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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! Votem is a complete end-to-end platform that takes your organization from registration through to results and review. All SXSW Pitch events take place at the Hilton Austin Downtown.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

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Internet and Online Business. Business Software. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. Iowa Life Changing. Successful businesses are built in Iowa every day.

Arizona 40
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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Small Business. Computer Software. Media & Marketing. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy. Media Agencies. Metals & Mining.

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MBAs vs the Education Market: The Rise of Education Startups

ithacaVC

In July 2012, a report was released of a two-year investigation of for-profit colleges like the University of Phoenix by Iowa Senator Tom Harkin. Jason Lange, founder of BloomBoard , a Palo Alto company that makes teacher-evaluation software, acknowledges that education is “a brutal industry averse to change in every way, shape and form.”