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Turnstone Decks Out My Kansas City House

Feld Thoughts

It’s been a blast to have a house in Kansas City. I’ve made a bunch of new friends from it and have been able to participate in the radical growth of the startup community there, especially in the KC Startup Village where my house is located. ” When I bought the house, it had an attic that was a mess.

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Transcript of How to Build a Community Around Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Transcript of How to Build a Community Around Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. He is a community and collaboration strategy consultant, advisor and speaker. He is a community and collaboration strategy consultant, advisor and speaker. Back to Podcast. Transcript. This is John Jantsch.

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How to Raise Money When You’re Not in a Major VC Market

Both Sides of the Table

And I am often approached by entrepreneurs in cities which don’t have a vibrant VC community. Where do you want to build your community, your relationships, your family?” If their commitment to staying local is weak I normally say, “Well, it certainly would be easier on you to be in a larger community.

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What Freedom Looks Like

David Cohen

This is how I am inspired when Sistahbiz helps a Black woman cross the 7-figure line, access her first business loan, or hire her first team of employees as she steps out of the day-to-day in her business. She can now hire and access supplemental resources for her child’s learning journey. She experiences new freedoms in parenting.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

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. Or the growth of Dwolla in Iowa or C2FO being built in Kansas City? What Does a City Need to Compete?

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Purposeful Growth: The New Revolution For Business Success

Duct Tape Marketing

Meanwhile, purposeful growth can be aligned with profitability and philanthropy and should be the central focus for businesses as it leads to engaged and motivated team members, happier customers, and stronger communities. 05:20): And then you have your communities. And I believe that a community is better than culture.

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Meanwhile, I was doing a great job creating content for my website and ranking in the search engines – so good a job, that people wanted to hire me to handle their content and SEO. When I released this information into the community my life became in danger. This was with the companies who wanted to hire them.