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[Review] The Good Fail

YoungUpstarts

He’s lost 11 jobs in 12 months, been sued by the attorney general of the state of Washington , and his name and reputation dragged in the mud. It’s enough to make anyone wonder if life is worth living. The introspective book is Latman’s side of the story as to how and why Microworkz failed.

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5 Best Canadian Cities For Startups and Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

The roster of the country’s best-known business successes confirms this reputation for excellence. The city’s close proximity to major business centers like Seattle and Silicon Valley is another notable benefit, enabling a vibrant flow of talent between cities up and down the west coast. Broadband.tv com for $575 million.

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Team Up Right: Three Tips To Pick The Perfect Partner

YoungUpstarts

by Whitney Keyes , author of “ Propel: Five Ways to Amp Up Your Marketing and Accelerate Business “ In the United States, one thing the city of Seattle, WA, is best known for is its coffee, but there’s an innovative partnership happening around another source of caffeine and that’s the cocoa bean. What to look for in a partner.

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5 Best Canadian Cities For Startups and Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

The roster of the country’s best-known business successes confirms this reputation for excellence. The city’s close proximity to major business centers like Seattle and Silicon Valley is another notable benefit, enabling a vibrant flow of talent between cities up and down the west coast. Broadband.tv com for $575 million.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

Rover.com (*) in Seattle, which was founded by Greg Gottesman and Aaron Easterly in 2011, is the leading player in this market. Swing is now at over 1,200 school partners and has filled over 115,000 teacher absence days. Instawork (*) is an on-demand staffing app for gig workers (professionals) and hospitality businesses (partners).

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Finding Your Co-Founders

techcrunch.com

The number one question you all asked after reading my last blog post about starting a business from scratch was “how do I find my co-founders?&# And therein lies the problem in finding co-founders for that startup you’re dying to launch. Having trouble meeting folks you think would be good co-founders?

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Y Combinator's First Batch: Where Are They Now?

thenextweb.com

After giving the applicants just 10 days to submit, Graham received an amazing 227 applications, which just goes to show the unbelievable drive that the young would-be founders had. Like a parent, Y Combinator protected and guided a group of eight applicants who were chosen to be part of the Y Combinator Summer Founders Program.