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20 Impressive & Inspiring Productivity Experts on Twitter

YoungUpstarts

This University of Houston English professor specializes in time management and other hallmarks of productivity for creative types. As the name suggests, this Twitter feed posts capsule comments about the best routes towards a productive home, office, and personal life, with emphasis on curtailing stress. Productivity Hacks.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Drew Houston. These names aren’t the end of the story?—?they Twenty four are in Dallas and 22 are in Houston. Joe Lonsdale. Jim Breyer.

Texas 90
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The Loneliness of Success that Nobody Talks About

Both Sides of the Table

Every $10 million financing only puts more pressure on the founders to figure out how to hit the metrics to get to the next milestone and every company that raises $25 million puts a ton of pressure on their 10 competitors who haven’t. The road is littered with startups that shined bright before burning out. Every founder knows this.

Houston 150
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Debt Crowdfunding: The Real Potential When It Comes to Main Street USA

Up and Running

Prior to this, if you were an entrepreneur, your options for financing came down to your own personal savings, credit cards, banks (if you qualified), and angels or VCs (if you were one of the lucky few). Did you know that the first Regulation Crowdfunding offering to hit its funding target was a restaurant by the name of Chapman & Kirby?

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Free is Not a Business Model

ReadWriteStart

You then become dependent on outside financing, and that is a slippery slope. Debra has made a lot of mistakes already, especially, by making it a practice to offer her services for free, in the name of bartered promotion, and at this point, needs to focus on finding a segment (e.g. I said, no. Cortese Design Bags.

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How Successful Landlords Approach Rent Collection

ReadWriteStart

Cash flow is the name of the game for landlords. Without an efficient rent collection process, your finances can quickly take a turn for the worse. They don’t just offer Houston property management services – they provide guarantees. A property’s rent payment is its only consistent credit. 4 Methods for Collecting Rent.

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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

Will the next company to raise $100M in financing just poach from decent seed-stage companies and pay triple the amount to lock up talent? Redfin specifically identifies Denver, San Antonio, and Houston as the next hubs newer generations will seek out. (I Will folks be able to buy a house and raise their families here?