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Transcript of Business Lessons Learned on the Baseball Field

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He is a speaker, MC and a television announcer with 25 years or so under his belt, the last 12 with the Kansas City Royals. John Jantsch: I have to tell you, first off, a lot of my listeners know that I’m in Kansas City and that I’m a Kansas City Royals fan that I got a solid single off of Monte at fantasy camp.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

How about in the last 12 months deals announced with Dwolla (Iowa) and Pollenware (Kansas City). And in many communities that are new to building tech startups I’ve found that a lot of angel money is not very sophisticated at investing in startup companies. Every city should have a “BuildIn” program.

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5 Ways Writing A Book Will Supercharge Your Online Presence

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Aside from an awesome foreword written by John Jantsch, we have an incredible list of endorsements from the likes of BNI founder Dr. Ivan Misner, Copyblogger’s Brian Clark, New York Times bestselling author Michael Port, and many more thought leaders and tech company CEOs. Conversion Optimization.

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Who Just Raised A $225 Million Financing in North Carolina?

Feld Thoughts

Seth, Jason, Ryan, and I had a long conversation about it after going through the AvidXchange financing deck and monthly financial package. I expected that we’d decide to pass and set up the conversation with them this way. This time I told him I’d run it by my partners and get their feedback.

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Startup firms partnering with government? Really?

Austin Startup

With a startup partner, the city was able to develop a platform to extract data from all available city information repositories, track trends, handle registrations and alert citizens to upcoming programs of interest. Kansas City, Mo., During this time, the companies had access to city hall office space and city data.

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Transcript of The Evolution of Networking and How It Can Benefit Your Business Today

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On the other hand, we can connect just as easily with someone who lives in Kansas City or Paris or Dubai as easily as we can someone who lives down the road, thanks to the prevalence of social media platforms that give us an ability to connect with people. It just gives you an excuse to have a conversation.

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Transcript of Creating a Podcast as Part of Your Prospecting Process

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But that came out of a conversation that I was having with a buddy and when I started the business, he was asking like, “Who are you really trying to be a hero to here?” But because I had a podcast, they were open to sitting down and having a conversation with me. We got new business out of it.