entrepreneurs who lose money that theyve borrowed on credit cards or from friends and relatives than it is on those who raised venture capital. Want to be an entrepreneur? Stock Quotes. Live Chat Recap.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2018

John Corcoran: Yeah, I remember I was working for a law firm, this was before I became an entrepreneur, I’ve been an entrepreneur for about seven years now, but before then I was working for a law firm as a lawyer and I was writing regularly, blogging regularly for the law firm’s blog.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 25, 2016

The Lean Startup movement brings together the brightest minds in Silicon Valley to share the best advice for entrepreneurs, from entrepreneurs. AOL co-founder Steve Case , who just released his new book, The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future , is one of the big thinkers we’re excited to team up with.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 30, 2017

John: So are you in Kansas City today or are you in Columbia? Lewis and Kansas city where are offices are but as crazy as it is, I’m typically in San Francisco, LA, New York or on a plane so it’s just great to be home where my wife and kids are. John Hall: It’s great to be here.

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