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Build, Buy Or Build To Buy

YoungUpstarts

One of the reasons that we won this firm’s business was our willingness to work with their team to add features to our platform and devote resources to ensure that it met their current expectations, while soliciting their feedback for further product enhancements.

Iowa 113
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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Votem

Austin Startup

Pete Martin , founder of CEO of Votem , and classic rock drummer The Forrest Four-Cast: February 20, 2020 Paging Iowa elections officials! This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Over the past year or so, work-for-equity arrangements have become an integral part of Arizona Bays business model. Iowa Life Changing. Successful businesses are built in Iowa every day. Get your business in the picture. Be Connected & Productive Anywhere, Any Time. Business Owners Council.

Arizona 40
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Ellison Eyewear the Multi-Billion $ Sunglass Industry

Hearpreneur

High-end sunglass distributors have built a multi-billion dollar business model on one very simple life truth: you will lose your sunglasses. Not the most glamorous work by any means, but it taught the impressionable young man about hard work, and that it’s possible to create a business from a simple idea. Handmade in Greece.

Greece 49
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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Consumer Products. Paper & Forest Products. Overall, nonventure-backed companies fail more often than venture-backed companies in the first four years of existence, typically because they dont have the capital to keep going if the business model doesnt work, Harvards Mr. Ghosh says. Chemicals & Allied Products.

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Why Ello Really Matters

Duct Tape Marketing

Ello is a simple, ad-free, social network created in part as a response to the current business model of most networks like Facebook, which rely on users to sell advertising. This is not a slam to my Iowa readers, it’s a nod to your ability to pick presidents!). Start by reading the Ello Manifesto.

Iowa 64
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MBAs vs the Education Market: The Rise of Education Startups

ithacaVC

As the country becomes more accepting of blended and online learning, a growing number of education startups have begun offering cutting edge services and products designed to deliver education to all those who seek it. Knewton secured a $33-million investment in 2011.