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Alabama Innovation, Gonzeaux #7 — Birmingham’s Future

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Birmingham Alabama — Monday May 14th, 2012, Gonzeaux #7. I’m talking about the sight, on national television, of black people being attacked by German Shepard’s in the Birmingham, Alabama race riots of 1963. I’ve not ever visited Alabama. Photo by Bill Hudson. I was nine years old. Onto Georgia.

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Minimum Wage Boost in Silicon Valley Ups the Cinderella Factor

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

I’d personally like to see Silicon Valley open its doors to immigrants from distant lands like Michigan, Kentucky, Alabama — even Hoosiers from Indiana. Because of the muddle around immigration i n the USA we’re already losing talent to other countries.

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Are You Hiding Behind Your Business Name?

YoungUpstarts

In the rush to start a home-based business, many entrepreneurs forget the legal issues required to do business. Even if you aren’t a corporation or an LLC, your state government may have rules about what business name you can use. But most entrepreneurs want to operate under a business alias. Are you hiding behind your website?

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Austin and Virginia Beach ranked most business-friendly cities

entrepreMusings

Small Businesses Rate Utah and Alabama Friendliest States, California and Illinois Among Least Friendly. The Thumbtack.com Small Business Friendliness Survey is the only survey to obtain data from an extensive, nationwide universe of job creators and entrepreneurs in order to determine the most business-friendly locations.

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Transcript of Is Being Congruent the Secret to Making More Money?

Duct Tape Marketing

Carrie: You know I think as entrepreneurs we’re wired to always be growing and changing, so I don’t know I would say bored. John: No no I’m just teasing, I always like to ask this question about two entrepreneurs, what’s the hardest thing about what you do? Carrie: Yeah. Carrie: Okay sorry.

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

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An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Failure often is harder on entrepreneurs who lose money that theyve borrowed on credit cards or from friends and relatives than it is on those who raised venture capital. Stock Quotes. more in Small Business. Live Chat Recap.

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Announcing our investment in SilviaTerra, a precision forestry startup

Version One Ventures

However, many are unaware that the latter is a viable option despite the growing commitments from large companies and governments to neutralize their footprint. . And most importantly for us as investors, SilviaTerra is founded by mission-driven entrepreneurs. Since childhood, Zack knew that he wanted to spend his life among the trees.

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