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Dollar General Creating 400 New Jobs In Texas

Startup Professionals Musings

The company’s new distribution center in Longview, TX will serve approximately 1,000 Dollar General retail locations in Texas and the southeast. Read: Dollar General Creating 400 New Jobs In Texas at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Seed and Later Investments for Startups are Booming

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Texas is still struggling to hold the next position. California (Silicon Valley), Massachusetts (Boston), NY, Washington, and Texas held as the top 5 states for venture capital in 2012, but overall, 38 states got in on the action. California is the clear #1 for seed investment activity followed by strong #2 New York.

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Mentors-Plus-Capital Programs – Intense Incubation

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With modest variations on Paul’s pattern, this new class of mentors-plus-capital programs has grown to include TechStars operating in Boston, Boulder, and Seattle, Austin Capital Factory , deep in the heart of Texas, LaunchBox in the DC area, and a number of others. What’s special about these operations?

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‘Dear Abby’ Style Advice to Real Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

We live in East Texas were the education level is low and dropout rates are around 17%. Dear StartupPro, My husband was in the title business for 16 years, and then became a technology educator. He has a Masters in his education field. He’s at retirement age but wants to start a dropout prevention or GED school.