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How to Raise Money When You’re Not in a Major VC Market

Both Sides of the Table

They often ask whether they have to move to SF, NY or LA to get financed. ” I’m trying to get a feel for their commitment to local community versus being in a place where financing is easiest. He would be a very senior hire for us and filling an urgent gap. I’ll pick a mythical company in Kansas City.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Meanwhile, I was doing a great job creating content for my website and ranking in the search engines – so good a job, that people wanted to hire me to handle their content and SEO. After getting laid off from a job back in 2008, I decided I would put all my passions together and become a personal finance journalist.

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How to Do Keyword Research for Content that Generates Leads

Duct Tape Marketing

The person who searches for “home remodeling ideas” is probably looking for something different than the person who searches for “best home remodeler in Kansas City,” right? The other is about financing; people often search about loans or government incentives associated with remodeling.

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Transcript of How to Stay Top of Mind

Duct Tape Marketing

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. John: Awesome.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

Or the growth of Dwolla in Iowa or C2FO being built in Kansas City? What Does a City Need to Compete? While the costs of starting a tech company have plummeted it still does take money to hire a team, launch products and market oneself. Welcome to the future. Angels & Recycled Capital. Money is the easy part.

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Transcript of When and How to Sell Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

So, it’s kind of fun to interview somebody in Kansas City. But when somebody sells a business, are they sometimes on the hook to finance it? But a lot of these brokerages, what they do is they’re hiring people to simply call you. My last guest was in Sydney, Australia. Chad Peterson: Yeah, we are local.

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