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Startups Need the Eight P’s for Successful Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

There is no product idea good enough to overcome bad partners. We look for many attributes amongst the team, including communication, leadership and management skills, subject matter knowledge, business expertise, relevant experience, openness to influence, team cohesion, motivation, integrity and credibility.

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17 Entrepreneurs Celebrate Summer Business Accomplishments

Hearpreneur

While this is an impressive milestone for our team, this new chapter has proved to be an exhilarating challenge as we’ve also maintained the success of our Phoenix firm throughout the summer. 5 – New Business. It was an intense and busy summer, but it was absolutely worth it. We are looking forward to a great year.

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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. million students and is constantly attracting more university partners who are eager to take part in higher education’s latest evolution.

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I have been working with my Partners since November 2000. It was becoming a business model destined to fail. If I wanted to continue living the lifestyle I had grown used to, I needed to start my own business! I was working on a national television show in Phoenix when I saw a for sale sign on an FJ 60 Land Cruiser.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Things are no different where I live in the Phoenix Metro Market. With KOYA, you can easily treat your co-worker to a class at their favorite yoga studio in New York or surprise your partner with a personal message at the park where you first met. Now, matching business owners with the perfect VA has become my passion.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Citefull

Austin Startup

While the survey found that a majority of the respondents thought that journalists should take responsibility for fixing the problem, Phoenix-based Citefull can play an important role in fixing fake news by verifying digital content. Both of us founders and our partners at Polyient Labs have strong backgrounds in blockchain and crypto.

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Celebrating the body of work of my clients in 2013

Early Growth Financial Services

Today is the last day to get preorder goodies, including an all-expense paid trip to Phoenix to get a consulting day with me where we work intensively on your career or business. To my partners at Citrix , I have been so delighted to develop a strong partnership with you! for the next ten years. I hope you enjoy it!

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