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The Perils of Founder Fighting

Both Sides of the Table

At a young age I watched her open a bakery, which in the early 80′s was ahead of its time in serving croissants, gourmet coffee and high-end, homemade cakes, cheesecakes and french pastries for our small town of Sacramento, California (Carmichael, if you know the area). She started it with a partner, 50-50. I see it all the time.

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The Secret Sauce For Smarter Marketing Execution

Duct Tape Marketing

In fact, in my book in chapter nine, smart execution chapter, there's actually a formula where you can benchmark the projected revenue minus the cost, divide that by the timeframe and come up with a growth score. Clare Price (07:24): And that's why one of the things that I'm doing with is developing what I call a ecosystem of right partners.

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SXSW Startups: Fantag

Austin Startup

They focus on helping content creators and app developers create, identify, package and distribute those meaningful video highlights in ways that help them reach more customers and generate more revenue. Fantag is based in Sacramento. Fantag was started in San Jose and moved to Sacramento to take advantage of this ecosystem.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

She was president of the UJA in Sacramento – the United Jewish Appeal. Then she opened a bakery and a second bakery and then a restaurant – in Sacramento. You have been at five startups, you had an exit at your last company where you were the Chief Revenue Officer. And I’m now managing partner six years later.

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Meet the Grand Prize Entrepreneurs of the BEC Boost

Up and Running

” Michelle and her business partner Andrew Ekelem are the founders of Chariot Mobility, a company dedicated to updating the manual wheelchair to a low-profile, efficient and ergonomic chair that better serves the needs of its users. “We thought we could use this opportunity to learn efficiently and write a better plan.”

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What Rejected Cities Can Learn From Amazon’s Feedback And 15 Tips For Attracting Business Investment To Your Community) 

YoungUpstarts

And, as the Wall Street Journal reported last week, cities that didn’t make the short list — among them Detroit, Cincinnati, and Sacramento — are rushing to make changes based on Amazon’s feedback on where they fell short. They can partner with companies to develop specific training programs.

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Five Questions with: Douglas McGray, Editor-in-Chief of California Sunday Magazine

Hunter Walker

We create a great reading experience for the web, as well as a print edition, which gets delivered with select Sunday editions of the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Sacramento Bee. DMcG: We thought it was important for a media company today to have multiple sources of revenue. HW: Why “California” Sunday