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Amica Newport Rhode Island Marathon

Feld Thoughts

I completed #19 in Newport, Rhode Island yesterday. Louis Rock and Roll Marathon with my friend Matt Shobe (now at BigDoor; was one of the co-founders of FeedBurner). Marathon #19 in the “run a marathon in each of the 50 states” is done. While my running base is great, I made three mistakes. Way to go gang!

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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

L3Cs were first formed in 2008, and are currently only legal in Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming, as well as the federal jurisdictions of the Crow Indian Nation of Montana, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe. B corp, or Benefit Corporation. What about the rest of us?

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. First Round Search , Startupschool , and GSV Passport are examples of comprehensive founder resources from investors. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. AskAnything.VC Advantages. Disadvantages.

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Jobzle – Rhode Island Student Entrepreneurs

Campus Entrepreneurship

Founders include some Brown University engineering students and and a computer science major at the University of Rhode Island. BTW, we recently posted on the upcoming 2011 Rhode Island Business Plan Competition (which will award nearly $200,000 to start ups in Rhode Island.).

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 6: Al Milukas, and Zahra Aljabri and James Faghmous

Steve Blank

The latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111, shared how a passion for food, and a personal need for modest but fashionable clothing fueled decisions to begin second careers as startup founders. As a new founder, Al will be calling the perseverance he used to make it in radio.

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MassChallenge + Stadia Ventures Team Up for Sports Tech

Austin Startup

With a new track focused on the emerging field of Sports Tech starting this year, MassChallenge and Stadia Ventures (“Stadia”) are collaborating to create an end-to-end pipeline of support for entrepreneurs by bridging talent, access to mentors, funding and relationships for founders building the next generation of sports and esports companies.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., And companies that didnt survive might have closed their doors for reasons other than failure, for example, getting acquired or the founders moving on to new projects. Rhode Island. Rhode Island. Breaking Up (With a Co-Founder) Is Hard to Do.