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The 4 Best Cities In America For Startups

YoungUpstarts

Seattle might not be the biggest city on the map, but it’s got a reach that extends to all corners of the globe. The Seattle tech community is particularly popular, with a large number of companies busy working away on the next big thing. This city is probably best known for its trendsetting nature.

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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. I have the same response always, “Where do you want to live? Ask SuperCell. Or UrbanAirship. I’m in NY 6-8 times.

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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

This is going to be BIG.

That prediction obviously turned out pretty wrong, but it did drum up a whole lot of chatter about the right ingredients for building a startup community—about New York vs Boston on the East Coast and whether cities like Austin and Seattle would ever break through. You need both. New Yorkers help each other out.

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Who Just Raised A $225 Million Financing in North Carolina?

Feld Thoughts

Last Tuesday, while I was enjoying a week off the grid, AvidXchange announced they had raised a $225 million financing led by Bain Capital Ventures. This was an atypical investment for us as we participated in the financing through our Foundry Group Select fund. The post Who Just Raised A $225 Million Financing in North Carolina?

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Flings Pop-Up Recycling and Trash Bins

Feld Thoughts

I participated in the financing as an angel investor (it was during the period of time between funds where I was once again making angel investments) and since then they have commercialized several products and spun off several companies, including my favorite, TrashCo, which makes a product called Flings.

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Dragons, Bootstrapping and Women in Tech

Up and Running

Five years, several iterations and a stint at a Seattle business accelerator later, things are going smoothly and successfully. And this isn’t just for your business, but as many startup founders know, your personal finances can matter just as much (especially if you aren’t profitable yet). Validate your idea.

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High-performance culture: MJ Vigil on hiring diverse talent in an increasingly multicultural world

Transformify

The Portland native is happiest when spending time with family, which includes her Seattle public school teacher husband, her adult son and their sweet cat Alice. There is an aging workforce in the insurance industry; we have a need to hire both insurance specialists and those in non-insurance roles like IT, Marketing, Finance and HR.

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