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St. Louis Startups Strut Their Stuff

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Tech ventures, some of whom were presenters at the earlier Demo Day, joined ventures in green energy and the life sciences. This is the 13th year the conference has been in business, which alternates each year between Kansas City and St. Both events drew small and large investors from all over the country.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But what is it we actually DO on the Internet?

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How to Find a Mentor

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See Also When Ice.com—a Top 500 Internet Retailer—Uses Mentors, You Should Too. Wright, serial entrepreneur and founder of investment firm The Resourceful CEO. “I I applied, pitched, and was accepted into BetaBlox —a Kansas City-based startup incubator—in June of 2014,” says Shane Park, CEO of Coinplay.