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To Infinity and Beyond: How Entrepreneurism is Making Space Tourism Viable

YoungUpstarts

In 1994 the American Society of Civil Engineers convened with business people in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to discuss the technical and financial feasibility of space tourism, then still a hypothetical concept. In 2000, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos established Blue Origin. Named after Alan B.

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Why Old-School Communication Skills Are The Competitive Edge New Grads Need

YoungUpstarts

Your client in Albuquerque is always moody. That’s not what will endear you to your new colleagues. Let difficult people win. Your coworker Jane loves to argue. Your colleague Jim is incredibly stubborn. Whether they’re controlling, critical, or cranky, the behaviors that make someone a difficult person spark frequent confrontations.

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Don’t Settle When You Decide Where to Settle

Austin Startup

The leadership centers of the microcomputer world shifted from Albuquerque to the San Fernando Valley (LA), the Bay Area, and Seattle. That may not mean a permanent move, but you have to be willing to immerse yourself for months with like-minded founders in a setting that provides added value to your venture.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.) Joe Lonsdale.

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Do Things that Don't Scale

paulgraham.com

A lot of would-be founders believe that startups either take off or dont. 1 ] Actually startups take off because the founders make them take off. Recruit The most common unscalable thing founders have to do at the start is to recruit users manually. More diffident founders ask "Will you try our beta?" Ive seen it happen.

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