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For Many New Ventures, Location Is The Key To Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Energy is still the domain of Houston and Dubai. Wessel measures a 39% acquisition advantage to being in-state. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. The list goes on and on. Most cities have something that they are particularly good at.

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When Planning A Startup, A Top Priority Is Location

Startup Professionals Musings

Energy is still the domain of Houston and Dubai. Wessel measures a 39% acquisition advantage to being in-state. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. The list goes on and on. Most cities have something that they are particularly good at.

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4 Key Questions To Identify Your Ideal Startup Site

Startup Professionals Musings

Energy is still the domain of Houston and Dubai. Wessel measures a 39% acquisition advantage to being in-state. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. The list goes on and on. Most cities have something that they are particularly good at.

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Startup Location Is Still A Critical Success Factor

Startup Professionals Musings

Energy is still the domain of Houston and Dubai. Wessel measures a 39% acquisition advantage to being in-state. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. The list goes on and on. Most cities have something that they are particularly good at.

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How To Find The Best City For Your Type Of Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Energy is still the domain of Houston and Dubai. Wessel measures a 39% acquisition advantage to being in-state. Today, Silicon Valley is the consumer and enterprise software capital of the world. Finance has homes in New York, Hong Kong, and London. The list goes on and on. Most cities have something that they are particularly good at.

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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Customers?

Austin Startup

More broadly, Austin-based companies can theoretically serve an area of more than 5 million people if you throw Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio into the mix. Launching a supermarket for natural foods may not sound like a winning proposal in conservative Texas, but Austin delivered — to the tune of a $13,7 bln acquisition by Amazon in 2017.

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10 Ways to Add Value to Your “Thank You” Page

ConversionXL

As Dropbox CEO Drew Houston detailed in a presentation , a referral offer that let Dropbox users “earn” 16 extra GBs of storage space drove millions of signups and dramatically reduced customer acquisition costs. Offering a “friends” or “colleagues” discount may incentivize sharing and increase referrals. Gather customer data.