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Strategy Roundtable: Spotlight On Jacksonville, Florida

ReadWriteStart

Today's roundtable was co-hosted with the Jacksonville Startup Weekend. An additional 50 were on the wait-list, an evidence of the energy and enthusiasm that is bubbling in Florida right now. To make a case of the business he proposes, he would have to, somehow, channel the search traffic from Google to his site.

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Beware of Fake / Scam Engineering Candidates

K9 Ventures

I’ve been heads down working with K9 portfolio companies and spending my time running HiHello as the co-founder and CEO of that company. After 10 years of building K9, my knowledge and advice to founders were becoming dated. We’ve seen lots of resumes that show universities in Texas, Florida, and Arizona.

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Five Sensible Business Lessons You Must Learn to Embrace — No App Necessary!

YoungUpstarts

Though you shouldn’t let Fear of Failure (FOF) dictate your every move, you can and should channel it to help you stay one step ahead of potential problems, which, if not avoided, could become painful — or worse. After opening initial laboratory test stores in Florida and Ohio, a national roll-out is now underway.

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Startup Lessons Learned

Here are just some of the events published recently that likely incited today’s riots: Tony McDade : Black transgender man killed in Tallahassee, Florida on May 27th, is at least the 12th violent death of a transgender or gender non-conforming person this year in the U.S. McDade was allegedly killed by police. Mr. Floyd was 46 years old.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on.

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Harvey Aftermath: How Your Small Business Can Help

Austin Startup

Bo Duncan, Left/Right co-founder, advises startups to provide hands-on assistance because it’s easy on the wallet, easy to please, and beneficial to all. Additionally, the Houston entrepreneur community is partnering with incubators and co-working spaces to support businesses by keeping their doors open.