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SXSW Startups: Steamchain

Austin Startup

SteamChain is based in Milwaukee, Wisc. We love Milwaukee! This got me to thinking. If gathering and processing the “big data” isn’t the killer app for the Industrial Internet of Things, what is? Tell us about the startup ecosystem there. We feel very fortunate for the support we received from the entire community.

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Moving to Chicago for a New Job

Transformify

Even though the Windy City is generally a few important degrees warmer than Milwaukee—it’s northern cousin—some winter days can be quite blustery and cold. So here are four great tips that can get you started: Understand the Weather. Chicago is not Anchorage, but it does get cold in the winter. Find the Art.

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The product design sprint: prototype (day 4)

www.gv.com

It only costs $20. If you’re running the study in Seattle, and you need to show a newspaper, show the Seattle Times, not the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. But it’s impossible to make things look perfect, so you don’t get too precious. Anybody can quickly learn to use it; not just designers. That stuff is distracting in a user study.

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Ten Ways To Lose A Deal

YoungUpstarts

Of course, nobody’s perfect, but when you’re seeking venture capital, some mistakes, more than others, can cost you the deal. You don’t want to have to nod and agree that you’ll move to Milwaukee if you had never considered it. But getting an understanding of the basics will help demystify the whole process. Being uncoachable.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

« Power of Angel Investing in Milwaukee | Main.   It is very expensive if you’re the entrepreneur since it doubles the cost to the company of paying dividends to the entrepreneur.   It is very expensive if you’re the entrepreneur since it doubles the cost to the company of paying dividends to the entrepreneur.

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People are the whole game - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

In brief, my own story involves a software company called RTMS in Milwaukee.   It was simple   - Reduce costs and improve consumer experience for the large retailers. So the big guy gets bigger, protected by a system of imposing costs and inefficiencies that makes true entrepreneurship pretty difficult.

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