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The 10 Best U.S. Cities to Start a Business in for 2016

Up and Running

By measuring various metrics like business survival rate, the prevalence of investors, and labor cost, they were able to determine which cities offer the best outlook for new ventures. With low operation costs and a large banking sector, Sioux Falls is receiving national attention as a great place to start a business.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain How They are Incorporating Social Entrepreneurship in Their Business

Hearpreneur

Since my business is a part of the lawn care industry, the way in which we operate can have a massive environmental impact. We are currently focusing on sustainable operational practices to reduce the waste produced by the company. This means we are giving directly to approved nonprofits in the 1% for the Planet network.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I now am the CEO and founder of Berri Properties in Asheville and Charlotte, NC. But for some, the benefits are better than the cost. Response to this low cost alternative to traditional housing has been nothing short of stellar. Ironically I discovered this to be a need when I was attending job seeker networking groups.

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How to pivot away $34m: Israel’s Xeround shuts it doors with a lesson

The Next Web

Xeround was founded in 2005 by Sharon Barkai – founder of Sheer networks, which was eventually sold to Cisco , and Dr. Gilad Zlotkin – founder of Class Data, also sold to Cisco. Charlotte Yarkoni – a senior exec at Amdocs, was asked to take over as CEO, and see if she could turn Xeround into a sort of ‘mini Amdocs’.

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Is social media good or bad for us? Yes.

Reid Hoffman

Scale has trade-offs and negatives, but these are generally heavily outweighed by its benefits and positives, such as innovative products, lower costs, jobs in new industries and — with regard to social media specifically — massively increased communications and information sharing across society.